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Guy Verrall-Withers Leaves Waterperry Opera Festival for The Grange Festival

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The Grange Festival has announced that Guy Verrall-Withers will be the company’s new Director of Audiences and Impact. In his new role, Verrall-Withers, who is the Artistic Director and CEO of Waterperry Opera Festival, will focus on developing audiences and public engagement as well as expanding the festival’s reach. Supporting him in this effort will be Artistic Director Michael Chance {…}

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Theater an der Wien Extends Intendant’s Contract

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The Theater an der Wien has announced it will extend intendant Stefan Herheim’s contract. The company said “We are pleased to announce that the city of Vienna, together with the Vienna Holding and the VBW, have decided to extend the contract of Stefan Herheim until fall 2030 and continue the much-regarded program line of his intent.” Herheim added, “It is {…}

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Royal Ballet and Opera 2024-25 Review: Festen

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(Photo: Marc Brenner)  Mark-Anthony Turnage is among the front rank of living British opera composers. With “Festen”, which opened at The Royal Opera last week, he now has five to his name, with a sixth to follow at Glyndebourne this autumn in the form of “The Railway Children” – a less harrowing subject than this adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s 1995 {…}

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Obituary: Conductor & Composer Elgar Howarth Dies at 89

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On Jan. 13, 2025, conductor Elgar Howarth died at the age of 89. Born on Nov. 4, 1935 Cannock, Staffordshire, Howarth’s father was an engineer who also conducted the Barton Hall Works Band, in which Elgar played cornet and his brother Stanford trombone. He went to the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music and together with his classmates {…}

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Joins Intermusica for European Management

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen) Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen has joined Intermusica for European management Intermusica will represent Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in Europe, working in partnership with Étude Artists (General Management). He will be managed by Natasha Worsley, Associate Director, and Iago Campello, Associate Artist Manager. In a statement, Nussbaum Cohen said, “I deeply admire the passion and dedication that Natasha and the entire {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: The Follies of Acting Singers in Paolo Gep Cucco & Davide Livermore’s ‘The Opera!’

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What happens when a rather questionable story where good intentions end up futile in the face of capricious behavior is re-conceptualized? “The Opera!” by directors Paolo Gep Cucco and Davide Livermore. It is a strange sort of film where the two central characters are played by opera singers (Orpheus, Valentino Buzza and Eurydice, Mariam Battistelli) who seem woefully under-prepared to {…}