The Atlanta Opera To Receive Luminary Award

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The Atlanta Opera’s initiative to recognize military veterans with engagement programs and free tickets to the company’s mainstage productions has received a Luminary Award for Community Engagement from ArtsATL. The Luminary Awards are known as Atlanta’s premier arts honors, celebrating the social impact, diversity, innovation, leadership, and generosity of the city’s creative community. Since 2015 the Home Depot Foundation has been {…}

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Plácido Domingo To Be Honored By The Opera Awards

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Legendary tenor Plácido Domingo will receive the first-ever Honorary Fellowship of the Opera Awards Foundation. The tenor will receive the first annual award at a fundraising evening on Jan. 28, 2019 at the Royal Society of Arts, London. The evening will be comprised of an illustrated talk, “The Domingo Phenomenon” by his biographer Helena Matheopoulos, who will then invite Domingo {…}

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Ailyn Pérez, Luca Pisaroni & Ramón Vargas Among OPERA NEWS Winners

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OPERA NEWS Editor in Chief F. Paul Driscoll has announced the recipients of the 14th Annual OPERA NEWS Awards. This year, the magazine will honor mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias, stage director and designer Laurent Pelly, soprano Ailyn Pérez, bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, and tenor Ramón Vargas. In a press statement Driscoll said, “Since the Awards’ inception in 2005, OPERA NEWS looks forward to {…}

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Royal Swedish Opera’s Virtual Reality Recording Nominated for Film Festival Awards

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The Royal Swedish Opera has announced that its production of Sharon Eyal work “Half Life,” which was recorded using Virtual Reality, has been nominated for awards at the prestigious Venice International Film Festival, as well as the Biennale de Lyon festival. “Half Life VR,” as the recording of the production is called, allows the audience to experience the dancers from {…}

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Andrew G. Manea Replaces Artur Ruciński At San Francisco Opera

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The San Francisco Opera has announced that Romanian-American baritone Andrew G. Manea will make a major role debut. The baritone will replace Artur Ruciński in the role of the Duke of Nottingham. The company announced that Ruciński withdrew due to lung injuries sustained in a serious bicycling accident involving a car in his native Poland. He is expected to make {…}

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Opera in the Ozarks 2018 Review – Die Fledermaus: A Formidable Cast Enlivens Strauss Jr.’s Famed Masterwork

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For 68 summers, Northwest Arkansas has been an opera haven for young singers. High atop the Rock Candy Mountain at Inspiration Point in Eureka Springs, amid lush forests and vistas of a golden horizon, Opera in the Ozarks serves as an artist colony for performers from across the United States. The experience culminates in a month-long opera festival — by {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: Opera Stars Who Created Iconic Cinema Roles

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“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment, given the start of {…}

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New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Announces 30th International Vocal Competition

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Artistic Director Lucine Amara has announced New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera’s 30th Annual International Vocal Competition. In a press release, legendary soprano Amara stated, “As unbelievable as it is, the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera is going to celebrate our 30th anniversary. Though it certainly does not seem that long, we have come a long way. Our productions {…}

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Plácido Domingo, Maria José Siri & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Royal Opera House Muscat’s 2018-19 Season

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The Royal Opera House Muscat has announced its 2018-19 featuring 40 new programs and a total of 69 performances. The season will include some of the best conductors and singers in the world leading the world’s finest orchestras, the concentration of orchestral talent appearing at ROHM this season is impressive. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal events {…}

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The Atlanta Opera To Receive Luminary Award

Plácido Domingo To Be Honored By The Opera Awards

Ailyn Pérez, Luca Pisaroni & Ramón Vargas Among OPERA NEWS Winners

Royal Swedish Opera’s Virtual Reality Recording Nominated for Film Festival Awards

Andrew G. Manea Replaces Artur Ruciński At San Francisco Opera

Opera in the Ozarks 2018 Review – Die Fledermaus: A Formidable Cast Enlivens Strauss Jr.’s Famed Masterwork

Opera Meets Film: Opera Stars Who Created Iconic Cinema Roles

New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Announces 30th International Vocal Competition

Plácido Domingo, Maria José Siri & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Royal Opera House Muscat’s 2018-19 Season