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 Ailyn Pérez, Michelle Bradley & David Pershall Highlight San Diego Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The San Diego Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring five productions and one star-studded recital. The season opens with Verdi’s “Aida” in a theatrical Concert Opera Experience with Michelle Bradley in the title role, Olesya Petrova as Amneris, and Carl Tanner as Radamès. Joseph Colaneri conducts the production by Alan Hicks, which also stars Simon Lim and Nelson Martinez. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
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Oksana Dyka, Carmela Remigio & Alessio Arduini To Feature In Teatro La Fenice’s 2018-19 Season

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The Teatro la Fence has announced its 2018-19 season and will present a number of repertoire staples and rare gems. The season will also include a divide itself between the Teatro Malibran and Teatro La Fenice. Here is a look at the productions and concerts that will be held during the season. Productions Verdi’s “Macbeth” opens the season in a {…}
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La Fenice 2017-18 Review – Un Ballo in Maschera: Gianmaria Aliverta’s Foray Into US Racial Politics Generates Insightful Take on Verdi Classic

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La Fenice opened its 2017-18 season with an interesting and courageous production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” a production which under the direction of Gianmaria Aliverta aimed at producing a deeper reading of the work, one which sought to uncover the underlying structural political conflicts that led to the assassination of a political leader. Verdi and his librettist, Antonio {…}
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Ludovic Tézier Among Highlights of 2017-18 Opera de Lille Season

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Opera Lille has announced its 2017-18 season, which will feature five operas, among a number of other major events. The opera season kicks off on Sept. 30, 2017, with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” starring Ruzan Mantashyan, Virginie Verrez, Jaël Azzaretti, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Alessio Arduini, and Nicolas Rivenq. The production, which will be directed by Christophe Honoré, will run for {…}
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Teatro La Fenice Review 2016-17 – Lucia di Lammermoor: Nadine Sierra’ s Performance Hints At A Legend In the Making In Psychologically Nuanced Production

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When attending a performance of “Lucia di Lammermoor” at one of the world’s top opera houses one would be very surprised to find a Lucia who is not up to the job. We are, in fact, blessed with an array of professional singers who are well equipped to perform the role to the requisite standard but finding one who can {…}
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Columbia University School of the Arts Miller Theatre 2026-27 Review: Macabéa

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(Photo: Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre at Columbia University) If opera is one of the best ways the arts can present a tragedy, then where better to unpack the modern era’s dehumanization of individuals born into poverty. In Suzanne Farrin’s new opera “Macabéa,” performed as a concert premiere at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre in their Composer Portrait series, we are {…}
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Festival Verdi 2026 Review: Nabucco

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(Photo: Roberto Ricci – Festival Verdi) Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco,” the opera that established his reputation in 1842, occupies a pivotal position in his development. At a time when Italian opera remained largely governed by bel canto conventions, Verdi made the love story subordinate to a broader conflict involving political power, religious faith and collective suffering. The chorus, meanwhile, assumed an {…}
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Lise Davidsen, Aigul Akhmetshina, Jeanine de Bique, Sandrine Piau, Michael Chance, Julie Roset, Andrea Bocelli Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear a Verdi album from a leading soprano as well as a “Carmen” from one of the great interpreters of today. There is also a re-release by one of the foremost popera tenors of our time. Bizet: Carmen Aigul {…}

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