Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Announces May Programming

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced May programming for a live audience. Gianandrea Noseda will conduct a concert dedicated to Brahms on May 15. The concert will feature Symphony No. 2 and will also include the company’s chorus. The second concert of the month will be held on May 22 and will feature Oksana Lyniv in her Rome debut. The {…}

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Lise Davidsen To Perform Concert at Teatro alla Scala

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(Credit: Ray Burmiston) Soprano Lise Davidsen will perform the concert at the Teatro alla Scala on May 10, 2021. The concert will be streamed on Raiplay from May 11, 2021 from 12 p.m. CET for a period of one week. The concert will be open to the audience within the limits of current Italian government’s COVID-19 legislation. Davidsen will present {…}

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Baden Baden Festspielhaus Cancels Osterfestspiele & Whitsun Festivals

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The Baden Baden Festspielhaus has announced that its annual Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden and its Whitsun Festival have been canceled due to extended COVID-19 restrictions. The German festival was expected to open reopen in early May and had rescheduled an originally planned production of Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” in concert form. The work was supposed to be performed twice and feature the Berlin Philharmonic {…}

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Obituary: Soprano Veronica Dunne Dies at 93

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Soprano and music teacher Veronica Dunne has died at the age of 93. Born in Dublin on August 2, 1927, Dunne began her vocal studies at the age of 12 under Hubert Rooney and went on to study in Rome in the 1940s to study with Soldini Calcagni and Francesco Calcatelli. She made her operatic debut in 1948 with the Dublin Grand {…}

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Teatro San Carlo di Napoli Announces April Streaming Program

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The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced its April streaming program. All performances will be able to be seen on Facebook, on Mymovies.it, and on the Teatro San Carlo’s website. The month begins with Rossini’s La petite messe solennelle in a version for soloists, chorus, armonium, and two pianos. Gea Garatti Ansini conducts the performance that will star Benedetta {…}

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Lise Davidsen & Oksana Volkova Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences can hear the latest album by one of the most exciting artists in opera right now as well as a new exciting works. There are also rarely performed works, a DVD of a recent world premiere and a new album by a famed mezzo. Let’s take a look. Beethoven Wagner Verdi Lise Davidsen releases her second album {…}

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Lincoln Center at Home to Stream Legendary ‘Jessye Norman: Women of Legend, Fantasy, and Lore’ Concert

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Lincoln Center at Home is set to present a unique concert experience on March 29, 2021 featuring one of opera’s greatest legends. “Jessye Norman: Women of Legend, Fantasy, and Lore” will kick off at 7:30 via Lincoln Center at Home’s official platform. The concert, which originally aired back in 1994 as part of “Live From Lincoln Center,” showcased the famed {…}

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Obituary: Acclaimed Bass Yevgeny Nesterenko Dies at 83 of COVID-19

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Yevgeny Nesterenko has died at the age of 83 of COVID-19 in Vienna, Austria. The basses family confirmed the news noting that the bass had died in the hospital after contracting a severe case of COVID-19. Born in Moscow, Russia on Jan. 8, 1938, Nesterenko first took up architecture and graduated from the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute in Leningrad. However, {…}

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Opera Omaha Announces Opera Under the Stars

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Opera Omaha has announced it will return to the stage on May 28 and 29 in an outdoor concert Opera Under the Stars. The concert, which will take place at the new Holland Center Outdoors, will be led by Conductor Steven White and will be directed by Dean Anthony. Artists will include Michael Adams, Barry Banks, Kristen Choi, Mary Feminear, {…}

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Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Announces May Programming

Lise Davidsen To Perform Concert at Teatro alla Scala

Baden Baden Festspielhaus Cancels Osterfestspiele & Whitsun Festivals

Obituary: Soprano Veronica Dunne Dies at 93

Teatro San Carlo di Napoli Announces April Streaming Program

Lise Davidsen & Oksana Volkova Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Lincoln Center at Home to Stream Legendary ‘Jessye Norman: Women of Legend, Fantasy, and Lore’ Concert

Obituary: Acclaimed Bass Yevgeny Nesterenko Dies at 83 of COVID-19

Opera Omaha Announces Opera Under the Stars