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The Metropolitan Opera’s “The Exterminating Angel’ Headed To DVD

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the release of Thomas Adès and Tom Cairns’ “The Exterminating Angel.” The opera, which had its American premiere last season, is set for international release on Feb. 22, 2019 through Erato. The opera stars Christian Van Horn, Amanda Echalaz, Sophie Bevan,  Audry Luna, David Portillo, Christine Rice, Alice Coote, Joseph Kaiser and John Tomlinson among {…}
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Marc Minkowski’s Contract Extended At Opéra National de Bordeaux

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Opéra National de Bordeaux has renewed Marc Minkowski’s contract. Laurence Dessertine, President of the Régie personnalisée of the Opéra National de Bordeaux, announced that Marc Minkowski’s contract as General Manager will be renewed from Sept. 1, 2019  to August 31, 2022. Minkowski was the founder of Les Musicians du Louvre and took charge of the Opéra de Bordeaux in June {…}
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Best of 2018: OperaWire Staff Picks Most Memorable Opera Performances Of the Year

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Yes, it’s that time of the year where we wax poetic about transformative experiences we have had over the course of the last 300 or so days. Sometimes we curate these experiences as rankings to fuel some individual emotions, and at other moments we simply do what we are doing with this piece – let a few different people chip {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Partners With WQXR For New Podcast

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WQXR and the Metropolitan Opera have announced “Aria Code,” a new 10-episode podcast series that explores the opera world’s most legendary arias. The podcast is set to debut on Dec. 4, 2018, to coincide with the new production premiere of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” That episode will be dedicated to the famed Italian opera and will discuss the famed “E strano… {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Review: Tosca

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Puccini’s “Tosca” received its 966th performance at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday, Oct. 25. The work featured the second revival of David McVicar’s production from last season, with some unique distinctions. As noted in last year’s review of this production, this version of the work’s success will live or die based on whether the performers bring a strong perspective to {…}
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Liceu’s Artistic Director To Leave During 2019-20 Season

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Christina Scheppelmann, who was named Artistic director at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2014, is set leave her position with the company during the 2019-20 season. Ever since taking the position in June 2014, Scheppelmann had numerous achievements including upping the attendance to 86 percent during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 season. She also worked on the OFF Liceu project, which has helped {…}
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Željko Lučić & Claudio Sgura Replace Wolfgang Koch In Met Opera “Tosca”

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Wolfgang Koch has withdrawn from the fall run of “Tosca.” The company announced that Koch, who was set to debut with the company, had to withdraw due to illness. As a result, Željko Lučić will sing the role of Scarpia on opening night on Oct. 25 and Claudio Sgura will sing the remaining six performances {…}

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