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Opéra National de Paris 2018–19 Review: Simon Boccanegra

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During its 350th anniversary season, the Opéra National de Paris presented a new production of one of the most difficult and controversial Verdi’s operas, “Simon Boccanegra.” With a solid cast and no boundaries of interpretation, Calixto Bieito decided to tell a recklessly modernized story, with characters seemed prohibited from interacting with one another and simply had to ignore each other {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2018-19 Review: It’s a Wonderful Life

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Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s “It’s A Wonderful Life” opened earlier this week at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House. An American success story based on “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern, and Frank Capra’s beloved film on the same story, it combined old and new, young and original, odd and familiar, poignant and comic. Neither movie nor {…}

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Sumi Jo Among Artists To Participate In ‘Dreamland Gala’ To Support UNICEF

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Violinist Yury Revich will lead the “Dreamland Gala” at the Theater an der Wien on Thursday, Nov. 22. The event is set to take place as part of the “Friday Nights With Yuri Revich” series. The concert, which will dedicate proceeds to UNICEF in Austria will feature such vocal artists as soprano Sumi Jo, as well as Hasmik Papian and {…}

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‘Black Square’ To Make World Premiere At Tretyakov Gallery

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The new opera “Black Square” will get a hotly anticipated world premiere at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on November 27, 2018 after three years in development. With music by Ilya Demutsky and libretto by Olga Maslova and Igor Konyukhov, the opera is a two-act futuristic tragicomedy that “mixes intellectual traditions of Russian avant-garde and fast pacing style of an {…}

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Artist Profile: Barbara Hendricks – Soprano, Jazz Singer, Movie Star

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Barbara Hendricks is the textbook example of a singer that can truly do it all.  Born on Nov. 20, 1948, in Arkansas, she graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in mathematics and chemistry. But from there it was all music. She studied at Juilliard under mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel and took master classes with Maria Callas. Per the {…}

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Cecilia Bartoli Announces New Album For Holiday Season

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Twenty years ago, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli released “The Vivaldi Album,” which redefined her as an artist in the eyes of many around the opera world. Now she has returned to that original well of inspiration with her latest album, “Antonio Vivaldi.” This new album will feature the mezzo in collaboration with the French baroque orchestra Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe Spinosi. {…}

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Met Opera 2018-19 Preview: ‘Il Trittico’ Celebrates Its 100 Years Since World Premiere

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Puccini’s “Il Trittico” returns to the Met Opera on Nov. 23, 2018, for seven performances. Despite being one of Puccini’s finest works, it has only been presented with the company on 74 occasions; by the end of this run, it will have 81 performances total. As is always the case with these operas, there are a ton of singers involved {…}