Deutsche Oper Am Rhein & Teatro Real Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

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The International Opera Awards have announced the nominees for its 2020 Awards. The annual event, which celebrates achievement in opera around the globe over the 2019 calendar year, recognizes excellence in a wide range of categories that cover performance, design and direction, as well as education and outreach. This year, two opera companies topped the 2020 nominees with three a {…}

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Christian Gerhaher, Anja Kampe, Magdalena Kožená Headline 2020 Aix-en-Provence Festival

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(Credit: Sasha Vasiljev / Mathias Bothor, Deutsche Grammophon) The Festival Aix-en-Provence has just announced the program for 2020 season, which will include a total of six works. The season will open with Berg’s opera “Wozzeck,” starring Christian Gerhaher, Anja Kampe, Daniel Brenna, Peter Hoare, Brindley Sherratt, Evan LeRoy Johnson, J’Nai Bridges, Alexander Kiechle, Tomasz Kumięga, and Graham Clark. Sir Simon {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Bass-Baritone Seth Carico On Playing Villains, Handling Stress & Anxiety, Growing As An Artist

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(Credit: Simon Pauly) It all started with a fall. A fall on stage. During his first ever performance of “The King & I,” as an adolescent, bass-baritone Seth Carico entered a stage for the first time and purposely fell down the stairs as required by the direction. “When I heard all those people laughing at what I had done, I {…}

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Saimir Pirgu, Anna Pirozzi & Roberta Mantegna Highlight Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions and two special concerts. Daniele Gatti conducts a new production of Verdi’s “Les Vêpres Siciliennes” by Valentina Carrasco. The production stars Roberto Frontali, John Osborn, Michele Pertusi, and Roberta Mantegna. Performance Dates: Dec. 10-22, 2019 Lyudmila Monastyrska and Monica Zanettin share the title role in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Giorgio Berrugi {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 2018-19 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

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Act two of “Le Nozze di Figaro” opens in a modern living room with sleekly designed furniture, surrounding a polar bear skin rug. On the back wall is a very large picture of an elephant crashing into the room. By Act three the same elephant is now standing inside the room. It has grown substantially. It is now a giant {…}

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Florida Grand Opera General Director To Remain With Company After Clarification Over Wrongful Defamation

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced that Susan T. Danis will remain with the company as its General Director and CEO. Danis had reportedly accepted to join La Jolla Music Society as President and CEO, but has since rescinded the offer. Per a press release, “This decision was reached following the disclosure that a letter defaming her and FGO had {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Thea Musgrave On her Career Achievements & Her 90th Birthday

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For years, British composer Thea Musgrave has been a major figure in the classical world. She has been a pioneer of the “dramatic-abstract” in the contemporary musical landscape and has composed over 160 pieces, including 13 operas, 11 choral works, and 21 orchestral works. Musgrave recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a concert that included many of her renown works {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary Gala As Seen Backstage

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The Metropolitan Opera 50th anniversary Gala promised to be a night filled with glamour and star power that reunited some of opera’s greatest singers on the same stage. It was a night that included some of the most popular pieces in the repertoire as well as some lesser known music that highlighted the Met’s growing and diverse repertoire. On many {…}

Artist of the Week, News

Artist Of The Week: Gregory Kunde Scales The Heights Of Andrea Chenier

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“Andrea Chenier” is considered one of the pinnacles of the dramatic tenor repertoire. It is known for its lyrical arias and vocal intensity. It is also an iconic role that every spinto tenor is dying to take on. This week Gregory Kunde performs on his first Andrea Chenier in Giordano’s famous drama at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. The addition of {…}

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Deutsche Oper Am Rhein & Teatro Real Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

Christian Gerhaher, Anja Kampe, Magdalena Kožená Headline 2020 Aix-en-Provence Festival

Q & A: Bass-Baritone Seth Carico On Playing Villains, Handling Stress & Anxiety, Growing As An Artist

Saimir Pirgu, Anna Pirozzi & Roberta Mantegna Highlight Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma’s 2019-20 Season

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 2018-19 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

Florida Grand Opera General Director To Remain With Company After Clarification Over Wrongful Defamation

Q & A: Thea Musgrave On her Career Achievements & Her 90th Birthday

Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary Gala As Seen Backstage

Artist Of The Week: Gregory Kunde Scales The Heights Of Andrea Chenier