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Saioa Hernández, Piotr Beczala, Joyce DiDonato & Ailyn Pérez Lead Teatro Real’s 2023-24 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2023-24 season featuring a wide array of repertoire. Opera Maria Agresta, Saioa Hernández, and Maria Pia Piscitelli star in Cherubini’s “Medea“ alongside Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Silvia Tro Santafé, Jongmin Park, Alexander Vinogradov, Sara Blanch, Marina Monzó, Enea Scala, and Francesco Demuro. Ivor Bolton conducts the production by Paco Azorín. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

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Piotr Beczala, Kristine Opolais, Lisette Oropesa, Andrea Brassói-Jőrös, Judit Kutasi Headline Hungarian State Opera’s 2023-24 Season

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The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring premieres, revivals, and concerts. Premieres Donizett’s “Il Campanello” will be the first new production of the season with Attila Toronykőy directing. The cast will be led by Ildikó Megyimórecz, Zsuzsanna Kapi univ.stud., Rita Rácz, László Szvétek, Ninh Duc Hoang Long, Tivadar Kiss, Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz, Mária Farkasréti, Máté Fülep, and {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Piotr Beczala, Cecilia Bartoli & Olga Peretyatko Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2023-24 Season

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The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2023-24 season featuring more than 20 productions, concerts, and reictals. Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini’s “La Rondine” with Sandra Hamaoui, Benjamin Bernheim, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Vladimir Stoyanov. Marco Armiliato conducts the production by Christof Loy. Performance Dates: Sept. 17-Oct. 28, 2023 Nahuel Di Pierro, Olga Peretyatko, Renato Girolami, Alasdair Kent, Pietro Spagnoli, and {…}

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New York Times Reports Anna Netrebko & Piotr Beczala At Odds Over War

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The New York Times is reporting that Piotr Beczala and Anna Netrebko’s relationship is currently strained. In a recent interview, the NY Times said “the relationship between Beczala and Netrebko, once his friend and frequent collaborator, has become strained since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.” The tenor added that Netrebko did not do enough to oppose the war and distance {…}

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Piotr Beczala, Magdalena Kožená & Asmik Grigorian Lead Gewandhausorchester Leipzig’s 2023-24 Season

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The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Andris Nelsons conducts a concert that includes Hanna-Elisabeth Muller and Kirill Gerstein. Thomas Ades and Sibelius are featured on the program. Performance Dates: Sept. 14 & 15, 2023 Andris Nelsons conducts a Mendelssohn program with soloists Elsa Benoit, Werner Gura, and {…}

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Renée Fleming, Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczala, Sondra Radvanovsky, Lawrence Brownlee, Ailyn Pérez Headline 17th Season of PBS’ ‘Great Performances at the Met’

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PBS has announced that it will begin broadcasting the 17th season of its “Great Performances at the Met” series this March. In total, audiences will be able to check out 10 new opera performances with the first being “The Hours.” The opera stars Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, and Kelli O’Hara with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Christine Baranski hosts. Broadcast Date: March {…}

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Piotr Beczala Leads Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Lohengrin’

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(Credit: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Wagner’s masterpiece “Lohengrin” for the first time in 17 years. The company will present a new production by renowned director François Girard, who created productions for “Der Fliegende Hollander” and “Parsifal” for the Met. The new production will see Girard collaborate with artist and designer Tim Yip who {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva & Piotr Beczala Lead ‘Fedora’ Live in HD Performance from Metropolitan Opera

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(Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera will present Giordano’s “Fedora” Live in HD this weekend on Jan. 14, 2023. The broadcast, which kicks off at 12:55 p.m. Eastern time and marks the company’s 150th HD showcase, will be conducted by Marco Armiliato and stars Sonya Yoncheva in the title role and Piotr Beczala as her lover Loris. {…}