Anna Netrebko, Leontyne Price, Jonas Kaufmann & Renée Fleming Highlight Metropolitan Opera Matinee Broadcasts

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2020-21 season encore radio broadcast. The company will broadcast encore recordings starting Dec. 5 at 1 p.m. with Mary Jo Heath hosting and Ira Siff as a commentator for the broadcasts. The broadcasts will also include dynamic intermission features, live backstage interviews with artists, and the ever-popular Opera Quiz. The broadcasts begin with Prokofiev’s “War {…}

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Anna Netrebko to Return to Mariinsky Theatre

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The Mariinsky Theatre has announced that Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo will perform in November and December. The theater noted that Netrebko will appear in performances of “Il Trovatore” on Nov. 29 and “Eugene Onegin” on Dec. 7, while Domingo will perform in “Nabucco” on Dec. 10. Valery Gergiev will conduct on all three evenings. The performance of “Onegin” will be performed {…}

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Verbier Festival Moves Forward with 2021 Edition

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The Verbier Festival has announced its 28th year. The season will take place over the course of 17 days and will feature concerts, masterclasses, talks, and education events in the picturesque setting of the Swiss Alps. Following the virtual edition and limited live performances, the festival will put together protocols and enhancements in consultation with medical professionals to ensure a {…}

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Anna Netrebko, Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Weeks 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next five weeks of its streaming slate which will focus on Baroque to the present, followed by a week of productions conducted by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a Family Drama Week, and a Stars in Signature Roles week All Nightly Met Opera Streams begin at 7:30pm and remain available via metopera.org for 23 {…}

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Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov Headline Mariinsky Theatre’s ‘Don Carlo’

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The Mariinsky Theatre has announced a star-studded cast for Verdi’s “Don Carlo” on Oct. 29 & Nov. 1. The production is set to star Anna Netrebko as Elisabeth de Valois, Ekaterina Semenchuk as Princess Eboli, Yusif Eyvazov as Don Carlo, Ildar Abdrazakov as Philip II, and Mikhail Petrenko as The Grand Inquisitor. The opera will be presented in Giorgio Barberio {…}

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Renée Fleming, Renata Scotto, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Mirella Freni Headline Weeks 32 & 33 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next two weeks of its streaming slate which will focus on opera’s greatest comedies and political dramas. Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato lead the way, appearing in three different streams each over the course of the two weeks. Here is a full rundown. Week 32– Operatic Comedies Monday, October 19 – Rossini’s Il Barbiere di {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Margaret Marshall & Handel Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will be able to stream a summer concert, a legend’s unreleased recordings, and a world premiere piece. These are the latest albums that OperaWire recommends. Summer Night Concert 2020: Vienna Philharmonic with Valery Gergiev & Jonas Kaufmann Sony Classical will release this year’s Summer Night Concert 2020 with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Valery Gergiev with tenor Jonas Kaufmann as soloist. The concert will {…}

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Antonio Pappano, Leah Hawkins & Markus Werba Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Musacchio & Ianniello) The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the vocal performances. The season opens with Gerhild Romberger and Clay Hilley performing Bruckner’s “Te Deum” and Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Antonio Pappano conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-18, 2020 {…}

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Quartetto Prometeo Debuts at Festival Verdi

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The Quartetto Prometeo is set to debut at the Festival Verdi on Oct. 3, 2020 at the Teatro Regio di Parma. The Quartet will play the renown Verdi Quartet and Beethoven’s Quartet No. 14. The concert will also include transcriptions from Verdi’s “Macbeth” and “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Among the pieces to be performed from “Macbeth” are the prelude and {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Leontyne Price, Jonas Kaufmann & Renée Fleming Highlight Metropolitan Opera Matinee Broadcasts

Anna Netrebko to Return to Mariinsky Theatre

Verbier Festival Moves Forward with 2021 Edition

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Anna Netrebko, Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Weeks 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov Headline Mariinsky Theatre’s ‘Don Carlo’

Renée Fleming, Renata Scotto, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Mirella Freni Headline Weeks 32 & 33 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

Jonas Kaufmann, Margaret Marshall & Handel Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Antonio Pappano, Leah Hawkins & Markus Werba Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2020-21 Season

Quartetto Prometeo Debuts at Festival Verdi