Jonas Kaufmann, Michael Fabiano, Joyce El-Khoury Highlights In Opera Australia’s 2019 Season

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Opera Australia has unveiled its two seasons for 2019. The company is splitting the season between Melbourne and Sydney, and we will reflect that in the listing of this season announcement. Sydney Season The Sydney Summer season in 2019 kicks off with Puccini’s “La Bohème,” starring Joyce El-Khoury in her Opera Australia debut alongside Ivan Magri, also making his Australian {…}

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Des Moines Metro Opera Announces 2019 Festival

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The Des Moines Metro Opera has announced its 2019 Festival featuring three mainstage productions and two second stage series operas. Michael Egel, General and Artistic Director of the DMMO noted, “Our 2019 season features a bold and exciting combination of titles both familiar and new. Building upon the power of sung stories as they can only be told in Des Moines {…}

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Obituary: Dutch Tenor Hubert Delamboye Dies

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Dutch tenor Hubert Delamboye has died. Delamboye studied piano at the conservatory of Maastricht and came under the vocal tutelage of Leo Ketelaars. After graduating from the conservatory in 1974, he went on to perform at major theaters in New York, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Turin, Vienna, and Zurich. He was a major figure at Salzburg Festival where he performed {…}

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Obituary: Kristine Ciesinski Dies In Tragic Crash

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Soprano Kristine Ciesinski has died in a crash in Grand Teton National Park at the age of 65. Ciesinski was identified as the pilot of a glider that crashed in Utah. The soprano was a certified flight instructor, who started flying in 1998 after retiring from the operatic scene. Ciesinski was well-known for singing at the opera major theaters including {…}

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Q&A: Pablo Heras-Casado On The Spanish Premiere Of ‘Die Soldaten’

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Madrid’s Teatro Real is set to present the first-ever performances of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s “Die Soldaten” in Spain. The occasion will see Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, the theater’s Principal Guest Conductor, in the pit with a distinguished cast and Calixto Bieto directing. Zimmermann’s only opera is one of the most challenging and extraordinary pieces in the 20th-century and when Oper {…}

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Finnish National Opera’s 2018-19 Season To Include Camilla Tilling, Olafur Sigurdarson & Rocío Pérez

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The Finnish National Opera has announced its ambitious season featuring new operas, a number of new productions and revivals. It will also include a number of international opera stars as well as some of Finland’s top singers. Operas in Alphabetical Order Veronika Dzhioeva, Anna Danik, and Mika Pohjonen lead a revival of Verdi’s “Aida” with Patrick Fournillier conducting. Performance Dates: April 6–May {…}

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Brenda Rae, Jakub Józef Orliński & Malin Byström To Be Featured In Oper Frankfurt’s 2018-19 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring 14 new productions, a number of revivals and recitals. The season will feature a number of Frankfurt premieres and one world premiere. Here is a look at what to expect. New Productions Peter Eötvös ‘s “Tri sestry” gets its first Frankfurt performances in a new production by Dorothea Kirschbaum. The unique opera, {…}

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Pretty Yende, Diana Damrau & Russell Thomas Headline Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2018-19 Season

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( Photo credit: Manfred Brückels) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2018-19 season featuring seven new productions and numerous revivals. The season will also include some of today’s biggest stars as well numerous ensemble members. Here is a look! New Productions Johan Reuter takes on the title role in Berg’s “Wozzeck” in a new production by Ole Anders Tanberg’s {…}

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Artist of the Week: Evelyn Herlitzius Makes Metropolitan Opera Debut in ‘Parsifal’

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On Monday, soprano Evelyn Herlitzius kicks off her first year on the North American opera scene. For years, the German soprano has dominated Europe as a leading interpreter of the German repertoire. She has dominated Dresden, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, Baden-Baden, Salzburg, and Paris, among others, in such operas as “Elektra,” “Tristan und Isolde,” “Wozzeck,” “Lohengrin,” and Wagner’s “Der Ring des {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Michael Fabiano, Joyce El-Khoury Highlights In Opera Australia’s 2019 Season

Des Moines Metro Opera Announces 2019 Festival

Obituary: Dutch Tenor Hubert Delamboye Dies

Obituary: Kristine Ciesinski Dies In Tragic Crash

Q&A: Pablo Heras-Casado On The Spanish Premiere Of ‘Die Soldaten’

Finnish National Opera’s 2018-19 Season To Include Camilla Tilling, Olafur Sigurdarson & Rocío Pérez

Brenda Rae, Jakub Józef Orliński & Malin Byström To Be Featured In Oper Frankfurt’s 2018-19 Season

Pretty Yende, Diana Damrau & Russell Thomas Headline Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2018-19 Season

Artist of the Week: Evelyn Herlitzius Makes Metropolitan Opera Debut in ‘Parsifal’