Louise Alder, Andrè Schuen & Ying Fang Lead Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2023-24 Season

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The Palau de la Música Catalana has announced some of its 2023-24 season, which is labeled Palu 100. Here is a look at the Vocal performances announced thus far. Mozart’s Requiem will be performed by Ying Fang, Beth Taylor, Lawrence Kilsby, and Nahuel di Pierro. The Ensemble Pygmalion will be conducted by Raphäel Pichon. Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2023 Händel’s {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Lisette Oropesa & Anita Rachvelishvili Lead Festival d’Aix-en-Provence’s 2023 Season

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Today, Pierre Audi announced the program for the seventieth-fifth Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The festival will take place between the 4 th and 24th of July, 2023, staging six works, three operas in concert, and many recitals. The full program is below: The season opens with “The Threepenny Opera” by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Maxime Pascal conducts the production {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, & Juan Diego Flórez Among Headliners at Festpielhaus Baden-Baden’s 2023 Season

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The Baden-Baden Festspielhaus has announced its 2023 season which will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The season opens with Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier singing famous duets from operas by Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli. Performance Dates: Jan. 8, 2023 Osterfestpiele Baden-Baden Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in Strauss’ “De Frau ohne Schatten.” Paul Zoller directs a cast that includes Iréne {…}

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Opera Profile: Giovanni Legrenzi’s Once-Popular Baroque Work ‘Il Giustino’

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Considered one of his best works with a total of 70 arias in just three acts, Giovanni Legrenzi’s 16th opera “Il Giustino,” premiered on February 7th in 1683 at the Teatro San Salvador in Venice, was once one of the best pieces of operatic literature in the 17th century. Having made its revival in 2007, the opera is now shelved, with {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Julie Fuchs On Her Current Role As La Comtesse Adèle At The Rossini Opera Festival

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(Photo: Olivier Metzger) One of the many stars appearing at this summer’s Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro is the French soprano Julie Fuchs, who is making her festival debut as La Comtesse Adèle in “Le Comte Ory.” Known for her dazzling singing, versatile acting and innate musicality she has wowed audiences in both concert halls and theaters across Europe in {…}

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Julie Fuchs, Elza van den Heever, Lisette Oropesa, Elsa Dreisig, Benjamin Bernheim Headline FRA Cinéma’s 2022-23 Season

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(© photo : Eléna Bauer/OnP) FRA Cinéma, the exclusive cinema distributor for the Paris Opera, has announced its 2022-23 slate, which will feature four operas and two ballets. The 11th season of the collaboration will kick off with “I Capuleti e I Montecchi” from the Opéra Bastille. The opera, which is conducted by Speranza Scappucci will be directed by Robert {…}

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Natalie Dessay, Jakub Józef Orliński, Joyce DiDonato & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’s 2022-23 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées has announced its 2022-23 season featuring productions, operas in concerts, recitals, and orchestra performances. Here is a look at the vocal performances this season. Productions Gluck’s “Orphée et Eurydice” will star Jakub Józef Orliński and Regula Mühlemann. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts the production by Robert Carsen which also stars Elena Galitskaya. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 1, 2022 {…}

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Opéra de Paris Announces New Cast Change for ‘Iphigénie en Tauride’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced that Jacques Imbrailo has withdrawn from the upcoming production of Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride.” As a result, the role of Oreste will be performed by Jarrett Ott, who will be making his Paris Opera debut. The American baritone has performed at the Santa Fe Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Stuttgart Stattsoper. This season {…}

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Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Iphigénie en Tauride’

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(Credit: Kristin Speed) Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its production of Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride.” The company announced that Nicole Chevalier has withdrawn from the production and as a result, the role of Iphigénie will be performed by Tara Erraught. Erraught is scheduled to perform at the Paris Opera in “Cendrillon” during the 2021-22 season and {…}

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Louise Alder, Andrè Schuen & Ying Fang Lead Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2023-24 Season

Jonas Kaufmann, Lisette Oropesa & Anita Rachvelishvili Lead Festival d’Aix-en-Provence’s 2023 Season

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, & Juan Diego Flórez Among Headliners at Festpielhaus Baden-Baden’s 2023 Season

Opera Profile: Giovanni Legrenzi’s Once-Popular Baroque Work ‘Il Giustino’

Q & A: Soprano Julie Fuchs On Her Current Role As La Comtesse Adèle At The Rossini Opera Festival

Julie Fuchs, Elza van den Heever, Lisette Oropesa, Elsa Dreisig, Benjamin Bernheim Headline FRA Cinéma’s 2022-23 Season

Natalie Dessay, Jakub Józef Orliński, Joyce DiDonato & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’s 2022-23 Season

Opéra de Paris Announces New Cast Change for ‘Iphigénie en Tauride’

Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Iphigénie en Tauride’