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Roberto Alagna Awarded The Title Of Officer Of Légion d’Honneur

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(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music) France has announced the traditional New Year’s list of honors. La Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d’honneur has published the full list of recipients. Among those awarded is the celebrated tenor Roberto Alagna, thus becoming the Officer of Légion d’honneur . The famed tenor recently debuted the title role of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” at the Staatsoper Berlin. {…}

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Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Javier Camarena, Pretty Yende, Benjamin Bernheim Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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It’s the last week of 2020. Which means there will be a lot of streaming options focused on end of the year celebrations and the holiday season. But our list also includes a number of unique opera productions and experiences. Without further ado, here is our final Top 10 operas to stream this week. Have a very Happy and Healthy {…}

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Roberto Alagna, Marie-Nicole Lemieux & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Les Chorégies d’Orange’s 2021 Festival

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Credits: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music / D. Rouvre / Kristian Schuller/Decca Festival Les Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2021 schedule, featuring a number of vocal and orchestral works. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. Camille Saint-Saëns’ operatic masterpiece “Samson et Dalila” will star Nicolas Cavallier in the role of Le Grand-Prêtre de Dagon, {…}

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Pretty Yende, Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Benjamin Bernheim Headline Opéra de Paris’ Streams for the Holiday Season

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In lieu of the recent postponement of its 2020-21 season opening, the Opéra National de Paris has announced that it will be streaming several works that were originally set to open its new season. First up, the company will stream Verdi’s “La Traviata” in Simon Stone’s modern take. Pretty Yende and Benjamin Bernheim headline the famed opera. Audiences will also {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Piotr Beczala, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak Headline Vienna State Opera’s Streaming Options This Week

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The Vienna State Opera has announced its streaming options over the next week. Here is a full rundown of what audiences can check out on the company’s official streaming platform. The week kicks off with Henze’s “Das Verratene Meer” in a live performance. Simone Young conducts a cast that includes Vera-Lotte Boecker, Bo Skovhus, Josh Lovell, Erik Van Heyningen, Kangmin {…}

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Roberto Alagna, Vida Miknevičiūtė & René Pape Lead Livestream Of ‘Lohengrin’ From Staatsoper Berlin

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(Credits: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music / Martina Pipprich / Jiyang Chen) The Staatsoper unter der Linden will live stream its big premiere of Wagner’s romantic opera “Lohengrin” on Dec. 13, 2020. Since Berlin’s opera houses are closed due to the COVID-19 shutdown, the company decided to do its utmost to save the production and instead present it virtually for audiences worldwide. {…}

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Bryn Terfel, Ailyn Pérez, Juan Diego Flórez, Lisette Oropesa, Elīna Garanča, Roberto Alagna Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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Get ready for another exciting and unique week of operatic experiences. From streams of some of the greatest repertory staples to arguably the biggest online gala experience of 2020 and a reimaging of a holiday classic, this week’s streaming options are sure to please all kinds of opera fans around the world. Falstaff – Bayerische Staatsoper (NOW) For those seeking {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Aida Garifullina, Sondra Radvanovsky Headline Vienna State Opera’s New Streaming Slate

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The Vienna State Opera has announced that it will resume the streaming of opera performances via its online platform. The company will kick it off with a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” from Oct. 2, 2019 featuring Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Valentina Nafornita, Rafael Fingerlos, and Peter Rose, among others. Simone Young conducts. Streaming Date: Nov. 4, {…}

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Roberto Alagna, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Pedro António Avondano Lead CD/DVD Releases

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This week, albums of French song, Monteverdi, and two rarely performed works will be made available. Additionally, audiences will get a chance to hear new releases from one of the great tenors and one of the great interpreters of Monteverdi’s works. Here is a look at what you can stream this week. L’Orfeo  Naive releases a new recording of L’Orfeo, {…}