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 {…}

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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, {…}

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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 {…}

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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 {…}

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Cast Change: Larissa Diadkova Joins Cast of ‘Eugene Onegin’ at Metropolitan Opera

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The Metropolitan opera has announced a second cast change for its production of “Eugene Onegin.” The company said that mezzo-soprano Larissa Diadkova will sing the role of Filippyevna, replacing Stephanie Blythe, who has withdrawn. Diadkova made her company debut in 1996 singing Madelon in Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” and has since performed Azucena in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida,” Herodias {…}

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Cast Change: Iurii Samoilov to Sing Title Role of ‘Eugene Onegin’ at Metropolitan Opera

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Eugene Onegin.” The company said that Ukrainian Baritone Iurii Samoilov will sing the title role, replacing the originally scheduled Russian baritone Igor Golovatenko. Golovatenko also recently canceled a new production of “Rigoletto” at the Bayerische Staatsoper and “Un Ballo in Maschera” at the Paris Opera. Samoilov made his {…}

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Curtis Opera Theatre 2025-26 Review: La Passion de Simone

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Photo: Wide Eyed Studios On February 26, 2026, Curtis Opera Theatre presented something that was… unique. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023) deliberately stripped away the familiar scaffolding of opera—no heroes, no villains, no tidy narrative arc—and replaced it with something closer to performance art with a score. Sung in French with English supertitles, “La Passion de Simone” is a 75-minute, {…}

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NY Times Prints Article Spotlighting Met Opera Financial Hardship One Day Before Company Reopens Season with Sold Out Production

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On March 9, the Metropolitan Opera will reopen for the back-half of its 2025-26 season. At the core of that reopening will be its new production of “Tristan und Isolde,” headlined by Lise Davidsen and selling so well that another show had to be added. While that would suggest a wave of positivity for the company heading into the final {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Adds One Performance of ‘Tristan und Isolde’ Due to High Demand

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(Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has added an additional performance of “Tristan und Isolde” due to overwhelming demand. The company said that the additional performance will be on April 4, at 12 p.m. and tickets will go on sale on Monday, March 9, at 12 p.m. ET. The cast will include soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde, {…}

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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”

Cast Change: Larissa Diadkova Joins Cast of ‘Eugene Onegin’ at Metropolitan Opera

Cast Change: Iurii Samoilov to Sing Title Role of ‘Eugene Onegin’ at Metropolitan Opera

Curtis Opera Theatre 2025-26 Review: La Passion de Simone

NY Times Prints Article Spotlighting Met Opera Financial Hardship One Day Before Company Reopens Season with Sold Out Production

Metropolitan Opera Adds One Performance of ‘Tristan und Isolde’ Due to High Demand