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Obituary: Ghenady Meirson Passes After Battle With Cancer

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Philadelphia Classical Music Community member Ghenady Meirson passed away after a fierce battle with cancer. Meirson was born in Odessa, Ukraine and graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied piano with Seymour Lipkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski and accompanying with Vladimir Sokoloff. In 1982, Meirson wrote “Do Sing in Russian,” which {…}

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Kennedy Center Announces 50th Anniversary Celebration

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced plans for its 50th Anniversary season. The anniversary will begin in September 2021 with a grand reopening of its stages and campus and will culminate in September 2022 with an interpretation of Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass,” which opened the center in 1971. The Mass will be staged by Francesca Zambello {…}

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Criticism on Fridays: The End of the Year

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(Photo: David Beale) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors.  With the end of the {…}

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Criticism on Fridays: November Protests in Europe

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(Photos from protests in Bologna by soprano Federica Vitali) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s {…}

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David Hertzberg, Anna Prohaska & Elsebeth Dreisig Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get a chance to stream two world premiere recordings, new solo albums, and a reissued set. There will also be a rarely performed work. Here are this week’s recommendations to stream. The Rose Elf In time for Halloween, David Hertzberg’s chamber opera “The Rose Elf” is released worldwide. Inspired by the fairytale of the same name by Hans {…}

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Teatro Petruzzelli Latest European Theater to Shutdown Production Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

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This article was written in collaboration with David Salazar & Dejan Vukosavljevic. The Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has canceled remaining performances for its “Falstaff” production following a COVID-19 outbreak. According to La Gazzetta del Giorno, 10 employees from the theater tested positive for the virus and are all symptomatic. The Teatro Petruzelli was also forced to cancel the Family concert {…}