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The American Friends Of Donizetti Opera Festival To Be Formed

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The American Friends of the Donizetti Opera Festival has been formed to support the efforts of the Donizetti Opera Festival, an international celebration held each November in Bergamo, Italy, the birthplace of the famed composer that bears the festival’s name. The AFDOF is will be charged with encouraging the collaboration of scholars, artists, and Donizetti devotees in the United States {…}

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin Named Artistic Director Of Met Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been named the artistic director of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. The New York Times reported that the Metropolitan Opera’s newly appointed Music Director will take over the program first established by James Levine in 1980. Nézet-Séguin will help in nurturing the next generation of talent by leading the company’s prestigious young artist program.which helped foster {…}

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Festival Castell De Peralada Announces Luxury Cast For New ‘Aida’

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The Festival Castell de Peralada has announced that it will present Verdi’s “Aida” in 2020. Festival director Oriol Aguilá announced the new production of Verdi’s opera, which will be directed by Paco Azorin and will star soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role with tenor Piotr Beczala as Radamès. Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili will sing the role of Amneris, a portrayal for {…}

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Teatro Nuovo 2019 Review: La Straniera

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(Credit: Steven Pisano) Bellini’s “La Straniera” is often cited as one of the composer’s unique works in his oeuvre. Composed in 1828 and based on the novel “L’Étrangère” by Charles-Victor Prévot, it was his third opera, coming just a few years before some of the more popular repertory staples that we have come to know today. Teatro Nuovo, which performed {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Plácido Domingo & The Top 7 Opera To see This Weekend Internationally (7/12-14)

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(Credit: Gran Theatre del Liceu/Bayerische Staatsoper/Metropolitan Opera) This weekend is stacked with a number of new productions and revivals with some of the biggest stars. Here is a look at seven works we think are unmissable. Guillaume Tell – Chorégies d’Orange, France Nicola Alaimo takes on Rossini’s final opera, a work that has become his signature. He is joined by {…}

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Saioa Hernández To Make Royal Opera House Debut

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Saioa Hernández is set to make her Royal Opera House debut tonight. The Spanish singer is set to replace Sondra Radvanovsky, who is ill,  in Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier.’ Hernández recently made her role debut in as Maddalena at the Teatro Comunale di Modena and went on to perform the role at the Teatro Reggio di Emilia and Teatro Piacenza earlier this year. {…}

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Royal Opera 2018-19 Review: Andrea Chénier

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An opera in which death is the finite indulgence, Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” is the antithesis of its verismo siblings – glorifying suicidal sacrifice rather than sketching it in lachrymose laments of mourning and self-pity. With its tenacious celebration of strength in the face of unvanquishable, ruthless adversity, it rivals “Tristan and Isolde” in its heroes’ unabashed, iron will to die; {…}

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Anna Netrebko & Nina Stemme & The Top 7 Operas To See This Weekend

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It’s a special weekend filled with great stars and one of the world’s greatest houses celebrating an anniversary. This weekend we have upgraded to seven operas to see so that you all don’t miss some of the great presentations to see this weekend. Die Frau Ohne Schatten & Andrea Chénier  – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria The Vienna stage is stacked with {…}