Cincinnati Opera 2018 Summer Season To Include ‘As One’ And ‘Another Brick In The Wall’

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The Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2018 summer festival. The festival kicks off with Verdi’s “La Traviata” on June 14, 2018. French soprano Norah Amsellem will sing the title role with Korean tenor Ji-Min Park as her lover Alfredo. Korean baritone Youngjoo An will make his company debut singing the role of Giorgio Germont. Bliss Hebert will stage direct the production designed {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House Review 2016-17 – Otello: Jonas Kaufmann Cements His Legacy As One of History’s Great Otellos

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Jonas Kaufmann has been hailed as the greatest tenors alive and is one of the most exciting performers currently working today. So it was no surprise that he would one day take the iconic role of Verdi’s “Otello.” There were many doubters regarding his availability (or ability) to master the role, especially after many high-profile cancellations due to illness. However, {…}

IndieOpera, Pride Month

American Opera Projects Celebrates Pride With Free Stream Of ‘As One’

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American Opera Projects is celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month making the 2014 World Premiere production of the opera “As One” available to the public. The opera will be available from June 23-30, 2017 on the AOP website. The opera was written by Laura Kaminsky with an original libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed and has become one of the most-produced contemporary {…}

IndieOpera

Long Beach Opera Premieres New Transgender Opera “As One”

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Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents “As One” starting on May 13, 2017, at 8:00 p.m. at the Beverly O’Neill Theater in Long Beach, CA. There will be two more performances, one on May 20 at 2:30 and May 21 at 2:30 as well. The highly anticipated debut of the production is a story about identity, consideration, and more. Its music {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Luciano Pavarotti, Pene Pati, Ermonela Jaho Sandrine Piau, Lea Desandre, Maria Brea, Dame Sarah Connolly, & Arsen Soghomonyan Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, Decca celebrates Pavarotti while many artists release solo albums. There are also some historical performances that audiences will not want to miss. Songs of Passion The new album is a collection of vocal and instrumental music by John Dowland and Henry {…}

News

Cast Change: Lisette Oropesa Makes Staatsoper Berlin Debut Sooner Than Expected

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin has announced a cast change for “La Traviata. The company said that Lisette Oropesa will sing the role of Violetta Valéry on Oct. 17, 2025, replacing the originally announced Aida Garifullina. This will mark Oropesa’s debut with the company. The soprano is also set to perform a production of “Romeo et Juliette.” Oropesa is {…}

News

PENTATONE Announces Partnership with Marin Alsop

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PENTATONE has announced a partnership with Marin Alsop, one of the foremost conductors of our time and a powerful and inspiring voice. Among the recording plans that will form part of this new partnership are extensive symphonic surveys of Mahler and Shostakovich. Alsop will become the first woman conductor ever to record these surveys. In a statement, Alsop said, “I’m {…}

News

Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, & Huw Montague Rendall Among Gramophone Classical Award Winners

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The Gramophone Classical Music Awards has announced its 2025 awards. Here is a look at the vocal awards: The Recording of the Year award went to BACH’s Mass in B minor – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, while the Artist of the Year went to Sir Simon Rattle. Sir Thomas Allen won the Lifetime Achievement, while the Choral also went to BACH’s {…}

IndieOpera

Baritone Adam McCrory to Headline ‘Liederabend: An Evening of German Song’

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Baritone Adam McCrory is set to his first independent recital, “Liederabend: An Evening of German Song,” on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:00 PM at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Westwood, Los Angeles. The baritone will be joined by pianist Alyssa French as well as three guest sopranos, including Virginia Douglas, Julia Behbudov, and Agnese Gallenzi, all of them performers of {…}

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Cincinnati Opera 2018 Summer Season To Include ‘As One’ And ‘Another Brick In The Wall’

Royal Opera House Review 2016-17 – Otello: Jonas Kaufmann Cements His Legacy As One of History’s Great Otellos

American Opera Projects Celebrates Pride With Free Stream Of ‘As One’

Long Beach Opera Premieres New Transgender Opera “As One”

Luciano Pavarotti, Pene Pati, Ermonela Jaho Sandrine Piau, Lea Desandre, Maria Brea, Dame Sarah Connolly, & Arsen Soghomonyan Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Cast Change: Lisette Oropesa Makes Staatsoper Berlin Debut Sooner Than Expected

PENTATONE Announces Partnership with Marin Alsop

Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, & Huw Montague Rendall Among Gramophone Classical Award Winners

Baritone Adam McCrory to Headline ‘Liederabend: An Evening of German Song’