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The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Unveils 2022-23 Season

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(Credit: © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016) The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on operatic performances in the LA-based company’s new season. Soprano Camille Zamora will present “Havana Nights” as part of Sing for Hope’s residency. She will appear alongside the Mambo Kings. {…}

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Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Julia Kleiter & Sabina Puértolas Orquesta & Coro Nacionales de España’s 2022-23 Season

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The Orquesta and Coro Nacionales de España have announced their 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The season opens with György Ligeti’s Requiem and Richard Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie conducted by David Afkham with soloists Jenny Daviet and Barbara Kozelj. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-25, 2022 György Ligeti’s Atmosphères and Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum and {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Angela Gheorghiu, Nadine Sierra, Pretty Yende & Renée Fleming Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2022-23 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Matthias Pintscher conducts Olga Neuwirth’s “The Outcast” with a cast that includes Susanne Elmark, Otto Katzameier, Andrew Watts, Georgette Dee, Johan Leysen, Steve Karier, Johannes Bamberger, and Peter Brathwaite. Performance Date: Sept. 26, 2022 Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Sonya Yoncheva and Malcolm Martineau in Recital

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On Jan. 23, 2022, soprano Sonya Yoncheva returned to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for a special recital of French and Italian art songs, joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau. French Finesse Opening the program were four selections from Henri Duparc. The first, “L’invitation au voyage,” quickly set a tender yet urgent atmosphere through the running accompaniment, over which Yoncheva {…}

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Lise Davidsen & Laetitia Grimaldi Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to hear two new recordings of complete operas and will also get to discover a new voice in the opera world. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. The Snow Queen Bayerisches Staatsoper Recordings releases Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen” on DVD. The opera, which is an adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva’s Recital at Staatsoper Berlin Postponed

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(Credit: Victor Santiago) The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced that the Liederabend with soprano Sonya Yoncheva has been postponed for the 2022-23 season. Yoncheva was slated to sing music by Henri Duparc, Pauline Viardot-García, Ernest Chausson, Gaetano Donizetti, Léo Delibes, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Martucci, Paolo Tosti und Giuseppe Verdi alongside pianist Malcolm Martineau. The soprano is scheduled to return {…}

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Nicholas Phan Headlines San Francisco Performances’ ‘The Women’ Series

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San Francisco Performances has announced “The Salon Series: The Women” as curated by tenor Nicholas Phan. As of this writing, casting for this series is mostly to be announced so the listing of these shows will include the voice types that are set to perform alongside Phan. First up, Phan will perform music by Jacquet de la Guerre and Maddalena {…}

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Vittorio Prato, Andrea Mastroni & Sonia Prina Headline Teatro Coccia’s 2021-22 Fall Season

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The Teatro Coccia in Novara, Italy has announced its 2021-22 fall season. The season opens with Mini Opere. The first work that will be presented is “Boccacio Delivery Ovvero la Vendetta di Cisti Fornaio” by Alberto Cara. The production will be directed by Salvatore Sito and conducted by Carlo Emilio Tortarolo. The opera will star Federica Vinci and Andrea Tabili. {…}

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Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León Announces Fall 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Junta de Castilla y León.) Spain’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León has announced the first half of the 2021-22 season from September to December. Karina Demurova and Juan de la Rubia will perform the only vocal concert of the fall season with music by Saint-Saëns and Pauline Viardot-García. Vassily Sinaisky conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 4-6, 2021 The season {…}