Lucas Meachem, Jamie Barton & Joyce DiDonato Highlight Dallas Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Cory Weaver/The Dallas Opera) The Dallas Opera has announced its 2020-21 season celebrating its 64th season. This season will showcase five main stage productions and a number of concerts. Here is a look. Main Stage The season opens with Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Emmanuel Villaume conducts a new production by Kyle Lang. The production is set to {…}

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Hartford Opera Theater To Showcase ‘New In November 10’

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The Hartford Opera Theater will showcase “New in November 10,” a collection of short operas and opera excerpts. The opera festival will be performed on Sunday, Nov. 17 at The Cathedral House at Christ Church. The operas set to be showcased in the festival include “Opera Kardashian,” one of the first works to feature a transgender character to be played by {…}

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Welsh National Opera Appoints New Chair and Board Members

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The Welsh National Opera has announced that Yvette Vaughan Jones has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors, with immediate effect. Jones has extensive experience of working in the arts both in the UK and internationally and is the first woman in the Company’s history to hold the role of Chair of WNO. Jones has worked for independent {…}

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The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Announces Its Ninth Season Of ‘Great Music In A Great Space’

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New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine has announced its ninth season of “Great Music in a Great Space.” Director of Cathedral Music and organist Kent Tritle will lead the chorus. Musica Sacra will perform Guillaume de Machaut’s “Messe de Nostre Dame,” Josquin des Prez’ Motets, and Gregorian Chant during “Music for a Gothic Space.” A recital by {…}

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‘Blind Injustice,’ ‘The Thirteenth Child’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (7/26-28)

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One major opera staple is on this weekend’s list. But the rest are all made up of 20th and 21st century operas, including two works making their world premieres. Here are our top five operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Chautauqua Opera Company – The Ghosts of Versailles For one night only, Chautauqua Opera will showcase {…}

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Welsh National Opera 2018-19 Review: The Consul

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(Photo: Johan Perrson) Following the end of the Second World War, Europe experienced huge population movements as the displaced peoples throughout the continent sought refuge from its ravages and its aftermath. Some were stateless, others fled retribution, while many from Eastern Europe wanted to escape the Russian occupation and its imposition of the communist dream. All were refugees seeking a {…}

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Téte à Téte Opera Festival Announces 2019 Season

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The Tête à Tête Opera Festival has announced its new season. The season opens with “Madame Butterflop,” a major subversion of Puccini’s classic. It will star Mary Plazas. Performance Date: July 24, 2019 Next up is “Karaopera, which is a karaoke night for opera lovers. It will be produced by Lucie Treacher at Kings Cross. Performance Date: July 26, 2019 {…}

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Ann Petersen, Christopher Ventris & Michele Losier Highlight Royal Danish Opera’s 2019-2020 Season

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The Royal Danish Opera announced its 2019-20 season, a well balanced season which will feature two world premieres, a musical, a concert version of a Wagner opera, modern rarities, and several favorites. The season opens with Barrie Kosky’s production of “Carmen,” which was previously seen in Frankfurt and in London. French Canadian soprano Michele Losier will sing her first staged Carmen, {…}

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Natalya Romaniw & Wallis Giunta Headline Scottish Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Scottish Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring five main stage performances and a number of concert opera performances. Sydney Mancasola, Duncan Rock, and Wallis Giunta headline the European premiere of Missy Mazzoli and Roy Vavrek’s “Breaking the Waves.” Stuart Stratford conducts Tom Morris’ new production. Performance Dates: August 21-24, 2019 Natalya Romaniw and Sinéad Campbell-Wallace alternate the title role in Puccini’s “Tosca” with {…}

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Lucas Meachem, Jamie Barton & Joyce DiDonato Highlight Dallas Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Hartford Opera Theater To Showcase ‘New In November 10’

Welsh National Opera Appoints New Chair and Board Members

The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Announces Its Ninth Season Of ‘Great Music In A Great Space’

‘Blind Injustice,’ ‘The Thirteenth Child’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (7/26-28)

Welsh National Opera 2018-19 Review: The Consul

Téte à Téte Opera Festival Announces 2019 Season

Ann Petersen, Christopher Ventris & Michele Losier Highlight Royal Danish Opera’s 2019-2020 Season

Natalya Romaniw & Wallis Giunta Headline Scottish Opera’s 2019-20 Season