Benjamin Bernheim, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier & Asmik Grigorian Lead Opéra de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Verdi’s “Falstaff” opens the season with a cast that includes Ambrogio Maestri, Olivia Boen, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Andrei Kymach, Gregory Bonfatti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Iván Ayón-Rivas, and Federica Guida. Michael Schønwandt conducts the production by Dominique Pitoiset. Performance Dates: Sept. 10-30, 2024 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Eleonora Buratto, Elena Stikhina, Aude {…}

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Esa-Pekka Salonen Awarded 2024 Polar Music Prize

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Esa-Pekka Salonen has been awarded the 2024 Polar Music Prize. The prize, which is a Swedish international award founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, gives one contemporary musician and one classical musician the prize. Salonen was awarded alongside Nile Rodgers. Finnish conductor and composer Salonen had his breakthrough in 1983 when he conducted Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 and as a {…}

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Renée Fleming & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 75th Anniversary Season

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(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles & Jaclyn Simpson) The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced its 75th anniversary season. This article features vocal performances only. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Co-Artistic Director Renée Fleming and opera director Peter Sellars coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Performance Dates: June 29 & July 13, 2024 Soprano Renée Fleming, {…}

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Park Avenue Armory & Asia Society Present ‘Shall We Gather at the River’

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Park Avenue Armory, in co-commission with Asia Society, will present the world premiere of “Shall We Gather at the River” on May 21, 2024. The showcase is a musical call to action against climate change that features Black American Spirituals and Bach Cantatas. The performance is staged by Peter Sellars and features performances by Oxford Bach Soloists, Choir of Trinity {…}

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National Sawdust & The Met Opera Present ‘Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity’

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(Photo: Jill Steinberg) National Sawdust and The Met Opera presented “Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity” on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024. This was the second installment of this three-part series that, according to the program, celebrates artistic convergence by investigating the intersection of innovation and tradition at National Sawdust. The evening included composer and co-founder of National Sawdust, Paola Prestini, and theater {…}

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Opéra de Paris 2023-24 Review: Beatrice di Tenda

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(Photo: Franck Ferville) Unfortunately, I could not attend the opening night of Paris Opera’s premiere of “Beatrice di Tenda.” I even tried to emulate the experience of an opening night: I avoided, as much as I could, reading the reviews. But, before I could stop them, a few friends had stressed how negative most reviews were. After watching the opera, {…}

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Opéra de Paris to Stream ‘Beatrice di Tenda’ with Tamara Wilson & Quinn Kelsey

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The Opéra de Paris is set to livestream Bellini’s “Beatrice di Tenda” on Feb. 15, 2024. The opera will be broadcast on the company’s streaming platform and will star Tamara Wilson in the title role alongside Quinn Kelsey, Theresa Kronthaler, Pene Pati, Amitai Pati, and Taesung Lee. Mark Wigglesworth conducts the Bellini rarity in a production by Peter Sellars. The production {…}

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Opéra National de Paris Honors Kaija Saariaho

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(Photo Credit: Christophe-Abramowitz) The Opéra National de Paris has announced that this February it will inaugurate a new space in honor of composer Kaija Saariaho at the Opéra Bastille. Saariaho’s second opera, “Adriana Mater,” was commissioned by the company and had its world premiere in 2006 in a production By Peter Sellars. Additionally, the Opéra National de Paris showcased the {…}

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Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Beatrice di Tenda’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its production of “Beatrice di Tenda.” The company said that Natalia Kutateladze has withdrawn from the production due to illness. As a result, the role of Agnese del Maino will be played by Theresa Kronthaler. Kronthaler is a German-born mezzo who has performed at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Theater {…}

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Benjamin Bernheim, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier & Asmik Grigorian Lead Opéra de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

Esa-Pekka Salonen Awarded 2024 Polar Music Prize

Renée Fleming & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 75th Anniversary Season

Park Avenue Armory & Asia Society Present ‘Shall We Gather at the River’

National Sawdust & The Met Opera Present ‘Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity’

Opéra de Paris 2023-24 Review: Beatrice di Tenda

Opéra de Paris to Stream ‘Beatrice di Tenda’ with Tamara Wilson & Quinn Kelsey

Opéra National de Paris Honors Kaija Saariaho

Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Beatrice di Tenda’