Arena di Verona Announces Cast Change for ‘La Traviata’

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The Arena di Verona has announced a replacement for Angel Blue in “La Traviata” on July 30, 2022. The company noted that Nina Minasyan will sing the role of Violetta. Blue canceled the production earlier this month because the Arena di Verona decided to use Blackface in a production of “Aida.” Blue called the practice “offensive, humiliating, and outright racist.” {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Eric Ferring

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(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) This week the Santa Fe Opera is set to open a new production of “Falstaff” by Sir. David McVicar. The work will star many well-established names in the industry as well as several rising stars who have begun making names for themselves over the past few years. One of those rising stars is American {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Founding a New Festival – Betty Makharinsky on Co-founding The Vache Baroque Festival

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Some people seem to be born with an irrepressible zest for life, who ooze positivity and energy, and view the world as a place in which they can fulfill their ambitions and dreams. Setbacks and barriers are but challenges to be overcome, mistakes are something to be learnt from, little seems to deter them. They are always on the move, {…}

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Opera North 2022 Review: Parsifal

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(Photo: Mark Allan) Last time Opera North visited London’s Southbank Centre it was for an award-winning semi-staged Ring cycle, conducted by then music director Richard Farnes. They even made a gripping and hugely instructive recording for YouTube that shows the entire tetralogy from a camera placed right in front of the conductor. He returns to the Royal Festival Hall with {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury Wins Maria Callas Award

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The Dallas Opera has named soprano Joyce El-Khoury the 2022 “Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year” for her Dallas Opera debut as Leïla in Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers.” The award, named for the unofficial “godmother” of The Dallas Opera, is given to a single performer each season in recognition of a particularly memorable and outstanding company debut. El-Khoury won {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Konu Kim

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On June 14, the San Francisco Opera will revive its production “Dream of the Red Chamber” with an acclaimed cast including rising Korean star Konu Kim. The tenor first came on to the scene when he won first place at the Operalia Competition in 2016 and later broke out in 2019 when he performed at the Donizetti Opera Festival in {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Die Zauberflöte’

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” The company noted that Pavel Petrov will sing the role of Tamino replacing Saimir Pirgu. Petrov is a winner of the First Prize and the Don Placido Domingo Ferrer Prize of Zarzuela of Operalia and is an ensemble member of the Oper Graz. Over the {…}

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Obituary: Famed Mezzo Anne Howells Passes at 81

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Mezzo-soprano Anne Howells passed away on May 18, 2022. She was 81. Born on January 12, 1941 in Southport, England, Howells studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and made her professional debut in 1966 as Flora in “La Traviata” with the Welsh National Opera. That would be followed by a debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Michael Chance on the Grange Festival, the 2022 Season Repertoire & Future of the Festival

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(Credit: Annelies van der Vegt) On June 9, the Grange Festival in Hampshire will open its fifth annual season. The festival will present three operatic masterpieces including “Macbeth,” “Tamerlano” and “The Yeoman of the Guard” as well as a Jazz and a Dance program. The festival, which was founded in 2016 by Michael Chance, Rachel Pearson, and Michael Moody, opened {…}

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Arena di Verona Announces Cast Change for ‘La Traviata’

Artist of the Week: Eric Ferring

Founding a New Festival – Betty Makharinsky on Co-founding The Vache Baroque Festival

Opera North 2022 Review: Parsifal

Joyce El-Khoury Wins Maria Callas Award

Artist of the Week: Konu Kim

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Die Zauberflöte’

Obituary: Famed Mezzo Anne Howells Passes at 81

Q & A: Michael Chance on the Grange Festival, the 2022 Season Repertoire & Future of the Festival