Cecilia Molinari Joins Askonas Holt for Management

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Cecilia Molinari has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. Molinari will be represented at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney, Vincent Turp, and Jessica Buchanan-Barrow. This summer, Molinari is set to make her Glyndebourne Festival debut. She has performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Dutch National Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper, and Semperoper Dresden. Next season, the {…}

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Juan Sancho Joins Fischer Artists International

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Juan Sancho has joined Fischer Artists International for international management except for Spain. In a statement, the management company said, “We are excited to share that we now represent Spanish tenor Juan Sancho in general management (Spain excluded). Acclaimed at many of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, festivals, and concert halls, Juan has performed at Teatro alla Scala, Teatro {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Anna Netrebko, Lise Davidsen, Magdalena Kožená, Gerald Finley, Anita Hartig & Sonia Prina Lead CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, two of the most famous divas release new albums, both from important concert performances. There are also some world premiere recordings, a Puccini work, and a baroque video recording. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Deutsche Grammophon continues its joint label Verbier Festival Gold. {…}

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Alpesh Chauhan Joins Askonas Holt for General Management

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Alpesh Chauhan has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for general management. Olivia Lyndon-Jones and Philip Keegan will manage him. Chauhan is the Music Director of the Birmingham Opera Company and Principal Guest Conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. As Music Director of the Birmingham Opera Company, the conductor has championed a unique approach to bringing opera to the wider community. In 2021, {…}

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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Cast Change for ‘Salome’

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(Credit: Natalia Mentugova) The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of Strauss’ “Salome.” The company said that Lidia Fridman will sing the title role of in the opera that will open the company’s 87th Festival del Maggio Fiorentino. Fridman will replace Allison Oakes, who due to illness is unable to perform in the production. Fridman {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Opera Rara’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’

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“Simon Boccanegra” – in its standard 1881 revision – is an undisputed, though infrequently performed, masterpiece. But what of its very first iteration from 1857? Its premiere, at Venice’s La Fenice, famously turned into a fiasco. Julian Budden, for example, admitted to the hostility with which the libretto was received, while Verdi himself, in a letter to Giraldoni, wryly picked {…}

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Obituary: Musicologist Michele Girardi Passes Away at 70

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Musicologist and Puccini expert Michele Girardi passed away on March 22, at the age of 70. Girardi was born in Venice, Italy on May 3, 1954. He graduated from the University of Venice in 1980, and went on to teacher at the Parma Conservatory from 1984 to 1988 and at the Mantua Conservatory from 1989 to 1998. He returned to {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Lidia Fridman

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(Credit: Michele Crosera) This week, the Teatro La Fenice opens a new production of Donizetti’s masterpiece “Anna Bolena” featuring a cast of Bel Canto specialists. Leading the cast is Russian soprano Lidia Fridman. Over the years, the rising star soprano has made a name for herself in the Bel Canto repertoire since her breakout at the Donizetti opera Festival singing {…}

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Vira + Friends to Present ‘Sweet Mystery’

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Vira + Friends will present “Sweet Mystery” at the OPERA America National Opera Center on April 4, 2025. The showcase will honor the songs of Victor Herbert and women dramatists from the 1910s and 1920s. Performers include contralto Vira Slywotzky, tenor Todd Wilander, and pianist David Sytkowski. Slywotzky has performed with such companies as Seattle Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Chelsea Opera, {…}

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