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Germán Enrique Alcántara, Julieth Lozano, Soraya Mafi, & Robert Lewis Star in Opera Rara’s 55th Season

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Opera Rara announces its 55th season. Concerts The Salon Series recital co-presented with Temple Music Foundation features baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara and pianist Anna Tilbrook. Performance Date: October 10, 2025  The final, 1921 version of Puccini’s “La rondine” features Ermonela Jaho, Iván Ayón-Rivas, Nicola Alaimo, Ellie Neate, Juan Francisco Gatell, Jessica Robinson, Julieth Lozano, Joanna Harries, Robert Lewis, and William {…}

News, Season Announcement

Bryn Terfel, Rachel Redmond, Laurence Kilsby, & Jonathan McGovern Among Soloists in Glasshouse International Centre for Music’s 2025-26 Season

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Glasshouse International Centre for Music has unveiled its 2025-26 classical season. This article only features vocal works. Tenor Laurence Kilsby performs in “Elgar and Vaughan Williams” with the Sinfonia of London led by John Wilson. Performance Date: October 17, 2025 “Bryn Terfel sings Schubert” features the Royal Northern Sinfonia conducted by Dinis Sousa. Performance Date: November 21, 2025 Soprano Rachel {…}

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Houston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Houston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 Season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Juraj Valčuha conducts Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” with Gábor Bretz and Ekaterina Gubanova. The program also includes Britten and Prokofiev. Performance Dates: Feb. 15 & 16, 2025 Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts a program of music by Strauss and Brahms. The soloists are Hilary Hahn and the Houston Symphony Chorus. {…}

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La Monnaie to Present ‘Bastarda’ Featuring Donizetti’s Music

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La Monnaie is set to present “Bastarda,” the story of Elizabeth 1, and the intriguing and extraordinary story of the queen and of the child she once was. The piece is a reworking of the opera canon featuring musical moments from Gaetano Donizetti’s Tudor tetralogy (“Anna Bolena,” “Elisabetta al Castello di Kenilworth,” “Maria Stuarda” and “Roberto Devereux”). Francesco Lanzillotta and {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Pacific Opera Project 2020 Review: Gianni Schicchi & L’Enfant et les sortileges

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[Credit: Martha Benedict] For the first production of their 10th anniversary season, Los Angeles’s Pacific Opera Project chose to pair two one-act operas, Puccini’s late comic opera “Gianni Schicchi” with Ravel’s magical “L’Enfant et les sortilèges.” The performance took place at Thorne Hall at Eagle Rock’s Occidental College. Pacific Opera Project (POP) claims that this is the first time these {…}