Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change For ‘La Cenerentola’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” revealing that Vito Priante will replace Davide Luciano in the role of Dandini. Priante will make his company debut in the production which is set to open on March 12. He is a well-known baritone who specializes in the Bel Canto repertoire and has performed at the Royal {…}

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Check Out ‘Don Giovanni’ From Rome, Starring Salome Jicia, on OperaVision

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OperaVision is set to present “Don Giovanni” from the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma on Oct. 26, 2019 as part of its inaugural World Opera Day celebrations. The famed Mozart-Da Ponte opera will showcase Alessio Arduini in the title role. Vito Priante, Emanuele Cordaro, Antonio Di Matteo, Juan Francisco Gatell, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Salome Jicia, and Marianne Croux round out the {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Placido Domingo Highlight Royal Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2019-20 Season featuring some of the greatest singers in the world in 17 new productions of both ballet and opera. For this article, we will only focus on opera performances. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” opens the 2019-20 season with Erwin Schrott in the title role alongside Roberto Tagliavini, Malin Byström, Christine Rice. Daniel Behle, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Louise Alder, Lars Woldt, {…}

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CD / DVD Releases – Week of March 25

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Two rarities make up this week’s major releases. One is a world premiere recording and the other is a rarely performed choral piece. Both recordings have incredibly well-established casts led by two masters. Here are our recommendations for this week’s major releases. L’Ange de Nisida Donizetti’s rediscovered work gets it world premiere recording from a live performance at the Royal Opera {…}

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Opera Rara Releases ‘L’Ange De Nisida’ With Joyce El-Khoury

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Opera Rara has released the world premiere recording of Donizetti’s “L’Ange de Nisida.” The new recording was taken from two concert performances of the work in July 2018 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Opera Rara’s Artistic Director Sir Mark Elder leading the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in his ninth Donizetti title for the company. The new {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (3/22-24)

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This weekend is all about the stars. From Vienna to Germany to the United Kingdom, every cast has some of the world’s greats performing. Check out this weekend’s picks! Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s production continues at the Vienna house with a starry cast that includes Yonghoon Lee singing Turiddu and Fabio Sartori as Canio. Elina Garanca stars {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Russell Thomas Star in Canadian Opera Company’s 2019-20 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2019-20 season with six productions, including two new ones for the company. Here is a look at what to expect. Carlo Rizzi conducts a new production of Puccini’s “Turandot” by Robert Wilson. Tamara Wilson and Marjorie Owens share the title role with Sergey Skorokhodov and Kamen Chanev alternating the role of Calaf. Joyce El-Khoury and {…}

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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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Joyce El-Khoury, Ermonela Jaho To Headline Upcoming Opera Rara Releases

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Opera Rara and Warner Classics are ramping up their partnership with a number of upcoming releases to follow up the collaboration on a recent recording of Rossini’s complete “Semiramide.” At a luncheon in New York City, the chief participants in the partnership, including conductor and Opera Rara musical director Sir Mark Elder, talked about the future plans, which included three {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change For ‘La Cenerentola’

Check Out ‘Don Giovanni’ From Rome, Starring Salome Jicia, on OperaVision

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Placido Domingo Highlight Royal Opera’s 2019-20 Season

CD / DVD Releases – Week of March 25

Opera Rara Releases ‘L’Ange De Nisida’ With Joyce El-Khoury

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (3/22-24)

Sondra Radvanovsky, Russell Thomas Star in Canadian Opera Company’s 2019-20 Season

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

Joyce El-Khoury, Ermonela Jaho To Headline Upcoming Opera Rara Releases