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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Preview: Diana Damrau & Juan Diego Flórez Return To Met For ‘La Traviata’

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The Metropolitan Opera will open a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Monday, Dec. 4, 2018. The new production is hotly anticipated for a number of reasons. First off, it represents the first opera under new Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The maestro will be doing his second run of “La Traviata” with the company. He previously conducted seven performances {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Interview: How ‘Howards End, America’ Became An Operatic Reality

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“Howards End, America” is the newest chamber opera from composer Allen Shearer and librettist Claudia Stevens and its world premiere is set for Feb. 22-24, 2019 at Z Space San Francisco. The innovative and experimental Chamber Music company Earplay, in its first fully staged opera production, co-produces it with RealOpera. “Howards End, America” is an adaptation of E. M. Forster’s {…}
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Artist Profile: Leontina Vaduva, Lyric Romanian Soprano

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There have been many great Romanian opera stars throughout the 20th century. Leontina Vaduva was among them. Born on Dec. 1, 1960, the soprano studied at the Bucharest Conservatory with Ileana Cotrubas and would go on to a solid international career that saw her appear at major houses in New York, London, Chicago, Paris, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Cologne, and Vienna. {…}
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Q & A: Wallis Giunta On Giving Carmen A ‘Lighter Touch’ & The Joy Of Mozart

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Earlier this year, mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta took home the award for Young Singer of the Year at the International Opera Awards. To that point, she has been growing her career steadily as an ensemble member at the Oper Leipzig, among others endeavors. But the victory propelled her into the spotlight and since then, Giunta has made her BBC Proms debut {…}
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Metropolitan Opera To Restore Intermission In ‘La Traviata’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Michael Mayer’s New production of “La Traviata” will have two intermissions. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Yannick Nézet-Séguin revealed that he fought for the second intermission to be reinserted as it it helped the singers have proper rest and also because it was how Verdi originally intended the work to {…}

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