Michelle Bradley, Stephanie Blythe, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Gihoon Kim, Pene Pati Headline San Diego Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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San Diego Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. The California-based opera company’s season will kick off with “Stephanie Blythe in Concert” at the Balboa Theatre. The mezzo will perform music from the operatic and Broadway repertoire. Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2021 Soprano Michelle Bradley will perform at the Baker Baum Recital Hall in the Conrad Performing Arts Center. She will {…}

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Russell Thomas, Joyce DiDonato, J’Nai Bridges, Pene Pati, Brenda Rae Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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Operatic masterpieces make up half of the recommendations this week. But there are several unique competitions, recitals, modern operas, and the like on offer. Let’s jump into it. (***Some of these performances may be region-blocked (only accessible to people connected to a network in a specific country). But you can gain access by using a VPN. For find out more, click here. {…}

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San Francisco Opera’s ‘In Song: Pene Pati’ To Premiere on May 27

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(Credit: Luke Foley-Martin) The San Francisco Opera’s new short-form song and storytelling video portrait series, “In Song,” continues May 27 with the premiere of In Song: Pene Pati. The new episode will showcase Pati, who hails from a tight-knit, musical Von Trapp-like family of performers, reveal the centrality in his life and musical journey through reminiscences with his parents and {…}

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Ramon Vargas, Amina Edris & Pene Pati Highlight Opera Arias’ Takeover Festival

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Opera Arias is continuing its takeover festival in May featuring a number of great opera singers. Following the success of the takeovers in April, the festival will begin on May 2 with Ketevan Kemoklidze. She will be followed by Rocio Perez on May 9 and then followed by couple Amina Edris and Pene Pati on May 16. Legendary tenor Ramón {…}

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Derek Welton, Pene Pati & Hilary Summers Lead Theater Dortmund’s 2020-21 Season

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The Theater Dortmund in Germany has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of premieres from modern masterpieces to classics repertory staples. Premieres Bizet’s “Carmen“ gets a new production by Nikolaus Habjan with Montonori Kobayashi conducting. The production is set to star Marie Karall and Maria Boiko in the title role, James Lee and Young Woo Kim as Don Jose, {…}

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Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 2018-19 Season To Feature Quinn Kelsey, Amanda Woodbury & Pene Pati

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The Hawaii Opera Theatre has announced its 2018-19 season featuring three opera productions with numerous acclaimed American artists. The season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” starring Soprano Amanda Woodbury as Juliet, following her acclaimed performance of the role at The Met. Emmanuel Plasson will conduct the production after his acclaimed “Il Trovatore” in 2016. Performance Dates: October 12, 14, & 16 2018 {…}

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Q & A: Bass-Baritone Andrew Dwan & Soprano Amber Monroe on Participating In The Merola Opera Program

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Becoming an opera singer is both an act of faith and a passion. It is also an arduous path of discipline and hard work, day after day, year after year. When an audience sits in the opera houses of the world and revels in the sheer beauty of sound and drama, let alone the color and glamour of an operatic {…}

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WQXR & Park Avenue Armory Announces 2026 Broadcasts

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(Credit: Capucine de Chocqueuse) Park Avenue Armory and WQXR will broadcast curated programs of lieder, art song, and contemporary works. Hosted by John Schaefer and airing on WQXR 105.9FM and at www.wqxr.org on Saturday evenings in September and October and subsequently through on-demand streaming, the show will feature behind-the-scenes interviews with celebrated musicians and their intimate performances in the Armory’s {…}

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Documentary on Soprano Solomea Krushelnytska to Screen at Torre del Lago

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“Solomea: Uncovering a Family Legacy,” a new documentary about Ukrainian soprano Solomea Krushelnytska, will receive a special Italian screening on Sept. 4 at 5 p.m. at the Simonetta Puccini Auditorium in Torre del Lago Puccini. The screening is set to take place on the same evening that “Madama Butterfly” will be performed at the Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini. When {…}

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Michelle Bradley, Stephanie Blythe, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Gihoon Kim, Pene Pati Headline San Diego Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Russell Thomas, Joyce DiDonato, J’Nai Bridges, Pene Pati, Brenda Rae Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

San Francisco Opera’s ‘In Song: Pene Pati’ To Premiere on May 27

Ramon Vargas, Amina Edris & Pene Pati Highlight Opera Arias’ Takeover Festival

Derek Welton, Pene Pati & Hilary Summers Lead Theater Dortmund’s 2020-21 Season

Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 2018-19 Season To Feature Quinn Kelsey, Amanda Woodbury & Pene Pati

Q & A: Bass-Baritone Andrew Dwan & Soprano Amber Monroe on Participating In The Merola Opera Program

WQXR & Park Avenue Armory Announces 2026 Broadcasts

Documentary on Soprano Solomea Krushelnytska to Screen at Torre del Lago