Kristin Chenoweth To Appear With Tabernacle Choir

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Kristin Chenoweth is set to be featured at the Christmas concert by The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square and Bells on Temple Square. The concert, scheduled for Dec. 13, 14 and 15, will be led by Mack Wilberg, music director of the Choir, and Ryan Murphy, associate music director. In a press conference, Ron Jarrett, president of The Tabernacle {…}

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Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ To Have San Francisco Opera Premiere

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The San Francisco Opera is set to present the West Coast premiere of “It’s a Wonderful Life” by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer in nine holiday-season performances. The opera, scheduled to be performed from Nov. 17 through Dec. 9, is a co-production between San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and {…}

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The Hartford Opera Theater To Present ‘New In November 9’

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The Hartford Opera Theater is set to perform “New in November 9,” a collection of short operas and opera excerpts. This opera festival will be performed on Nov. 18 at The Cathedral House at Christ Church Cathedral and the operas “A Bridge for Three” by Nathan Fletcher and Megan Cohen, “The Loathly Lady” by Paul Richards and Wendy Steiner, “Coal {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera 2018 Review: Don Pasquale

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The venue for Wexford Opera Festival “Opera Shorts” programme of piano accompanied, well-known operas in reduced form, is undoubtedly better suited to some works than others. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” is probably a perfect fit for the small stage erected especially for the festival in White’s Hotel, in which the audience are all relatively close to the stage, and therefore able {…}

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Antonio Pappano Will Conduct At the Met Opera, Retain Post At Royal Opera House

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Antonio Pappano has confirmed he will continue his post at the Royal Opera House. After much speculation that the conductor would be leaving the Royal Opera House, Pappano has confirmed he will continue in his post as Music Director until the end of the 2022-23 season. The announcement, which will come on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, will also come with the announcement {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Interview: Legendary Tenor Luigi Alva On His Major Career Moments & Maria Callas

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He has sung in practically every major opera house in the world. Specializing in the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Donizetti, his career at the Metropolitan alone has garnished over one hundred performances from his debut in 1964 until his last performance there in 1975. Working with the major singers of this period, including a favorite, Maria Callas, he sang {…}

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Interview: Soprano Michelle Bradley, A Young Artist On the Rise

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On Nov. 9, 2018, Michelle Bradley will perform in the last of four Verdi Requiem performances at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. And then in January the soprano, who adores Verdi’s music above all else, will make her role debut as Leonora in “La Forza del Destino.” It’s been a tremendous 2018 overall for Bradley, who made her role debut as {…}

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Opera Quiz: Which Bellini Heroine Are You?

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Vincenzo Bellini was born on Nov. 3, 1801 and would go on to be one of the defining composers of an entire era. Bellini’s melodic style was admired by all his contemporaries and even prominent masters such as Verdi and Wagner emulated his style in one way or another. While his operatic output was minimal compared to that of others, {…}

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Composer Profile: Vincenzo Bellini, Bel Canto Master Of Fluid Melody

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Vincenzo Bellini is one of the most famous composers of the bel canto era. Born on Nov. 3, 1801, the composer would become well-known for his expansive melodies that would become the inspiration for many Italian composers thereafter. His first opera was “Adelson e Salvini,” which had its premiere in February of 1825 at the Teatro del Conservatorio di San {…}

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