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Festival della Valle d’Itria 2018 Review: Giulietta e Romeo

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Nicolà Vaccai (1790 – 1848) was an Italian composer determined to make a success in the field of opera. Unfortunately, and despite limited success, he was ultimately to fail, eclipsed in his early years by the genius of his contemporary, Gioacchino Rossini, and unable, in his later years, to adapt to the rapidly changing tastes exemplified in the new dramatic {…}
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Bard Summerscape 2018 Review: Demon

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In order to review Bard Summerscape’s production of Anton Rubinstein’s seldom-heard opera, “Demon,” it may be best to actually review the work itself. This isn’t, after all, the super-familiar “La Bohème” we are talking about. While apparently the opera has found favor and a niche in the Russian Motherland, it is largely unknown throughout the rest of the known operatic {…}
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Caramoor 2018 Review: Susan Graham Ends Summer with Magical Concert

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Caramoor ended its summer festival with a special treat for opera lovers, a concert with Susan Graham, accompanied by the always-fabulous Orchestra of St. Luke’s, led by Nicholas McGegan. Once again, the weather on the leafy estate of Caramoor, with its sumptuous gardens and grounds, was a perfect match to the delightful and intriguing program. The first part of the {…}
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Resonant Bodies Fesival Gets Australia Premiere

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Carriageworks and the Sydney Chamber Opera have announced that they will collaborate on the Sydney premiere of Resonant Bodies, an international festival of new vocal music. Resonant Bodies was founded in New York in 2013 by Lucy Dhegrae, and in its first Sydney iteration, the festival will showcase six vocalists over the course of two evenings. They including Swedish-Ethiopian composer-improviser {…}
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Artist Profile: Soprano Licia Albanese, One of the Most Visceral Singers of the 20th Century

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Licia Albanese was one of the most influential sopranos of the 1900s. Born on July 22, 1909, in a quarter of Bari Italy, she would make her professional debut sometime in the mid-1930s (there has always been some controversy on when her true professional debut came about). But she did make her official La Scala debut in 1935 (she made {…}
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Gran Teatro del Liceu 2017-18 Review(s) – La Favorite

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Apart from the onslaught of syphilis, 1840 was a good year for Gaetano Donizetti. He become the first composer to have three operas (“La Fille du Régiment”, “Lucrezia Borgia,” and “La Favorite”) debut in three different theaters in Paris within a period of less than 12 months. The last of the trifecta was written specifically for Rosine Stolz (née Victoire Noël) {…}

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