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Magdalena Kožená, Peter Mattei, Golda Schultz Headline Verbier Festival 2024

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The Verbier Festival has unveiled its 2024 edition. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the VF Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. Performance Date: July 19, 2024 Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts “Le Nozze di Figaro” with a cast starring Peter Mattei, Golda Schultz, Tommaso Barea, Anna El-Khashem, Rebecka Wallroth, {…}

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Callas Casual: An Off-Duty-ish Day in the Company of La Divina

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(Callas enshrouded in reporters. Credit: Maurice Zalewski/ADOC photos)   Vignettes of onstage outtakes are aplenty. Daily shots of the soprano, less so. Here’s a peek into Maria’s typical excursions—culinary and sartorial; social and cultural—on a work(not really)less day. Coruscating like the crystalline intrusion of a cocktail dress’ brooch asparkle in a parking lot; a spotlight pooling blindness onto “Poliuto”‘s Paolina; {…}

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Teatro Regio di Parma Selects Students for Corso di Alta Sartoria ‘Dal segno alla nascita di un sogno’

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The Teatro Regio di Parma has selected the 15 students who will participate in the third edition of Corso di Alta Sartoria “Dal segno alla nascita di un sogno.” The workshop which is directed by Lorena Marin, will see students from ages 19 to 35 that come from Veneto, Liguria, Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Campania, and Abruzzo. The selected students are Emma {…}

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Obituary: French Soprano Suzanne Sarroca Dies at 96

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French soprano Suzanne Sarroca has died at the age of 96. Born on April 21, 1927, the soprano studied singing at the Conservatoire de Toulouse and began her career as a mezzo-soprano in the role of Charlotte in Massenet’s “Werther” in Carcassonne. That role would be followed by Bizet’s “Carmen” in 1951 in La Monnaie of Brussels. Sarroca eventually moved {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Salzburg Festival 2023 Review: The Greek Passion

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(Photo: SF/Monika Rittershaus) Bohuslav Martinů’s opera “The Greek Passion” is a work still in search of its audience. The opera, seldom performed, is considered to be one of Martinů’s finest compositions. This season’s Salzburg Festival tried hard to make “The Greek Passion” a rare and visually noteworthy production. But it didn’t quite work out. The opera’s political radicalness and musical accomplishments are {…}

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Festival Musica Strasbourg Unveils 2023 Slate

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Festival Musica Strasbourg has unveiled its plans for its 2023 season, which kicks off this September. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. “Dompter les rivières” will feature such vocalists as Fayssal Benbahmed, Pauline Leurent, Maxime Pacaud, and Marie Seux in music by Eve Risser and Antoine Spindler. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2023 Joris Lacoste will produce {…}

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Magali Simard-Galdès & Florence Bourget Lead Concert at Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours

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Photo credit: Brent Calis Soprano Magali Simard-Galdès and mezzo-soprano Florence Bourget headline the upcoming concert at the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours. The soloists are joined by the Ensemble Clavecin en concert as well as Luc Beauséjour on the organ. Beauséjour will also conduct. The program includes Dietrich Buxtehude‘s “Herr, wenn ich nur Dich hab” (BuxWV 38) and “Chorale Prelude Jesus Christus, unser {…}

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The Verbier Festival Announces 223 Students Selected for 2023 Academy and Orchestra Programs

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The Verbier Festival has announced the 223 students which will participate in their Academy and Orchestra programs this summer. From a pool of 2,253 applicants, 143 were selected as new participants with 8 being re-invited from previous years. Students can be re-invited twice for the Academy program, and thrice for Orchestra programs. In addition to traditional artistic training, the festival {…}

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Lise Davidsen, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Benjamin Bernheim Headline 2023 Verbier Festival

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The Verbier Festival has announced its 30th edition, which is set to take place between July 14-30, 2023. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Kicking things off is Verdi’s Requiem with Lise Davidsen, Okka von der Damerau, Freddie De Tommaso, and Bryn Terfel. Daniele Gati conducts. Performance Date: July 17, {…}