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Washington Concert Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Luisa Miller’

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) Washington Concert Opera has announced a cast change for its upcoming performance of “Luisa Miller” on April 13, 2025. The company said that Oren Gradus will be taking on the role of Walter, stepping in for Morris Robinson, who withdrew due to unforeseen circumstances. Gradus has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Semperoper Dresden, San Francisco Opera, Houston {…}

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Amartuvshin Enkhbat Leads Recital at Bilbao Opera

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On March 29, baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat will give a recital. The baritone, who made history in Bilbao singing an encore in “Rigoletto,” will perform at the Euskalduna Bilbao. The program will include music by Giuseppe Verdi as well as Bellini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, and Giordano. At the piano, maestro Stefano Salvatori will make his ABAO Bilbao Opera debut. Throughout the past {…}

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Hungarian State Opera Rejects Ambassador of Ukraine Demands to Cancel Anna Netrebko’s Concert

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The Hungarian State Opera has rejected the Ambassador of Ukraine’s call to cancel Anna Netrebko’s upcoming concert on March 23, 2025. According to reports, the Ukrainian Ambassador Fedor Sandor in Budapest demanded that the opera house cancel the soprano’s concert claiming that Netrebko was a supporter of Putin and a supporter of the war in Ukraine. However, the soprano has {…}

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Joins Intermusica for European Management

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen) Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen has joined Intermusica for European management Intermusica will represent Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in Europe, working in partnership with Étude Artists (General Management). He will be managed by Natasha Worsley, Associate Director, and Iago Campello, Associate Artist Manager. In a statement, Nussbaum Cohen said, “I deeply admire the passion and dedication that Natasha and the entire {…}

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Bilbao Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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Bilbao Opera has announced a cast change for its opening “Tristan und Isolde” performance on Jan. 18, 2025. The company said that Rachel Nicholls will sing the role of Isolde replacing the originally scheduled Oksana Dyka. Nicholls has performed Isolde to great success at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Teatro Regio di Torino, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, the {…}

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Sara Blanch, Carmela Remigio, Corinne Winters, Roberto Frontali Lead Caracalla Festival’s 2025 Season

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(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2025 summer festival at the Caracalla. The festival, known as the Caracalla Festival, will take place between June 29 and August 7 under Damiano Michieletto’s artistic direction. The festival will showcase four productions. The season’s first production will be Händel’s “La Resurrezione.” George Petrou conducts the production by Ilaria {…}

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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of the Year

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It is time to wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments and performers. After releasing our favorite performances of 2024 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top 11 singers of the year, performers that we thought stood out. Performers who had major breaks, headlined major productions or simply had {…}

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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2024

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(Credit: TACT/Askonas Holt/Intermusica/Natalia Jansen) It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. 2024 brought many debuts, many new productions, many competitions, many world premieres and many new young artists who are coming up in the world of opera.  And that it is reason alone to celebrate. As the year comes to an end, here’s a look at {…}

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Metropolitan Opera ‘Il Trovatore’ Nov. 17 Performance Sees Two Major Debuts

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The Metropolitan Opera’s Nov. 17 “Il Trovatore” performance saw two major debuts in the second part of the opera. Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz made an unexpected house debut as Manrico while Leah Hawkins made her role debut as Leonora. Chacón-Cruz replaced Michael Fabiano, while Hawkins replaced Angela Meade. Both  Meade and Fabiano took to social media to announce that they could {…}