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Elementary School Students Challenged To Listen To Full Ring Cycle

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Little Opera is giving elementary students the ultimate opera challenge. Twenty-nine elementary school-aged students in San Francisco were challenged to listen to all 15 hours of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Little Opera students in grades K-5 started the 20-day listen-a-thon challenge last week, led by Little Opera student advisory board members Solveig Libicki and Danah Aroonchaipirom. According to the student Advisors, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Regina Opera Company 2017-18 Review – Aida: Company Breaks New Ground with Heartfelt Production

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On May 20, 2018, Regina Opera Company concluded its first run of Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless “Aida.” While it is a work that is by no means underperformed around the world, this production comes as a loving tribute to the late Marie Cantoni, who founded the company back in 1970 with Nicholas Tierno. The experience the company has gained since then {…}

Opera Wiki

Composer Profile: Richard Wagner, Opera’s Great Revolutionary

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Richard Wagner might just be the greatest composer in opera history. That, of course, depends on how you view the likes of Mozart and Verdi. But Wagner is easily in the top three in any discussion, his works revolutionizing the entire artform. Born on May 22, 1813, Wagner lived a tumultuous life created by his own very unstable personality. But {…}

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James Conlon Named Commendatore Ordine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana

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James Conlon has been named “Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana” by Italy’s president. The honor is one of the highest granted directly by the President through the Order of Merit, established in 1951, and the highest Order of the Italian Republic. The title was granted to acknowledge “merits achieved for the nation in the fields of literature, arts, economics, and in the fulfillment {…}

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Kyle Albertson Makes Heroic Role Debut At The Dallas Symphony

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On Friday May 18, 2018, Kyle Albertson replaced Matthias Goerne in a highly anticipated performance of Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” The bass-baritone, who is currently covering the role of Wotan at the San Francisco Opera, agreed to perform on a short notice. However, Goerne canceled six hours before the performance prompting the Dallas Symphony to scramble for a replacement. As a result, Kyle {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Thea Musgrave Celebrates Her 90th Birthday

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Thea Musgrave is one of Britain’s most distinguished composers known for more than 160 pieces, including 13 operas, 11 choral works, and 21 orchestral works. Her work has been performed all over the world and she has garnered great respect in the classic musical world. And this week, she celebrates her prolific 70-year career with her 90th birthday. After a remarkable {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Barbican Theater 2018 Review: Jonas Kaufmann Is Otherworldly In Strauss’ ‘Four Last Songs’

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He was wonderful. He sang with artistry. He sang with heart. He made you feel as if you understood even more than the words, as if you understood worlds when mainly you were listening to a foreign tongue, written by a composer of 70 years before, writing from within a worldview that hardly now exists. Jonas Kaufmann was at the {…}

Opera Quiz

Opera Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Opera’s Famous Double Bill ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ & ‘Pagliacci’

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As fate would have it, “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” are more famously known as “CavPag.” The two works both premiered in middle May, two years apart (“Cavalleria Rusticana” premiered on May 17, 1890 and “Pagliacci” arrived in theaters on May 21, 1892) and have become virtually inseparable. A quick look at their corresponding histories shows many uncanny similarities and differences. {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2017-18 Review – Rigoletto: Zeljko Lucic To The Rescue In Muddled Jan Bosse Production

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin had a problem for its final presentation of “Rigoletto” on Thursday night. The baritone Markus Bruck was forced to cancel around noon that day from his scheduled appearance in the title role. Fortunately, the company had a tremendous solution at hand. The Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic was available since he was present to perform in “Nabucco” {…}