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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Conductor Change for ‘Carmina Burana’

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a conductor change for its upcoming performance of “Carmina Burana.” The company said, “We would like to inform the kind audience that the ‘Carmina Burana’ performance, scheduled for July 13, 2023, in the Zubin Mehta Hall, will be conducted by maestro Andrea Battistoni, replacing maestro Paolo Carignani.” Battistoni has conducted at the Bayerische Staatsoper, {…}

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China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts Announces 2023-24 Season

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The China National Centre for the Performing Arts has announced its 2023-24 season. Puccini’s “Tosca” will be directed by Alessandra Panzavolta. Ambrogio Maestri and Monica Zanettin star. Performance Dates: June 13-18, 2023 Verdi’s “La Traviata“ will star Ekaterina Bakanova and Shi Yijie. Performance Dates: August 3-8, 2023 Delibes’ “Lakmé” will be directed by Davide Livermore and will star Asmick Torosyan, {…}

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Salzburg Whitsun Festival Announces Cast Change for Schubertiade

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(Credit: Lucas und Arthur Jussen) The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced a cast change for its Schubertiade on May 29, 2023. The festival said that “for health reasons, Daniel Barenboim has been forced to cancel his participation in the Schubertiade. The original plan was for Daniel Barenboim to play four-hand piano works by Franz Schubert with Martha Argerich. Therefore, Martha {…}

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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces New Cast Change for ‘Otello’

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a cast change for its production of Verdi’s “Otello.” The company that the role of Desdemona will be performed by Zarina Abaeva replacing the originally announced Anastasia Bartoli. Abaeva has performed at the Perm Opera and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, among others. Her repertoire includes the music of Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Offenbach, Bizet, and Verdi. The {…}

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Jessica Pratt, Rosa Feola, Corinne Winters & Erwin Schrott Lead Opéra de Liege’s 2023-24 Season

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Belgium’s Opera de Liege has announced its 2023-24 season featuring youth opera, opera, and concerts. Fabio Biondi conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” with Giorgio Berrugi, Annalisa Stroppa, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Nino Machaidze, and Riccardo Della Sciucca. Jean-Louis Grinda directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-28, 2023 Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” is set to star Ruzil Gatin, Pablo Ruiz, Aya Wakizono, Chiara Tirotta, Vittorio Prato, {…}

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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Cast Change for ‘Otello’

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The Maggio Musicale has announced a cast change for its production of “Otello.” The company said that the title role will be performed by Arsen Soghomonyan, who will replace the originally announced Fabio Sartori. Soghomonyan is a soloist with the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre. Prior to his debut as a tenor was the leading baritone of the Theatre. He {…}

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BCN Classics Announces 2023-24 Season

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Barcelona’s BCN Classics has announced the 2023-24 season featuring a number of stars. For this article, we will focus on the sole vocal performance. Josep Vicent conducts the ADDA Simfònica Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Xavier Montsalvatge’s Spiritual song. The concert will star Erika Grimaldi, Teresa Iervolino, Airam Hernández, and José Antonio López. The concert will also feature {…}

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The Verbier Festival Announces 223 Students Selected for 2023 Academy and Orchestra Programs

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The Verbier Festival has announced the 223 students which will participate in their Academy and Orchestra programs this summer. From a pool of 2,253 applicants, 143 were selected as new participants with 8 being re-invited from previous years. Students can be re-invited twice for the Academy program, and thrice for Orchestra programs. In addition to traditional artistic training, the festival {…}

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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Cast Change for Performance of ‘La Traviata’

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a cast change for its extraordinary performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The company said that Nadezhda Pavlova will sing the role of Violetta replacing Aida Garifullina who was originally announced. Pavlova has performed at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, and Konzerthaus Vienna. Her repertoire includes {…}