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This week the Wiener Staatsoper is set to open one of most anticipated productions of the 2018-19 season. The production is especially anticipated as it features a stellar cast with three of the most acclaimed dramatic sopranos currently performing in the world. Specifically, Nina Stemme is set for her role debut as the Barak’s wife, a role that is especially {…}
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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2019-20 Season featuring some of the greatest singers in the world in 17 new productions of both ballet and opera. For this article, we will only focus on opera performances. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” opens the 2019-20 season with Erwin Schrott in the title role alongside Roberto Tagliavini, Malin Byström, Christine Rice. Daniel Behle, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Louise Alder, Lars Woldt, {…}
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The Deutsche Oper Am Rhein has announced its new season featuring 29 productions including 10 new productions, and a full Ring Cycle. New Productions Two casts highlight Gound’s “Roméo et Juliette” in a new production by Philipp Westerbarkei. Luiza Fatyol and Sylvia Hamvasi share the role of Juliette, while Ovidiu Purcel and Gustavo de Gennaro alternate as Roméo. David Crescenzi and Marie Jacquot conduct. Performance Dates: {…}
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A couple of hours before the premiere of Michael Cavanagh’s stunning new production of Verdi’s “Nabucco,” L’Opéra de Québec revealed its plans for the company’s 36th season. The season will open with Verdi’s “La Traviata”, staged by Oriol Thomas. The title role will be sung by French Canadian soprano Marianne Fiset, opposing young tenor Rocco Rupolo as Alfredo and baritone {…}
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The Opera National du Rhin has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of new productions and world premieres. Giuliano Carella conducts the opening night gala with soloists Olivier Breitman, Ambroisine Bré, Pumeza Matshikiza, and Ezgi Kutlu. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-28, 2019 Philip Venable’s “4.48 Psychosis” gets its first production by Ted Huffman, who directed the work at the Royal Opera {…}
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Philharmonie Luxembourg has announced its 15th anniversary season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. The 2019-20 season will kick off with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. Soprano Rebecca Nelsen will be featured vocally. The program will include Berg’s “Lulu” Suite and Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2019 William Christie will lead {…}
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Theater Chemnitz has announced its 2019-20 opera season. Premieres The season will kick off with Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele,” directed by Balázs Kovalik and starring Magnus Piontek in the title role, Cosmin Ifrim as Faust, and Katerina Hebelkova as Margherita/Helena. They will be joined by Siyabonga Maqungo as Wagner/Nero and Sophia Maeno as Marta/Pantalis. Guillermo García Calvo and Jakob Brenner will {…}
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As the 2018-19 season comes to an end, we start to look at the summer festival season where the big stars and anticipated productions are set to make waves. With a ton of selections to choose from, we eventually whittled it down to the 10 Must-See productions that cannot be missed this summer. Take a look. 10. Il Trovatore – Arena {…}
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The BBC Proms has announced its 2019 festival featuring some of the great singers, performers and orchestras in the world. For this season announcement we will concentrate on the vocal performances. Omer Meir Wellber leads the BBC Proms Youth Choir and BBC Philharmonic in Haydn’s “The Creation.” He is joined by soloists Sarah-Jane Brandon, Benjamin Hulett, and Christoph Pohl. Performance Date: July 29, {…}
