Regents Opera Releases 100 Extra Tickets for Hotly Anticipate Ring Cycle

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Regents Opera has released an additional 100 tickets for its hotly-anticipated Ring Cycle. This is the latest move that the company has made to make this production more accessible to audiences. In October, the organization revealed that it would add an extra show due to “high demand.” The company will be showcasing Wagner’s famed tetralogy in early 2025 with one {…}

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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Team on the Best Performances of the Year

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There’s been a lot of opera in 2024. And quite frankly, there’s been a lot of good opera. So as has become our tradition, here is a look at some of OperaWire’s editorial team’s picks for their personal favorite performances of 2024. Matt Costello: Act three of “Götterdämmerung” – Tanglewood It’s always a tricky thing to think about one’s “Performance {…}

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Q & A: Regents Opera’s Ben Woodward & Caroline Staunton on Putting on Wagner’s full Ring Cycle Independently in London

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(Photo Credit: Frances Marshall, Marshall Light studios / Sara Porter) The Ring Cycle is a massive undertaking, one that requires an opera company with a built-in infrastructure to do it. But it is also the peak of opera production and one that every director / manager dreams of doing. So despite, the massive challenge it entailed, Regents Opera’s artistic director {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Settles Lawsuit with Mezzo-Soprano Wendy White

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(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has finally settled its lawsuit with mezzo-soprano Wendy White. The New York Times is reporting that the case was settled after White was expected to return to court this month, but when a deal was reached with the Met, a scheduled trial was called off. According to the Times, neither the Met nor {…}

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‘Jacqueline’ & ‘Sanctuary Song’ Headline Tapestry Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Tapestry Opera has unveiled its 2024-25 season. “We are thrilled to unveil our 2024-25 season as we celebrate 45 years of Tapestry Opera with an exciting and dynamic array of productions welcoming performing-arts-loving audiences to our newly built downtown home. It’s a remarkable moment for Tapestry and Toronto to add a vital new venue to the independent performing arts scene,” {…}

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Canadian Opera Company Announces Cast Change for ‘Nabucco’

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced a cast change for its production of Verdi’s “Nabucco.” The company said, “Regretfully, soprano Tamara Wilson has been recently diagnosed with pneumonia and will need to withdraw from her role as Abigaille in the Canadian Opera Company’s upcoming production of ‘Nabucco.’ The COC wishes Tamara all the very best for a full recovery and {…}

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Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Steps Down

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Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Jo Davies has stepped down from her position. Per an official press release, the decision came following a difference of opinion on the direction of the organization. “I am proud of the artistic excellence and success of the work we have been able to achieve in my tenure and enormously grateful to the amazing audiences, patrons, {…}

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Royal Opera House 2023–24 Review: Tosca (Cast B)

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(Photo credit: © Marc Brenner/Royal Opera) N.B. In this performance of “Tosca” Russell Thomas replaced the previously scheduled Yusif Eyvazov, who was indisposed. Entitlement enlightens spectators on the contrasting and yet comparable personas of soprano Floria Tosca and barbaric chief of police Scarpia: spoiled brats forsaking all who block their way. Sways of a dress’s train portray the former’s annexing {…}

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Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His Career’s Journey in Opera, Advocacy for Opera Singers & Life That Happens in Between

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(Credit: Fay Fox) Content Warning: Please note the following includes some explicit language. American tenor Russell Thomas is now one of the most sought-after tenors of his generation having established his reputation in key lyric roles such as Don Carlo, Manrico in “Il trovatore,” Don Alvaro in “La forza del destino,” and Pollione “Norma.” As an alumnus of the Metropolitan {…}

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Regents Opera Releases 100 Extra Tickets for Hotly Anticipate Ring Cycle

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Team on the Best Performances of the Year

Q & A: Regents Opera’s Ben Woodward & Caroline Staunton on Putting on Wagner’s full Ring Cycle Independently in London

Metropolitan Opera Settles Lawsuit with Mezzo-Soprano Wendy White

‘Jacqueline’ & ‘Sanctuary Song’ Headline Tapestry Opera’s 2024-25 Season

Canadian Opera Company Announces Cast Change for ‘Nabucco’

Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Steps Down

Royal Opera House 2023–24 Review: Tosca (Cast B)

Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His Career’s Journey in Opera, Advocacy for Opera Singers & Life That Happens in Between