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Opera Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Jonas Kaufmann’s Legendary Career

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Jonas Kaufmann is the world’s most famous tenor. The tenor is widely-known as a sure blockbuster hit, selling out virtually any performance that he is to be a part of. His career, despite still being at its height in mid 2018, is already legendary. With his birthday passing just a few days ago, we wanted to continue the celebration with {…}

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The Salzburg Festival Teams Up With Swarovski

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The Salzburg Festival has announced that it will collaborate for the sixth year with Swarovski for three productions. The festival announced that Swarovski crystals will be used in productions of “Die Zauberflöte,” “The Queen of Spades,” and “L’incoronazione di Poppea.” In a press release, Nadja Swarovski, a member of the Executive Board stated, “We are proud to continue this partnership, which {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez Concert To Be Live Streamed on medici.tv

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Valery Gergiev and  Juan Diego Flórez are set to appear on medici.tv this weekend. The concert, which will be held at the Odeonsplatz, one of Munich’s most beautiful public squares, will showcase music by Mozart, Donizetti, Berlioz, Massenet, Verdi, Puccini, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Valery Gergiev will lead the Munich Philharmonic in what will be his third high profile concert of the {…}

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Top Five Operas To See This Weekend – International (7/13-15)

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Fair warning – you’ll notice that two countries dominate this weekend’s choices and among those, one opera crops up a bit. It’s a weekend with solid offerings all around, but our choices are filled with tremendous star power that was simply too potent to turn away from. Falstaff – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, UK Verdi’s final masterpiece gets a {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

WQXR Greene Space 2018 Review: La Belle Chanson

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This review is for the performance on Wednesday, June 27th. Listeners reveled in an evening dedicated to Paris’ La Belle Époque period during a special performance aired live at WQXR Classical Radio Station’s Greene Space. The show featured the highly praised tenor Nick Phan, singing Fauré’s “La Bonne Chanson,” and other musical settings of Paul Verlaine’s poetry by Debussy, Renaldo {…}

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River to River Festival 2018 Review: Naamah’s Ark

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This Review is for the performance on  Sunday, June 17th. The River to River Festival, presented by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), showcased Marisa Michelson and Royce Vavrek’s “Naamah’s Ark” in Rockefeller Park at the start of this year’s 76th season. This community oratorio included seven ensembles and six soloists – Victoria Clark, as Naamah, Cantor Rebecca Garfein of Congregation {…}

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin To Lead Staged ‘Tosca’ At Bravo! Vail Music Festival In 2019

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The Philadelphia Orchestra will be back in 2019 to showcase Puccini’s “Tosca” as Bravo! Vail Music Festival’s debut opera production. Performances are set for July 11 and 13, 2019 at the outdoor Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. The announcement was made by Bravo! Vail’s Music Festival’s Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott during a concert by the ensemble, as led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. {…}