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Royal Opera House 2024-25 Review: La Traviata

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  When I asked soprano Aida Garifullina, in an earlier interview, what dream role she aspired to sing, she responded:
“To be honest, I’m singing it at the moment…‘Traviata’ is my favorite opera.”

And, on the opening day of this performance, almost 30 years since Richard Eyre’s celebrated first production of it, she sang her heart and soul out to prove it. {…}
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Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Celebrating 22 Years of Sir Antonio Pappano

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A truly packed house, a cast of operatic luminaries and a program of works chosen and compiled by Maestro Pappano himself; a Gala, fit for a KING, surely? Which is just as well because His Royal Highness King Charles III was in the audience as a truly surprise guest of honor, courtesy of a massive covert security operation that even {…}
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Jette Parker Artists and The Royal Opera to Present Martinu / Harbison Double Bill

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The Jette Parker Artists and The Royal Opera are set to present a double bill featuring Martinu’s “Larmes de couteau” and Harbison’s “Full Moon in March.” The showcase, which will be presented at the Linbury Theatre starting on April 26, 2024, will be directed by Eleanor Burke and Harriet Taylor. Both operas will star Valentina Puskás as Eleanora, alongside Veena {…}
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Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Elektra

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(Photo credit: © ROH 2024/Tristram Kenton) Had a family bust-up over the holidays? Don’t worry – it could be worse. Richard Strauss’ “Elektra,” with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal from his 1903 play of the same, took a dysfunctional family of the opera stage to new extremes, boiling up Sophocles’ tale of matricide in the Freudian pressure cooker of {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, Angel Blue, Asmik Grigorian Headline Royal Opera House’s 2023-24 Season

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The Royal Opera House has unveiled its 2023-24 season. It all kicks off with a production of “Das Rheingold” directed by Barrie Kosky and conducted by Antonio Pappano. The opera stars Christopher Maltman, Christopher Purves, Sean Panikkar, Marina Prudenskaya, Kiandra Howarth, and Wiebke Lehmkulm. Performance Dates: Sept. 11 – 29, 2023 Next up is “La Forza del Destino” in a {…}
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Chicago Opera Theater to Showcase Unique Double Bill

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Chicago Opera Theater (COT), will present two major performances this May. First up will be “The Cook-Off,” by composer Shawn Okpebholo and librettist Mark Campbell on May 11, 2023. “The Cook-Off” will be the fourth world premiere that the company showcases as part of its Vanguard program, which is led by Elizabeth Morse and genius Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya. The opera will be {…}
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Royal Opera House Announces Participants of Jette Parker Programme 2023-24

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The Royal Opera House has announced the participants for its 2023-24 Jette Parker Artist Programme. Among those joining in the fall of 2023 are sopranos Isabela Díaz and Valentina Puscas, baritone Grisha Martirosyan, mezzo-soprano Veena Akama-Makia, bass Jamie Woollard, and tenor Ryan Vaughan Davies. Díaz has appeared at the Teatro Colón, Teatro Argentino de la Plata, and the Municipal Theatre {…}
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Chicago Opera Theater to Present ‘Albert Herring’

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The Chicago Opera Theater is set to present the comic opera “Albert Herring” on Jan. 26 – 29, 2023 at the Athenaeum Center. The Britten opera will be presented under the direction of Dame Jane Glover, and stars Miles Mykkanen, in his company debut as Albert Herring. Other cast members include Whitney Morrison as Lady Billows, Leah Dexter as Mrs. Herring, Justin Berkowitz as {…}
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Merola Opera Program Concludes Summer Program with Gala Concert

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The Merola Opera Program’s Summer Festival ends with the Merola Grand Finale, a concert featuring the 31 young artists of the 2022 program. The program will see the artists performing some of opera’s most thrilling arias and ensembles. Directed by 2022 Merola Stage Director Matthew J. Schulz, this performance will be conducted by Patrick Furrer, a Metropolitan Opera staff member {…}

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