Metropolitan Opera Stars Live in Concert Review: Roberto Alagna & Aleksandra Kurzak in Èze, France

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(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg) The Metropolitan Opera Stars Live in Concert series continued this Sunday with a performance by the celebrated French-Italian tenor Roberto Alagna and Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak on the hilltop medieval village of Èze, France. On the outdoor terrace located at the Château de la Chèvre d’Or, Alagna and Kurzak were accompanied by the Vienna Morphing Quintet. {…}

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Tatiana Troyanos, Artistic Extraordinaire – One of OperaWire’s Writers Remembers the Diva From a Unique Perspective

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Baroque opera was new to me in 1975. When San Francisco Opera announced it would premier a work of Monteverdi, one of the progenitors of Italian opera, I debated whether to audition for another non-singing Super role with the company. I had a whole other life to consider—professional and familial. With nightly rehearsals over the course of six weeks in {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Kevin Short on Systemic Racism, ‘Aida’ & the Future of Opera

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Kevin Short is one of today’s most versatile bass-baritones performing at some of the world’s greatest theaters and taking on leading roles in a wide variety of repertoire from Verdi to Gershwin to Stravinsky. In the summer, he was scheduled to perform the title role in Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s world premiere opera “Castor and Patience” at the {…}

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Doctoral Student Documents the Life and Career of Metropolitan Opera Flutist Trudy Kane

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The life story of a notable instrumentalist in the opera world has been documented by a rising musician who learned from her. Trudy Kane served as Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1976 to 2008, then taught at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where she is Associate Professor Emeritus. One of her students was Emily {…}

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Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ Opens Granada Festival in Tribute to COVID-19 Victims

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The 69th Grenada Festival opened its 32-day extravaganza of music with a solemn performance of Mozart’s “Requiem” at the Granada Cathedral. Soloists soprano Katharina Konradi, countertenor Carlos Mena, tenor Xabier Anduaga and bass-baritone Carlos Álvarez joined the Grenada Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Andrea Marcon. The Archbishopric of Granda co-produced the performance with “la Caixa” Foundation. “la Caixa” {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra 2020 Review: Das Lied von der Erde

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“What could Mahler’s ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ might mean for the people gathered in a beautiful inner yard of Alma Mater Vilnensis on this hot summer evening?” These were my thoughts as I entered the yard of Vilnius University. “Would it inspire them? Would it hit?” That night would be the first large scale classical music event in Vilnius {…}

Interviews

Opera in the Time of COVID: Michael Fabiano, Superstar Tenor & Co-Founder of ArtSmart

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(Credit: Frances Marshall) “Opera in the Time of COVID” is an interview series in collaboration with photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio. We talk to notable figures from around the opera world to get their perspective on how they feel these challenging times may change opera’s present and future. Few artists are as direct as tenor Michael Fabiano. The New {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Staatsoper Berlin 2019-20 Review: Carmen

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(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) Audience members were already en route to Unter den Linden when the news began to spread on social media: the evening’s performance of “Carmen,” the second in a much-anticipated run of performances, would be the final night of Berlin opera before the city’s concert halls and opera houses were forced to close their doors for at least {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Renaissance Woman – Huda I. Alkhamis-Kanoo, Founder of Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation, On Bringing Cultures Together Through Music

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It was the afternoon following the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of “Der Fliegende Holländer,” that I met a glowing Huda I. Alkhamis-Kanoo, the founder of the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF) and the Abu Dhabi Festival. The Abu Dhabi Festival was one of four organizations co-producing the Met’s “Dutchman,” the other three being the Metropolitan Opera, L’Opéra de Québec, {…}

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