Jakub Józef Orliński To Give Concerts In Spain In January

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Credit: Jiyang Chen Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński is set to give two concerts in Spain in January 2021. The first stop for the countertenor will be at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona on Jan. 11, and the second concert will take place at the National Auditorium in Madrid on Jan. 17, 2021. On both occasions, Orliński will {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Florian Boesch, & Günther Groissböck Highlight Theater an der Wien’s 2020-21 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2020-21 season featuring 13 new productions, chamber opera, and opera in concert. Productions The season opens with Leoncavallo’s “Zazà” starring Svetlana Aksenova in the title role, Nikolai Schukoff, Christopher Maltman, Dorothea Herbert, and Enkelejda Shkosa. Stefan Soltész conducts the new production by Christof Loy. Performance Dates: Sept. 16-27, 2020 Wayne Marshall conducts {…}

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Obituary: Greek Soprano Jeannette Pilou Dies, Aged 83

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Greek soprano Jeannette Pilou has passed away as of Monday, April 28, 2020. Born in Alexandria, Egypt on July 11, 1937, Pilou began her vocal training in Egypt, before studying under Carla Castellani in Italy. Her professional debut came in 1959 as Violetta in Verdi’a “La Traviata” with the Teatro Smeraldo di Milano. Pilou came to international acclaim with her {…}

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Obituary: Franco Bordoni Dies at 88

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Franco Bordoni has died at the age of 88 on Feb. 13, 2020. The Italian baritone was born in Bologna on Jan. 1, 1932 and went on to study at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini di Bologna. However, he abandoned it two years later and learned by listening to CDs of Beniamino Gigli and Carlo Tagliabue. In 1953, he made his {…}

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Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming & Missy Mazzoli Highlight LA Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The LA Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of Main stage productions, of grand and community events. Here is a look at what the ambitious season is set to showcase. Main Stage The season opens with Verdi and Cammarano’s “Il Trovatore” starring Angel Blue in her role debut as Leonora and Gregory Kunde in his LA Opera {…}

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Teatro Verdi Trieste 2018-19 Season Review: Madama Butterfly

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In Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1881 operetta “Patience,” the Oscar Wilde parody character Reginald Bunthorne boasts “I do not care for all one sees – that’s Japanese.” At the end of the Victorian era, the Land of the Rising Sun was an object of immense curiosity all over Western Europe and it seemed no occidental nation was immune to the craze {…}

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Enea Scala, Asmik Grigorian & Christopher Maltman Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2019-20 Season

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Oper Frankfurt’s new season is massive. It is loaded up with over a dozen new productions and even more revivals. Premieres Damiano Michieletto directs a new production of Rossini’s “Otello” starring Enea Scala in the title role, Karolina Makuła as Desdemona, Theo Lebow as Iago, and Jack Swanson as Rodrigo. Sesto Quatrini conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 8-Oct. 20, 2019 Asmik Grigorian sings {…}

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Artist Profile: Mezzo Rosalind Elias, A Met Opera Veteran

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Rosalind Elias is one of America’s great mezzo-sopranos. She was born in Massachusetts as the 13th and youngest child in her family. She studied at the New England Conservatory and first appeared with the New England Opera between 1948-52. On Feb. 23, 1954, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut, a life-changing date for Elias. She would go on to sing {…}

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Festival della Valle D’Itria 2017 Review – Orlando Furioso: Imaginative Production & Vocal Artistry Make Case for Vivaldi’s Operatic Talents

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During his lifetime Vivaldi was a prolific composer of operas, responsible for setting at least 45 libretti, linked to at least 67 stage works, although Vivaldi claimed it to be 94. Yet, today his operatic output has been largely forgotten, being at best, of marginal interest to the opera-going public, restricted to recordings, rare concerts, and even rarer staged performances. {…}

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Jakub Józef Orliński To Give Concerts In Spain In January

Carmela Remigio, Florian Boesch, & Günther Groissböck Highlight Theater an der Wien’s 2020-21 Season

Obituary: Greek Soprano Jeannette Pilou Dies, Aged 83

Obituary: Franco Bordoni Dies at 88

Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming & Missy Mazzoli Highlight LA Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Teatro Verdi Trieste 2018-19 Season Review: Madama Butterfly

Enea Scala, Asmik Grigorian & Christopher Maltman Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2019-20 Season

Artist Profile: Mezzo Rosalind Elias, A Met Opera Veteran

Festival della Valle D’Itria 2017 Review – Orlando Furioso: Imaginative Production & Vocal Artistry Make Case for Vivaldi’s Operatic Talents