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Quinn Kelsey & Luca Salsi Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’

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The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in Bartlett Sher’s production. The opera will showcase two different casts. In the fall season, Quinn Kelsey reprises his devastating portrayal of the title court jester. operaWire noted, “Note for note, moment for moment, this without any doubt in my mind is the most compelling Rigoletto that I’ve heard at the {…}

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Elsa Dreisig, Benjamin Bernheim, Aleksandra Kurzak, Jonathan Tetelman, Ludovic Tézier Among Major Nominees for 2024 International Opera Awards

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The International Opera Awards has revealed its 2024 awards. The awards ceremony is set to place at the Bayerische Staatsoper on Oct. 2, 2024.BBC Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny will again host the awards ceremony. There will also be performances featuring opera stars and singers from the Bayerische Staatsoper Young Artists programme. Here is a rundown of all the categories: CONDUCTOR – Thomas {…}

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San Francisco Opera Announces 2024-25 Season Livestreams

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The San Francisco Opera has announced the 2024-25 livestream season. The season opens with a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The opera will star Michael Fabiano, Lianna Haroutounian, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Mei Gui Zhang, and Judit Kutasi. Livestream Date: Sept. 15, 2024 at 2pm Poul Ruder’s “The Handmaid’s Tale“ will be the second stream and will star Irene Roberts, Lindsay Ammann, Sarah Cambidge, and John Relyea. Livestream {…}

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Carlo Vistoli Wins San Francisco Opera’s Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition

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San Francisco Opera has announced that Italian countertenor Carlo Vistoli has won the 2023–24 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition for his American stage and role debut in Händel’s “Partenope.” Vistoli was named 2024 Emerging Star of the Year based on a popular vote conducted online at sfopera.com from July 11 to August 2, 2024. As the {…}

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Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

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(Credit: Vincent Beaume) We are in the middle of Sesto’s aria “Parto, Parto,” mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa sharing  center stage with excellent clarinetist Nicola Boud, when we hear an explosion. As a long-time resident of the United States, my first thoughts were the most dreadful—gunshots, bomb, the apocalypse. Raphäel Pichon peacefully kept conducting, with longer pauses, perhaps, but, as the fear {…}

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San Francisco Opera Announces Emerging Stars Competition Nominees

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The San Francisco Opera has announced the 2023-24 Emerging Stars Competition. The Emerging Stars Competition, made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, is a fund for opera singers who have made their mark on the grand stage. The company added, that through the Emerging Stars Fund, Jan and Maria help bring some of opera’s most exciting rising talents {…}

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Karine Deshayes, Jacquelyn Wagner, Matthias Goerne & Patricia Petibon Lead Opéra National de Bordeaux ‘s 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra National de Bordeaux has announced its 2024-25 Season. Opera The season opens with “Le Pavillon aux pivoines” with Guo Xaionan directing. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-19, 2024 “Il Cappello di paglia di Firenze” will be conducted by Salvatore Caputo and directed by Julien Duval. Performance Dates: Nov. 7-9, 2024 Lucie Leguay conducts “Les sentinelles” with Chloé Lechat directing. The {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Lisette Oropesa, Cecilia Bartoli, Roberto Alagna Headline Les Grands Voix’s 2024-25 Season

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Les Grands Voix has announced its 2024-25 season. Opening the season will be a concert featuring Roberto Alagna and Ludovic Tezier as they take on music by Bizet, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Moniuszko. Giorgio Croci leads the National Belgium Orchestra at the Philharmonie de Paris. Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2024 Juan Diego Flórez appears at the Philharmonie de Paris in a {…}

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Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Allan Clayton, Lise Davidsen, & Lisette Oropesa Lead Royal Opera House’s 2024-25 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the season. Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” will open the season with a cast that includes Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Jacquelyn Stucker, and Ginger Costa-Jackson. Performance Dates: Sept. 2-15, 2024 Verdi’s “La Traviata” will feature two casts. The first cast will be headlined {…}