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Opéra National de Paris 2022-23 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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This review is for the performance on Jan. 17, 2023. Having lived in Paris for a while, I can say I have more than once seen a stage director booed. Once, a conductor was vaguely disproved of by few operagoers. But until tonight, I have never seen a soprano booed so virulently as Parisians jeered Mary Elizabeth Williams’ Isolde. Why {…}

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Allan Clayton to Headline Opéra National de Paris’ ‘Peter Grimes’

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The Opéra National de Paris is set to showcase “Peter Grimes,” opening on January 26, 2023. The opera is directed by Deborah Warner, whose production premiered at the Teatro Real de Madrid in 2021. Conductor Alexander Soddy, who worked as the music director at the Nationaltheater Mannheim between 2016-22, will make his Paris Opera debut in the pit. Headlining the {…}

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Opéra National de Paris 2022-23 Review: La Forza del Destino

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In very direct terms: Paris’s “La Forza del Destino” is the best production of the opera company this season so far. The success is living proof of the golden rule of opera: great music with great musicians make opera (always) great. It seems to be an easy rule, but it is often forgotten. “La Forza” is an Opera with capital {…}

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Anna Pirozzi & Yusif Eyvazov to Headline Opéra National de Paris’ ‘Il Trovatore’

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The Opéra National de Paris is set to present Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” starting on Jan. 21, 2023. The opera, which will run through Feb. 17, 2023 for nine performances, will be conducted by Carlo Rizzi. It will star Anna Pirozzi as Leonora with Yusif Eyvazov as Manrico. In the role of Il Conte di Luna, audiences will see Étienne Dupuis. {…}

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Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its production of “Tristan und Isolde.” In an official statement, the company said, “Gwyn Hughes Jones has withdrawn from the production and as a result, the role of Tristan will be performed by Michael Weinius.” He joins a cast that includes Mary Elizabeth Williams, Okka von der Damerau, Ryan Speedo {…}

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Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘La Forza del Destino’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its opening night of “La Forza del Destino.” The company said, “Anna Netrebko, unwell, has canceled the first performance on Dec. 12, 2022. As a result, Anna Pirozzi will sing the role and make her house debut earlier than expected. Pirozzi was already scheduled to sing performances on Dec. 24, {…}

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Opéra National de Paris Announces Académie de Palais Garnier Concerts

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The Opéra National de Paris is set to present a series of concerts featuring artists from the Académie au Palais Garnier. First up will be an aria and ensembles concert. That showcase will feature music by Rossini, Thomas, Poulenc, Britten, Gounod, Massenet, and Donizetti from such operas as “Guillaume Tell,” “Semiramide,” “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” “Hamlet,” “Dialogues des Carmélites,” “Gloriana,” {…}

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Opéra National de Paris 2022-23 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

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(Credit: Charles Duprat / Opéra national de Paris) (This review is for performances on November 25 and 27) Netia Jones’ staging proves how much an ill-conceived mis-en-scene can affect the music, even when it is Mozart. In Portuguese, we say that Mozart’s music must be as a perfect and smooth as a rare pearl. There is even an adjective “perolado” {…}