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Glyndebourne Opera Festival Announces 2018 Festival

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The Glyndebourne Opera Festival has announced its 2018 schedule. The company announced that next season it will present Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in Annilese Miskimmon’s Tour 2016 production. The production will make its Festival debut and will be conducted by Omer Meir Wellber. Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” will be revived with the 2014 Richard Jones production making its return. Robin Ticciati conducts. Following {…}
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Metropolitan Opera’s New Marnie Production Among Highlights Of English National Opera’s 2017-18 Season

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The English National Opera has released its schedule for the 2017-18 season which features nine operas between September 2017 and April 2018. The season includes four new productions and six revivals. Verdi’s “Aida” is the first opera of the season kicking things off on Sept. 28 and running all the way through December. Latonia Moore and Morenike Fadayomi alternate the {…}
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7 New Productions & 4 World Premieres Headline Royal Opera House’s 2017-18 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2017-18 season, which will feature four World Premieres, seven new productions of established repertory classics and one concert performance. The New Productions The season opens on Sept. 11 with Richard Jones’ new take on Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Michael Fabiano leads the cast on opening night, though such notable artists as Maria Agresta, Benjamin {…}
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Everything You Need to Know About the Opera National de Paris’ 2017-18 Season

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The 2017-18 season announcements just keep on coming in. After Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence announced their upcoming schedules, the Paris National Opera has finally unveiled its hotly anticipated season. In sum there are a grand total of 21 operas to see, including nine new productions. Opening Night “The Merry Widow” kicks off the proceedings on {…}
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Paris Opera 2016-17 Preview: Jonas Kaufmann Set For Triumphant Return in Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’

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The wait is over – Jonas Kaufmann will finally make his long-awaited return on Wednesday, Jan 18 in Wagner’s “Lohengrin” in Paris. The tenor has been sidelined since October after announcing that side effects from medication had caused a haematoma. After that he committed to remaining on vocal rest until his haematoma “completely subsided.” This forced him to cancel numerous {…}
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Royal Ballet & Opera 2025-26 Review: Royal Ballet and Opera Jette Parker Summer Performance

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“I often go for the underdog”, commented David Gowland, Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet and Opera’s Jette Parker Artists Programme, musing on how he selects participants for the highly competitive training scheme, in an interview with Sophie Rashbrook to commemorate 25 years and working with over 150 artists since the programme’s inception in 2001. On Sunday, July 26th, the {…}
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Royal College of Music & Tête à Tête Team Up for Five World-Premiere Operas

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(Credit: Jeremy Richardson) The Royal College of Music and Tête à Tête will present “Fantasy & Fairytales” this July. The program features five world-premiere short operas by RCM composers, on July 3, 4, and 6 at 7 p.m. in the Britten Theatre at the Royal College of Music in London. All five operas will be performed by RCM singers and {…}
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The Atlanta Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot

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(Credit: Raftermen photography) Trigger warning: discussions of sexual assault. The Atlanta Opera (TAO) has given us a new way to stage one of the 21st century’s most performed operas, Puccini’s “Turandot.” Premiering on 25 April 2026, the 100th anniversary of the work’s original premiere, the edits were light. The only significant changes were an excision of most of Franco Alfano’s {…}
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Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces Participants for Vocal Institute

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Schmidt Vocal Arts (SVA) has announced the 31 participants in its 11th annual Schmidt Vocal Institute, which is set to take place between June 14–28 at Miami University in Oxford, OH. This year’s group represents 17 states. Sopranos include Tiffany Carr (Rowland Heights, CA), Addyson Finley (Battleground, WA), Mallory Goddard (Stuart, FL), Reese Guenther-Clark (Long Beach, CA), Cailey Jones (Baltimore, {…}

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