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Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Wins Birgit Nilsson Prize

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President of the Birgit Nilsson Stiftelsen, Susanne Rydén announced that the 2025 Birgit Nilsson Prize of 1 million dollars has been awarded to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The prestigious French Opera Festival is currently preparing for its 77th edition this summer and becomes the first festival to receive the Prize which will be presented on Oct. 21 by His Majesty King {…}

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Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Names Advisor for 2025 Edition

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Following the death of director Pierre Audi, Bernard Foccroulle has been selected as an advisor for artistic and managerial inquiries for the festival’s 2025 edition. Per a press release, the decision was agreed to by the Festival’s President, Paul Hermelin, in conjunction with the different regional government organizations. Foccroulle directed the festival from 2007 to 2018. Audi had been appointed {…}

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FEDORA Announces Nominees for 2025 Awards

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FEDORA has announced the nominees for its 2025 prizes. This year’s Opera Prize nominees include “Hôtel Moctezuma,” which is inspired by works by Vivaldi and Alejo Carpentier. It is characterized as an “existential multilingual opera-thriller on the representation of women, decolonization, and climate change.” As of this writing, the work has reached half of its 10,000 euro goal. It is {…}

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New National Theatre Tokyo 2024-25 Review: Guillaume Tell

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(Photo by Rikimaru Hotta) The New National Theatre Tokyo is on the rise. Fresh off its announcement earlier this year that the company would be hosting the 2028 World Opera Forum, the organization has committed to expanding its repertory in recent seasons, taking on increasingly ambitious projects, oftentimes in collaboration with the major opera houses around the world. Over the {…}

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Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Appoints New Deputy General Director

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Pierre Audi, General Director of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, has appointed Olivier Leymarie as Deputy General Director of the Festival. The news was announced after the deliberation of a jury chaired by Paul Hermelin, Chairman of the Festival’s Board of Directors, and including state and local authority representatives, as well as several qualified members of the Board. Leymarie will take up {…}

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Lisenka Heijboer Castañón Wins Götz Friedrich Prize

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Dutch-Peruvian director Lisenka Heijboer Castañón has won the Götz Friedrich Prize for the 2023-4 season.  The director won for her production of John Adams’s “The Gospel According to the Other Mary” at the Volksoper Wien. The prize is one of the most important recognitions for promoting outstanding talent in the field of music theatre directing. Past winners have included Stefan {…}

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2025 FEDORA Prizes Biennale Announces Opera Jury

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FEDORA has selected jury members to evaluate the applicants for its Prizes Biennale 2025. The opera jury, composed of eight opera experts, is chaired by former CEO of Royal Swedish Opera, Birgitta Svendén. Jury members are Pierre Audi the Festival of Aix-en-Provence’s General Director, composer Alex Ho, CEO of the Royal Danish Theatre Kasper Holten, Iva Hraste-Sočo the General Manager {…}

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Luca Salsi, Anna Netrebko, Lidia Fridman, Corinne Winters & Ian Bostridge Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra“ in a production by Richard Jones. Michele Mariotti conducts the production with a cast that includes Luca Salsi in the title role, Eleonora Buratto, Stefan Pop, and Michele Pertusi. The opening night will be streamed on Rai5 and Radio3. Another cast will {…}

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La Monnaie de Munt Announces Change to its Ring Cycle

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With the announcement of its 2024-25 season, La Monnaie de Munt has announced a change to its upcoming Ring Cycle. The company said that “As previously announced, Romeo Castellucci was engaged to direct Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, spread over two seasons. A massive undertaking that only visionary artists are courageous enough to attempt and a major challenge for any {…}