Teatro alla Scala & Dubai Opera Announce Cast Change for Gala Concert

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The Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Dubai Opera have announced a cast change for their “Concert for Tomorrow” on Dec 1. The two companies noted that tenor Piero Pretti will be replaced by Vittorio Grigolo, who will join Aida Garifullina in the concert. Michele Gamba conducts. This season, Grigolo is set to return to the Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper, {…}

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Teatro alla Scala Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Carlo’

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for its production of “Don Carlo.” The company noted that Michele Pertusi will replace René Pape in the role of Filippo II. Pertusi recently sang Don Carlo in Modena and Piacenza. He also opened the Teatro San Carlo’s 2022-23 season in a new production of the opera. This season he is set {…}

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Artist of the Week: Lucas Meachem

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This week the Dallas Opera is set to world premiere “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” The opera was originally scheduled for 2020 but was postponed due to COVID-19. For the production, Grammy Award–winning baritone Lucas Meachem will star as journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby who awakes from a coma unable to move or speak. Based on a memoir from 1997, the {…}

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Chicago Opera Theater Music Director Steps Down

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The Board of Directors of Chicago Opera Theater has announced that Lidiya Yankovskaya will step down from her position as Morse and Genius Music Director at the end of the company’s 2023-24 50th Anniversary season. Yankovskaya will continue to lead Chicago Opera Theater’s Vanguard Initiative, the immersive training and residency program for first-time opera composers which she created for the {…}

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Gran Teatre Del Liceu Announces Change for ‘Carmen’

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its production of “Carmen.” The company said, “Michael Spyres will take on the role of Don José in the opera ‘Carmen,’ replacing Charles Castronovo, who due to scheduling problems is finally unable to participate in the production.” This season Spyres is set to perform “Der fliegende Holländer” at Staatsoper {…}

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Prague Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director

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The Prague Symphony Orchestra has announced that Tomáš Netopil will be the new Music Director starting during the 2025-26 season. Netopil will succeed his present Chief Conductor Tomáš Brauner. In a statement, the conductor said, “Prague has always been an enormously rich source of culture and music for me. The Prague Symphony Orchestra, which continues to make an outstanding contribution {…}

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Soloman Howard Joins Askonas Holt

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Soloman Howard has joined Askonas Holt for general management. Howard will be managed at Askonas Holt by Joel Thomas, Dominic Domingo, and Hamish James. Over the years Howard has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Teatro Real, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Teatro Municipal de Santiago. This season he is {…}

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Puccini Festival Replaces Alberto Veronesi for ‘La Boheme’

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(Credit: Giorgio Andreuccetti) The Puccini Festival has announced a conductor change for its new production of “La Bohème.” The company said that Manlio Benzi will replace Alberto Veronesi at the podium. The news comes after Veronesi blindfolded his eyes at the opening night of the production on July 14 in protest of Christophe Gayrel’s production which updated the opera to {…}

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Anna Samuil Named Honorary Professor at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler

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Soprano Anna Samuil has been named an honorary professor of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Samuil was presented a certificate on her last day at the school on April 27, 2023, by Rector Sarah Wedl-Wilson. Samuil has been teaching at the Eisler since 2011, and her voice class has already produced many successful graduates who have received {…}

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Teatro alla Scala & Dubai Opera Announce Cast Change for Gala Concert

Teatro alla Scala Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Carlo’

Artist of the Week: Lucas Meachem

Chicago Opera Theater Music Director Steps Down

Gran Teatre Del Liceu Announces Change for ‘Carmen’

Prague Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director

Soloman Howard Joins Askonas Holt

Puccini Festival Replaces Alberto Veronesi for ‘La Boheme’

Anna Samuil Named Honorary Professor at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler