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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Manfred Honeck Appointed as San Francisco Symphony’s Festival Director

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The San Francisco Symphony has announced the appointment of Manfred Honeck as Festival Director. The newly created position, will see Honeck begin in the 2028–29 season for a five-year term. In this position, Honeck will conceive and lead a new annual, multi-week Festival exploring universal elements of the human experience through innovative performance concepts of iconic works from the core {…}

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Manfred Honeck Appointed Principal Conductor of Philharmonia Orchestra

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The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced the appointment of Manfred Honeck as its next Principal Conductor, beginning in September 2028. Honeck will become only the seventh Principal Conductor in the Philharmonia’s 80-year history, joining Otto Klemperer, Riccardo Muti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Christoph von Dohnányi, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Over the years Honeck developed a strong musical rapport with the Philharmonia and {…}

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Sabbioneta Chamber Opera Festival to Present ‘L’Orfeo’

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Sabbioneta Chamber Opera Festival will opens its concert season with Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.” The showcase, set for Sept. 19, 2026, at the Teatro all’Antica in Sabbioneta, is the culmination of the festival’s Residencies project, an international laboratory that began in May and brought young artists from several European countries to Sabbioneta to prepare the production. Leading the residency is contralto Sara Mingardo. {…}

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Gwyn Hugh Jones & Elizabeth Llewellyn to Headline Fai Da Te Productions’ ‘Highlights of Verdi’s Don Carlo’

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Fai Da Te Producitons will present “Highlights of Verdi’s Don Carlo” on Nov. 24, 2026 at Cadogan Hall. The showcase, which will feature the 1886 Modena version of the opera, star tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones in the title role opposite soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn as Elisabeth de Valois. Joining them are bass David Soar as Filippo, baritone Patrick Alexander Keefe as {…}

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Eugenia Forteza & Eduviges Picone to Present Recital in Buenos Aires’ Casa de Cultura

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Mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza and pianist Eduviges Picone have announced a recital at the Salón Dorado of the Casa de la Cultura in Buenos Aires. The recital offers an eclectic journey ranging from the drama and technique of opera to the intimacy and phrasing of Latin American art song. The program features works by Astor Piazzolla, Ariel Ramírez, Daniel Catán, Ernesto {…}

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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”

Manfred Honeck Appointed as San Francisco Symphony’s Festival Director

Manfred Honeck Appointed Principal Conductor of Philharmonia Orchestra

Sabbioneta Chamber Opera Festival to Present ‘L’Orfeo’

Gwyn Hugh Jones & Elizabeth Llewellyn to Headline Fai Da Te Productions’ ‘Highlights of Verdi’s Don Carlo’

Eugenia Forteza & Eduviges Picone to Present Recital in Buenos Aires’ Casa de Cultura