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News, Season Announcement

Royal Opera House Announces 2025-26 Cinema Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its cinema season for the 2025-26 season. Here are the opera offerings: The cinema season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Anna Netrebko, Freddie de Tommaso, and Gerald Finley. Jakub Hrůša conducts the new production by Oliver Mears. Cinema Date: Oct. 1 & 5, 2025 Antonello Manacorda conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata” and will star Ermonela {…}

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Royal Opera House Music Director Jakub Hrůša Defends Hiring Anna Netrebko

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(Credit; Vladimir Shirokov) Following the announcement that Anna Netrebko will return to the Royal Opera House after six years, new Music Director Jakub Hrůša is defending his choice to hire the soprano in “Tosca,” “Turandot” and a recital. When asked in an interview with the Times of London why he hired Netrebko, Hrůša said “You ask me about Anna. What made {…}

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Ian Bostridge to Perform at Shriver Hall

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(Credit: Sim-Canetty-Clarke) On March 9, 2025, English tenor Ian Bostridge will return to Shriver Hall with pianist Julius Drake. The program will feature various composers inspired by William Shakespeare alongside Bostridge’s heartfelt rendition of Britten’s transcendent Holy Sonnets. In a statement, Bostridge said, “Shakespeare has been a part of my life as a performer from the very start. It has {…}

Reviews

London Symphony Orchestra 2024-25 Review: La Rondine

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(Photo: Mark Allan) Puccini called his work “La Rondine” a “commedia lirica,” effectively COMIC opera, but I consider it a TRAGEDY that this work isn’t performed more in the opera house. “La Rondine” comprises some of the most exquisite, emotive music the maestro ever penned. Alas, devoid of the dramatic impact and impetus of his more famous, regularly performed works, {…}

Special Features

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Team on the Best Performances of the Year

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There’s been a lot of opera in 2024. And quite frankly, there’s been a lot of good opera. So as has become our tradition, here is a look at some of OperaWire’s editorial team’s picks for their personal favorite performances of 2024. Matt Costello: Act three of “Götterdämmerung” – Tanglewood It’s always a tricky thing to think about one’s “Performance {…}

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London Symphony Orchestra Announces Cast Change for ‘La Rondine’

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The London Symphony Orchestra has announced a cast change for “La Rondine.” The orchestra said, “Nadine Sierra has had a recent medical procedure, the recovery from which is taking longer than anticipated. She has therefore had to withdraw from the LSO’s performances of ‘La Rondine’ on 10 and 12 December. The role of Magda will now be sung by Carolina {…}

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Edinburgh International Festival Unveils 2025 Slate, Starring Emily D’Angelo, Hugh Cutting, Ian Bostridge, Hera Hyesang Park, Mané Galoyan

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The Edinburgh International Festival has started to reveal its 2025 festival. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances announced so far. The festival opens with a rendition of Tavener’s “The Veil of the Temple,” a concert featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Sofi Jeannin as well as the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Monteverdi Choir, National Youth Choir of Scotland, {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Caterina Sala, Lawrence Brownlee, Gerald Finley & Pavol Breslik Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a chance to listen to rarely performed works from some of the great operatic composers in the world. There are also many world premiere recordings as well. Lucie di Lammermoor  Dynamic releases Donizetti’s French version of “Lucie de {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha on Verdi, Great Conductors & How Her Mother Inspired Her Artistic Journey

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After years at the University of Cape Town followed by a stint as a Young Artist with the Cape Town Opera and a 2019 audience award at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha shone in the spotlight of the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, becoming the first African to win the coveted {…}