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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Conductor Damian Iorio on Taking on Mussorgsky’s Titanic Masterpiece ‘Boris Godunov’ & The Key To Connecting With Younger Audiences

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Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” is legendary. The work is widely regarded as Russia’s greatest opera, even despite its labyrinthine history of revisions. This week, the work opens at the Opéra de Paris in a production by Ivo van Hove with Ildar Abdrazakov and Alexander Tsymbalyuk sharing the title role. Alongside them will be conductors Vladimir Jurowski and Damian Iorio. While Jurowski {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2017-18 Review – La Traviata: Kristina Mkhitaryan’s Outstanding Violetta Gains the Russian Soprano “Prima Donna Assoluta” Status

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has long been a mecca for iconoclast regie theater directors ranging from Hans Neuenfels and Claus Guth to Ole Anders Tandberg, whose recent staging of “Carmen” had more viscera on the stage than verismo. Curiously, the extant production of “La Traviata” by the former Deutsche Oper Intendant Götz Friedrich, dating back to 1999, is surprisingly uncontroversial. In his {…}

News

Rachel Willis-Sørensen To Perform For Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday

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Rachel Willis-Sørensen is set to perform for Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday on May 29, 2018. The soprano announced the news via Instagram stating “Tonight I have the huge honor of singing for Prince Charles‘ 70th Birthday at Buckingham Palace! I will be singing two of The Four Last Songs by Strauss. Simon Russell Beale narrates and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the {…}

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Christopher Purves To Release Second Volume Of Handel Arias

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Christopher Purves follows up his successful Handel aria recording with a second volume entitled “Handel’s Finest Arias Volume 2.” The second album will include an array of lesser-known Handel works, including the virtuoso tour de force “Nell’ africane selve,” which brings the charismatic British baritone’s remarkable technique and vocal range powerfully to the fore. Jonathan Cohen will conduct the Arcangelo in an {…}

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Erin Morley Will Not Sing Summer Festivals Due To Pregnancy

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Erin Morley will not sing two productions this summers. The coloratura soprano announced, via Instagram, that due to pregnancy she would not be singing “Der Rosenkavalier” at the Glyndebourne Festival and “Ariadne Auf Naxos” at the Santa Fe Opera. As a result, Liv Redpath will takeover at Santa Fe as Zerbinetta and Elizabeth Sutphen and Louise Alder will alternate Sophie {…}

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Samantha Hankey Among Richard Tucker Foundation Grant Winners

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Undeniably, the news regarding the Richard Tucker Awards centers on Christian Van Horn. But that doesn’t mean that we should overlook other major recipients today of the other awards given by the famed organization. After all, Van Horn, and many other Richard Tucker Award Recipients won these prestigious prizes as well.  So here is a breakdown of the winners of {…}