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Diana Damrau & Riccardo Muti Highlight Orchestra of the Bayerischen Rundfunks’s 2019-20 Season

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The Orchestra of the Bayerischen Rundfunks has announced its 2019-20 season. For this announcement we have only concentrated on the vocal performances in Munich and the Bavarian area. Daniel Harding conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Muller and mezzo soprano Okka Von der Damerau. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-28, 2019 Mariss Jansons and Diana Damrau perform a program of {…}

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Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson, Matthias Goerne Among Stars of Verbier Festival 2019

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The Verbier Festival has announced the programming for its 26th edition. While there are undeniably a plethora of incredible performances of all kinds to be found throughout the many weeks of this famed festival, the aim of this article will be to focus mainly on vocal and operatic performances. Baritone Thomas Quasthoff will appear alongside guitarist Wolfgang Meyer and Trombonist {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Sir Bryn Terfel & Pretty Yende Headline Carnegie Hall’s 2019-20 Season

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Carnegie Hall has announced its 2019-20 season! The 2019-20 season will honor the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with over 35 performances celebrating the composer’s work and impact and will be dedicated to violinist, educator, and activist Isaac Stern, 2020 marking the centenary of his birth. We will focus primarily on vocal performances in this season announcement. Orchestras The first {…}

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Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson & Matthias Goerne Headline The 2019 Verbier Festival

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The Verbier Festival has announced its 2019 festival with two opera performances and a number of recitals and concerts featuring some of the greatest singers in the world. For this season announcement we will only include the vocal performances. Program Thomas Quastoff headlines a concert entitled “Meeting Friends” with Wolfgang Meyer and Shawn Grocott. Performance Date: July 19, 2019 Jakub {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann To Make Role Debut In ‘Die Fledermaus’

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Jonas Kaufmann is set to make his role debut as Eisenstein in “Die Fledermaus.” The tenor will participate in the Dresden Staatskapelle’s annual New Year’s Eve concert, which will be televised worldwide. Kaufmann joins Rachel Willis-Sorensen, who will portray Rosalinde, Elisabeth Kulman as Prince Orlofsky, and Andreas Schager as Alfred. Franz Welser-Moist will conduct the performances the two performances on Dec. 29 and {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Cecilia Bartoli & Placido Domingo Headline 2019 Salzburg Festival

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The Salzburg Festival has announced it 2019 season with five new productions, two revivals, and two concert operas. Here is a look at what audiences can expect this season. Productions  The 2019 Salzburg Festival opens with Mozart’s “Idomeneo.” Teodor Currentzis and Peter Sellars team up again after “La Clemenza di Tito” with a cast that includes Russell Thomas (Idomeneo), Paula Murrihy {…}

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Medici.TV To Stream Salzburg Festival’s ‘Salome’

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On Saturday, July 28, medici.tv will broadcast the sold-out premiere of Romeo Castellucci’s new production of Richard Strauss’s “Salome” from the Salzburg Festival. The production is set to star Asmik Grigorian in the title role with Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Alongside Grigorian, the production will star John Daszak as Herod, Anna Maria Chiuri as Herodias, and Gábor {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (7/27-29)

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It’s a big weekend all around Europe. You can be sure that you will see some incredible opera and this week’s selection feature some repertory staples as well as some rarer works. Salome – Salzburg Festival, Austria  Asmik Grigorian sings the title role in Strauss’ classic opera in a new production from Romeo Castellucci. John Daszak, Anna Maria Chiuri, and Gabor Bretz round {…}