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Social Media Beat (11/2-9): A Dog Wins the Internet As Ailyn Pérez Prepares ‘Thaïs’ Among Other Major Events

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Another week and more fun stuff on Instagram. One, in particular, has the internet won over. Ailyn Pérez wants everyone to be excited about her upcoming “Thaïs” at the Metropolitan Opera. J’ai trop hâte de finalement devenir Thaïs ce samedi! Ces costumes et cette musique sont d’une beauté exceptionnelle 😌💕✨ . . @geraldfinleyofficial you rock!! What a wonderful colleague to {…}
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Placido Domingo, Jonas Kaufmann & Cecilia Bartoli Headline Salzburg Festival

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2018 summer festival. This season the festival will showcase eight operas in concert and staged performances. “Die Zauberflöte” will be the festival’s sole Mozart offering starring Matthias Goerne as Sarastro, Mauro Peter as Tamino, Albina Shagimuratova in the role of the Queen of the Night, Christiane Karg as Pamina, and Adam Plachetka as Papageno. Constantinos Carydis conducts Lydia Steier’s new production. {…}
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OPERA NEWS Announces 13th Annual OPERA NEWS Awards

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OPERA NEWS Editor in Chief F. Paul Driscoll has announced the 13th Annual OPERA NEWS Awards. The magazine has announced that this year’s honorees will be conductor William Christie, mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto, tenor Vittorio Grigolo, soprano Hei-Kyung Hong, and soprano Sonya Yoncheva. The honorees will be celebrated in a black-tie gala celebration on April 22nd, 2018 at the Plaza Hotel {…}
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Glyndebourne Opera Festival Announces 2018 Festival

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The Glyndebourne Opera Festival has announced its 2018 schedule. The company announced that next season it will present Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in Annilese Miskimmon’s Tour 2016 production. The production will make its Festival debut and will be conducted by Omer Meir Wellber. Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” will be revived with the 2014 Richard Jones production making its return. Robin Ticciati conducts. Following {…}
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Javier Camarena, Plácido Domingo & ‘Dead Man Walking’ Among Highlights of Teatro Real’s 2017-18 Season

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The Teatro Real has finally announced its 2017-18 season, later than most other organizations. But the company has packed quite a punch for its upcoming showcase, with 13 operas on the docket. It all starts on Sept. 13 with Mozart’s rarely performed “Lucio Silla” directed by Claus Guth. The cast will be led by Patricia Petibon, who will sing five {…}
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Roberto Alagna, Elina Garanca & Camilla Nylund Headline The Vienna State Opera’s 6 New Productions

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The Vienna State Opera has announced its 2017-18 Season with six new productions. The company will showcase a new production of Prokofiev’s “Der Spieler” with Elena Maximova and Linda Watson. The production will be conducted by Simone Young and directed by Karoline Gruber, with the opening night on Oct. 4. Willy Decker directs a new production of Berg’s “Lulu” with {…}
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Teatro Liceu Announces 2017-18 Season With Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann in New Productions

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The Barcelona-based Teatro Liceu held a press conference on Friday afternoon to showcase what it had in store for the 17-18 season and revealed a major surprise. Among its many entries, the company announced that Dmitri Hvorostovsky would be performing two operas next season including “Un Ballo in Maschera” and “The Demon.” The news comes as a huge surprise considering {…}
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Weekend Preview – International (1/27- 1/29): Jonas Kaufmann headlines a Sold Out ‘Lohengrin’ and Anita Rachvelishvili returns to ‘Il Trovatore’

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What are you doing this weekend? Do you have any plans? If not the world’s greatest houses have some great offerings this weekend. Among the artists performing include Placido Domingo, Juan Diego Florez, Lise Lindstorm and Francesco Meli. Austria The weekend kicks off with Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” at the Vienna State Opera. The production stars Aida Garifullina and Juan {…}
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Berlin Staatsoper Preview 2016-17: Sold Out ‘King Arthur’ Makes Rare Appearance

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Henry Purcell’s “King Arthur” arrives at the Berlin Staatsoper on Sunday Jan. 15 in a run that has already reportedly sold out. According to the official website of the Staatsoper, all five runs of the production have no remaining tickets for those interested in witnessing the performance. The opera, written by librettist John Dryden, is rather unique in its construction. {…}

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