Q & A: Lisette Oropesa On Building Her Career & a Triumphant 2018

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It’s a Lisette Oropesa kind of Year! After her huge success in the title role of “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Teatro Real, she made headlines in Pesaro, Italy making her role debut in the title role of “Adina” at the Rossini Opera Festival. Then she went to Paris for two successful runs. First, she stepped in for a new {…}

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Teatro Real de Madrid 2018-19 Review: Faust

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Teatro Real decided to open the 2018-19 season with Gounod’s “Faust,” an opera which have been staged only once in 2003 since the theatre reopened in 1997. The expectations were high, with a strong cast lead by the international star tenor Piotr Beczala and accompanied by Marina Rebeka and Luca Pisaroni; the young conductor Ed Ettinger was in charge of {…}

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Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 2018 Review: The Gospel According To The Other Mary

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“The Gospel according to the other Mary,” is defined by John Adams, and the complier of the libretto, Peter Sellars, as an opera-oratorio, and sitting in the concert hall of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, in Rome, watching a performance of the work, conducted by the composer, it is easy to see why. For this is a work that {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Interview: David Pershall’s Career Comes Full Circle

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“The wheel is come full circle,” once wrote William Shakespeare. Baritone David Pershall could look on his recent starring role as Silvio in “Pagliacci” at the San Francisco Opera in much the same way. He’s come a long way from his early years when he was a prospect at the San Francisco Opera’s young artist training grounds, the Merola Opera {…}

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Q & A: María José Montiel On Her Return To The U.S. & Her Upcoming ‘La Gioconda’ At The Liceu

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It’s a big return for María José Montiel. The Spanish mezzo-soprano, who is recognized throughout Spain, has forged a career in opera, recitals, and concerts and has become one of the country’s most acclaimed classical singers of her generations. But rarely has she traversed the Atlantic to perform in the United States. Her last appearances in the States have been {…}

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Interview: Soprano Deanna Breiwick On Dealing With the Currency of the Human Heart

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Soprano Deanna Breiwick has been around music and performance her entire life. She comes from a family of musicians and vocalists. She sang her first studio recital at age five, began as a classical harpist at age seven, and was let loose on Italian arias by age 14. Her first opera production was “Dialogues des Carmélites” at age 21 and {…}

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CD Review: Renée Fleming’s ‘Broadway’

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I’ve been listening to Renée Fleming and thinking about the recently deceased Montserrat Caballé. To my ears, Fleming is the only active soprano whose voice can match the ravishing beauty of the Spanish diva’s. Neither singer is beyond criticism, but if voices were tactile, these are the kinds that would be behind thick glass in museums. Fleming, though, is unique {…}

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Teatro Colón de Bogota 2018-19 Review: Florencia En El Amazonas

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The world of late 20th and 21st-century opera is a strange one. On one hand, there are a plethora of new works appearing, only to be one and done. Some manage a few more performances, though they might not manage a way to cross international borders. Then there are the handful of recent works that actually have a continued life {…}

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Q & A: Mezzo J’Nai Bridges on ‘Satyagraha,’ Basketball & Her Upcoming Carnegie Hall Recital

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Mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges’ first love was basketball. “It was something I was quite great at, and could see myself going far in,” the Lakewood, Washington native revealed to OperaWire in a recent interview. But eventually, something else took over her life as she grew older and she knew that she had to leave her first love behind to pursue her {…}

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Q & A: Lisette Oropesa On Building Her Career & a Triumphant 2018

Teatro Real de Madrid 2018-19 Review: Faust

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 2018 Review: The Gospel According To The Other Mary

Interview: David Pershall’s Career Comes Full Circle

Q & A: María José Montiel On Her Return To The U.S. & Her Upcoming ‘La Gioconda’ At The Liceu

Interview: Soprano Deanna Breiwick On Dealing With the Currency of the Human Heart

CD Review: Renée Fleming’s ‘Broadway’

Teatro Colón de Bogota 2018-19 Review: Florencia En El Amazonas

Q & A: Mezzo J’Nai Bridges on ‘Satyagraha,’ Basketball & Her Upcoming Carnegie Hall Recital