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Baltic Opera Festival 2025 Review: The Monster’s Voice

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(Photo: KARPATI & ZAREWICZ) Continuing the theme of this year’s Baltic Opera Festival of a wanderer confronting his own loneliness, exclusion and humanity, the one act opera “The Monster’s Voice” is based on the real-life story of a young Jewish boy, Salomon Perel, who, because of his “Arian” looks, hid in the ranks of the Hitler Youth Movement during World {…}
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Baltic Opera Festival 2025 Review: Krzysztof Penderecki’s ‘St Luke Passion’

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(Photo: Baltic Opera Festival) Searching for the warmth of a home When a composer decides to write music for a church mass, chances are it will be a major composition, especially regarding choir, soloists, orchestration. Through the ages, we have perfect examples of this – the Mozart Requiem, the Verdi Requiem, The Messiahs, to just name a few. The “St {…}
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Baltic Opera Festival 2025 Review: Salome

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(Photo: K. Mystkowski) Now in its third year, the Baltic Opera Festival is hitting its stride, with founder and leading baritone Tomasz Konieczny omnipresent—tending to last-minute details and overseeing a courteous and attentive staff. The performances take place at the Forest Opera in Sopot, a seaside resort north of Gdańsk on the Polish Baltic coast. For many international opera lovers, {…}
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International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition Announces 2025 Winners

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The 12th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition has announced its 2025 winners.  The competition, held at the Polish National Opera, featured all participants performing alongside the Orchestra of the Polish International Opera under the direction of José Maria Florêncio. The first prize was awarded to tenor Samuel Stopford from Great Britain, while the second prize was awarded to soprano Arpi {…}
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Mariana Poltorak Wins 2025 Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition

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Ukrainian soprano of Polish heritage Mariana Poltorak has won the first prize at the Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition. “I can’t believe this is happening. For me, this is a tremendous honour. I’ve worked hard for a long time, and now this award confirms that I’m on the right path,” said Poltorak, who has been living in Poland for {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Announces ‘The Mothers of Kherson’ for the 2027-28 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that the new opera “The Mothers of Kherson” will be presented during the 2027-28 season. The opera, composed by Maxim Kolomiiets with a libretto by American playwright George Brant, was announced in 2023 and is scheduled for its world premiere in October 2026 at the Polish National Opera. “The Mothers of Kherson” tells the story {…}
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Domingo Hindoyan Named Music Director of LA Opera

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(Photo: Grzesiek Mart) LA Opera has announced the appointment of Domingo Hindoyan as the company’s Richard Seaver Music Director. His five-year contract will commence on July 1, 2026, and continue through the 2030-31 season. The Venezuelan-Armenian conductor will succeed LA Opera’s current Music Director, James Conlon, who announced last year that he will step down from that position at the {…}
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Rafał Bartmiński Honored by Polish Minister of Culture

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The Polish National Opera has announced that tenor Rafał Bartmiński was honored by the Minister of Culture. The company noted that that the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Hanna Wróblewska, honored Rafał Bartmiński with the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. The prestigious distinction was awarded in recognition of the exceptional artistic achievements of the tenor and {…}
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Internationale Händel Festspiele, Karlsruhe 2025 Review: Phèdre

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(Photo: Felix Grünscloß) Among the offerings at this year’s Karlsruhe Händelfestspiele was a performance of “Phèdre,” an opera by the fairly obscure French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. What the connection is to Händel, however, is somewhat of a mystery. There was no explanation provided in the program. The two composers never met; in fact, Lemoyne would have only been eight years {…}

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