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On This Day, Special Features

Leonie Rysanek’s Five Best Italian Arias of her Career

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Austrian soprano Leonie Rysanek may not have performed as many roles as other dramatic sopranos such as Birgit Nilsson or Kirsten Flagstad, but that has very little to do with her artistic abilities. Rysanek was meticulous in what she chose to perform, opting to nurture the key roles she established early in her repertoire rather than trying to tackle every {…}

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Five Performances To See This Weekend (11/10-12): Anna Netrebko, Anja Harteros & Bryn Terfel Headline Productions

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The weekend is always crowded and filled with a number of performances for audiences to choose from. Over the past year, we have put out lists of all the performances happening around the world in order to inform audiences what is being performed. But after analyzing the audience response, we thought of changing it up a bit. Instead of overwhelming {…}

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Social Media Beat (10/22-27): Cristiano Ronaldo, Oman & ROH Debuts For Major Opera Stars

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Another week, more fun for opera’s greatest stars. Here’s what some of them were up to. Superstar tenor-turned-baritone Plácido Domingo took some time to meet up with superstar soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the FIFA award for “The Best Player in the World.” With “The Best”👍👏🏻🏆⚽️ #cr7 A post shared by Plácido Domingo (@placido_domingo) on Oct 25, 2017 at {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q&A: Brian Mulligan On His Debut Solo Album And Collaborating In The Studio

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American baritone Brian Mulligan has become sought out by the world’s leading opera houses and orchestras, singing a unique variety of repertoire from works by Argento, Meyerbeer, Puccini, Spears, Verdi and Wagner. Throughout the past few years, Mulligan has appeared at the San Francisco Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and Oper {…}

On This Day, Special Features

Fritz Wunderlich’s Greatest German Recordings

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There is perhaps no tenor more lauded for his interpretation in the German repertoire than Fritz Wunderlich. The German tenor worked mostly in his home country until his untimely death in 1966. American audiences were robbed of his Metropolitan Opera debut, and there is surely a hole missing where his growth as an artist would have been fostered. In honor of {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Review – Khovanshchina: Satisfaction on An Epic Scale

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Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece, “Khovanshchina,” like its predecessor “Boris Godunov,” is an exploration into a significant period of Russian history. However, whereas “Boris Godunov” focuses primarily on the individual tragedy of Boris, of a Tsar destroyed from within by his own personal demons, “Khovanshchina” is conceived on a far grander scale, one in which Mussorgsky seeks to lay bare the momentous {…}

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Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Review – Salome: Vocal Brilliance Throughout, If Not a Complete Package

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Boleslaw Barlog and Jürgen Rose’s production of Richard Strauss’ “Salome” was first performed in 1972, under the direction of Karl Böhm, with Leonie Rysanek in the title role. It has now notched-up well over 200 performances and is still going strong. After 45 years you would be forgiven for thinking that it may have lost some of its sheen, that {…}

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Marco Caria Replaces Dmitri Hvorostovsky At Vienna State Opera

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The Vienna State Opera has announced a replacement for Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the upcoming revival of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Marco Caria will sing the role of Ankarström for four performances, marking his return to the theater where he has been singing since 2010. Caria is considered one of the most important singers of his generation and has won {…}