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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Review: Adriana Lecouvreur, Jennifer Rowley Edition

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The Metropolitan Opera completed its run of “Adriana Lecouvreur” on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. This opera had already been experienced and reviewed by OperaWire earlier in the run, but the high quality of this showcase was so great, that it felt worthwhile to check it out again, albeit with a major casting switch. Stronger Than Ever Those who had appeared {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Tuscon Desert Song Festival 2019 Review: Corinne Winters In Recital

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On Tuesday, January 22, the Tucson Desert Song Festival presented soprano Corinne Winters in recital at the University of Arizona in Tucson. On entering, audience members were presented with no only a program listing the songs, but they also received printed copies of each song in both English and its original language. The lights were also kept high enough so {…}

Artist of the Week, News

Artist Of The Week: Luca Pisaroni

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For over 10 years, bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni has been the go-to Leporello in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” performing the role all over the world at such companies as the Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Baden Baden Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, and at Tanglewood, among others. His interpretation has been hailed by critics as “dynamic” and “youthful” and a number of performances {…}

News

PBS Great Performances Presents ’Marnie’ From The Met Opera

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Nico Muhly and Nicholas Wright’s “Marnie” will get a broadcast as part of PBS’s Great Performance series this Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. The broadcast, the second to showcase a performance from the 2018-19 season, will kick off at 9 p.m. EDT and Isabel Leonard as the complex heroine who constantly shifts her identity in order to run from a painful {…}

News

Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Preview: Fun Facts About ‘Don Giovanni’ Revival

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On January 31, the Metropolitan Opera will revive Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The opera will run for seven performances between January and February before returning for another five in April.  Here are some fun facts about the upcoming production. The first cast will showcase four prominent  Met Opera debuts. Soprano Aida Garifullina will make her hotly anticipated house debut, taking on {…}

News

Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming & Matthew Aucoin Headline LA Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The LA Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring six new productions, two company premieres, and one world pmiere. Here is a look at what to expect. Main Stage Barrie Kosky directs the first production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” in 25 years. Marina Costa-Jackson makes her LA Opera debut in the title role with Saimir Pirgu as Rodolfo.  Erica Petroelli, {…}

Opera Quiz

Opera Quiz: The Ultimate Trivia Quiz On Mozart’s Operas

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Mozart is arguably the world’s most renowned composer. He created a plethora of amazing works of classical music in a rather short time, dying well before his 40th birthday. Mozart’s operas are a major touchstone of his compositional legacy and are undeniably among the most studied and loved of his works. Their history is full of fascinating patterns and trivia. {…}

News

Thousands Of Verdi’s Documents, Including Early Drafts Of Operas, Being Made Public

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For years, scholars have been hoping to have complete access to a treasure trove of documents by Giuseppe Verdi, but they were locked away at the composer’s home in Sant’Agata by his heirs. On Tuesday, Jan. 22, it was announced that those archives, which include some 5,400 pages (600 of which are blank) will be made public to scholars. Per {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Aprile Millo On New York City Opera Recital In Carnegie Hall, Her Parents & Verdi

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Internationally renowned soprano Aprile Millo returns to New York on January 30, 2019 for a highly anticipated recital with the New York City Opera. This performance marks her first concert in the city in nearly a decade. Accompanied by Inseon Lee on piano, Millo will perform a wide-ranging program consisting of songs by Bellini, Tosti, Liszt, Donaudy, Rachmaninoff, and Wagner, as {…}