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Piotr Beczala, Jessica Pratt, Juliana Grigoryan & Joyce El-Khoury Lead Royal Opera Muscat’s 2024-25 Season

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(Credit: Courtesy of Royal Opera House Muscat) The Royal Opera House Muscat has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season will open with Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” featuring The National Centre for Performing Arts Beijing. The cast will include Elena Stikhina, Piotr Bezcala, Liao Chaoyong, and Agnieszka Rehlis, and will be directed by Hugo de Ana. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts. {…}

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Ukrainian Ambassador Sends Letter to Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Opposing Anna Netrebko’s ‘Tosca’ Performances

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Ukrainian Ambassador Yaroslav Melnyk has written a letter to the Rome Opera in opposition to Anna Netrebko’s upcoming performance of “Tosca” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. In the letter to Roberto Gualtieri Mayor of Rome, President of the Rome Opera Foundation, and Dr. Francesco Giambrone Superintendent of the Rome Opera House, the ambassador said, “We learned about the revival {…}

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Ekaterina Semenchuk to Appear in Recital at Palau de les Arts

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The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía will present a recital featuring mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk on April 14, 2024. The mezzo will be joined by pianist Semyon Skigin as they present works by Glinka and Mussorgsky. Per an official press statement Semencuk has called the first part a “Goodbye to St. Petersburg.” In the second half she performs “Songs and {…}

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Mariinsky Theatre to Hold Concert for Victims of Crocus City Hall

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The Mariinsky Theatre has announced that it will perform a concert for the victims of the Crocus City Hall tragedy. The company said that on March 27, Verdi’s Requiem will be played in the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre. The concert will honor the memory of “the victims of the terrible terror attack in Moscow.” Valery Gergiev will conduct {…}

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Elena Obraztsova Competition Announces Western Agencies in Jury

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Correction: A representative from the Teatro Massimo di Palermo will not be in attendance as part of the jury.  The Elena Obraztsova Singing Competition has announced the jury members for the 2024 edition which will take place between July 21 and 27, 2024. The competition, which is sponsored by Russia’s Minister of Culture, will see Larisa Gergieva, the Artistic Director {…}

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Ildar Abdrazakov Appears on List of Putin’s Reelection Supporters

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Ildar Abdrazakov has appeared on a list of Vladimir Putin’s supporters who nominated the president as an independent candidate for reelection. Per Reuters, according to Russian news agencies, “An initiative group made up of over 700 politicians and figures from the sporting and cultural worlds met on Saturday in Moscow and unanimously endorsed Putin’s nomination as an independent candidate.” In {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Tannhäuser

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(Credit; Evan Zimmerman) “No Opera on a Dead Planet.” In the middle of Act two of the opening night of “Tannhäuser” as Wolfram delivered his “Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise,” specifically as he sang that “love is a spring to be drunk from,” an audience member started shouting from the rafters of the Met Opera auditorium. The first {…}