Settimane Musicale 2018 Festival Review – L’Inganno Felice: Director Alberto Triola Finds Way to Use Ancient Theater Beautifully For Youthful Rossini Work

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Vicenza’s Teatro Olimpico, designed by Palladio in 1580, is Europe’s oldest indoor theater. It is based on Vitruvius’s description of the theatres of Ancient Rome, and therefore, Classical in style. It has an elliptical, steeply-raked seating space as found in Ancient Greek and Roman open-air theatres, which provides for unrestricted views of the stage. Its auditorium is decorated by plaster {…}

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New York Opera Fest 2018 Preview: the little OPERA theatre of ny Tells The Stories of Marian Anderson & Leontyne Price

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With the New York Opera Fest 2018 officially underway, OperaWire will be showcasing small previews for each major participant at the festival, as we did during last year’s event. However, we are doing things a bit differently this year and giving the floor directly to each company to speak to you, the reader, directly. Enjoy! If you are looking for {…}

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Marlis Petersen, Max Emanuel Cencic & Christophe Dumaux Headline Theater An Der Wien’s 2018-19 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring numerous operas by Weber, Handel, and Tchaikovsky. The season will include a number of productions, concert performances, recitals and chamber operas. Productions Marlis Petersen, David Hansen, Mirella Hagen, Katarina Bradić, Rainer Trost, Florian Köfler, and Tölzer Sängerknabe star in a production of Handel’s “Alcina.” Stefan Gottfried conducts Tatjana Gürbaca’s production. Performance {…}

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San Francisco Opera To Stage The Ring Cycle With Irene Theorin

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This summer, the San Francisco Opera will present Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in three complete cycles. The company will showcase each cycle over the course of one week as the composer originally intended, from June 12 through July 1 at the War Memorial Opera House. The cast is set to include some of today’s greatest Wagnerians including Irene Theorin (Brünnhilde), Greer {…}

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Q & A: Thea Musgrave On her Career Achievements & Her 90th Birthday

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For years, British composer Thea Musgrave has been a major figure in the classical world. She has been a pioneer of the “dramatic-abstract” in the contemporary musical landscape and has composed over 160 pieces, including 13 operas, 11 choral works, and 21 orchestral works. Musgrave recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a concert that included many of her renown works {…}

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Artist Profile: Cecilia Bartoli, A Legend That Continues

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Cecilia Bartoli, born on June 4, 1966, is one of the most famous opera singers on the planet. The mezzo-soprano, who has also shown an ability to sing a number of soprano roles, was born to professional singers and sang her first public performance at the age of nine in “Tosca” as the shepherd boy. She then went on to {…}

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OperaVision 2018 Live Stream: Don’t Miss Mariella Devia’s Final ‘Norma’

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Audiences can get a chance to see Mariella Devia as she says goodbye to the stage in a production of “Norma” at the Teatro la Fenice as the showcase will be carried by OperaVision. The production will also star Luca Tittoto as Oroveso, Carmela Remigio as Adalgisa, and Stefan Pop as Pollione. Devia has received strong reviews for her final {…}

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“HUSH” – Soprano Nora Fischer & Electric Guitarist Marnix Dorrestein On Bringing A New Perspective To 17th Century Music In Their New Album

https://operawire.com/hush-soprano-nora-fischer-electric-guitarist-marnix-dorrestein-on-bringing-a-new-perspective-on-17th-century-music-in-their-new-album/

Scarlatti, Purcell, Monteverdi, Dowland, Vivaldi, and Caldara, were popular in early music, but without traditionally played instruments and vocals, could music from the 17th century resonate in the same way today? “HUSH,” an album that is pushing boundaries in the classical music world, was just released by Deutsche Grammophon and is sparking new ideas surrounding innovation and creativity in early {…}

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Opera Quiz: Tell Us Your Favorite Movies & We Will Tell You Which Ring Cycle Character You Are

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It’s the summer, which means that a ton of people are going to be spending quality time at the movies. And Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” is about to open at the San Francisco Opera, among other places, as well. And then there is the whole business about Wagner being the greatest influence on musical composition in movies. So we {…}

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Settimane Musicale 2018 Festival Review – L’Inganno Felice: Director Alberto Triola Finds Way to Use Ancient Theater Beautifully For Youthful Rossini Work

New York Opera Fest 2018 Preview: the little OPERA theatre of ny Tells The Stories of Marian Anderson & Leontyne Price

Marlis Petersen, Max Emanuel Cencic & Christophe Dumaux Headline Theater An Der Wien’s 2018-19 Season

San Francisco Opera To Stage The Ring Cycle With Irene Theorin

Q & A: Thea Musgrave On her Career Achievements & Her 90th Birthday

Artist Profile: Cecilia Bartoli, A Legend That Continues

OperaVision 2018 Live Stream: Don’t Miss Mariella Devia’s Final ‘Norma’

“HUSH” – Soprano Nora Fischer & Electric Guitarist Marnix Dorrestein On Bringing A New Perspective To 17th Century Music In Their New Album

Opera Quiz: Tell Us Your Favorite Movies & We Will Tell You Which Ring Cycle Character You Are