Artist Of The Week: Wolfgang Koch Celebrate’s ‘Dantons Tod’s’ 100th Anniversary

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Wolfgang Koch is one of today’s leading baritones who has mastered many of the great German roles by Wagner and Strauss. He has performed all over the world and has also become well known for his interpretation of Wotan in Wagner’s “The Ring Cycle.” This week, he adds another role to his repertoire in an unknown modern masterpiece. Koch will {…}

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Q&A: Massimo Cavalletti On His Enrico In ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’ & Bel Canto Singing

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Massimo Cavalletti is one of the most accomplished baritones of his generation, singing in every major opera house in the world including the Teatro alla Scala, Salzburg Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper, and Opéra de Paris, among others. For years, he has performed many of the great lyric baritone roles to strong success and has recently begun to add heavier roles to {…}

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John Holiday To Be Featured On The Crypt Sessions

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The Crypt Sessions return in April with countertenor John Holiday. Holiday will perform a set of art songs, arias, spirituals, and standards, taking a break from touring with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The concert will take place in the Crypt Chapel under the Church of the Intercession in Harlem. The performance will include a pre-concert food and {…}

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Obituary: Virgilijus Noreika Passes Away At 82

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Lithuanian tenor Virgilijus Noreika has passed away. Considered Lithuania’s foremost tenor of the second half of the 20th century, Noreika was born in Šiauliai and graduated with honors from the Lithuanian State Conservatory in 1958. After graduating, he became an ensemble member of the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Lithuania, where he went on to perform numerous roles including {…}

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Artist Of The Week: David Bizic Debuts Enrico In France

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David Bizic is one of today’s most promising baritones, singing all over the world and performing leading roles in his home country of France. This week, he takes on another milestone in his career singing his first Enrico in “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The baritone will take on the immense role at the Opera de Toulon, a theater where he had {…}

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Obituary: Bass Raimund Herincx Dies At 90

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Bass Raimund Herincx has passed away at the age of 90. The British bass, born in London on August 23, 1927, began his career performing at the Welsh National Opera and Sadler’s Wells Opera, singing in over 400 performances and 40 major roles. He would later be engaged for guest appearances in the opera houses of Paris, Brussels, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart, {…}

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Anna Netrebko Cancels Final ‘Traviata’ Performances

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Anna Netrebko has canceled her final performances as Violetta in “La Traviata.” The performances, which were slated for the Opéra de Paris on Feb. 21, 25, and 28, will instead be performed by Marina Rebeka. The soprano had not sung the role for a number of years but had returned to it in 2017-18 at La Scala and was slated {…}

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5 ‘Soprano’ Roles That Joyce DiDonato Has Made Her Own

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Joyce DiDonato is a fierce artist and one of the finest of the 21st century. She didn’t land at the number one spot of our top singers of 2017 list for no reason. DiDonato, born on Feb. 13, has been the champion of all people and in the opera world she has shown an ability to slip from one piece {…}

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Sylvia Schwartz Replaces Nuria Rial In St. Matthew’s Passion

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The Spanish National Orchestra and Chorus has announced that soprano Sylvia Schwartz will replace Nuria Rial in the upcoming performances of Bach’s “St. Matthew’s Passion.” The English soprano has had a busy 2017-18 season singing “Don Giovanni” and “Falstaff” with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. She has also performed “Fidelio” with the Tokyo Philharmonic and is scheduled to perform numerous concert in {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Wolfgang Koch Celebrate’s ‘Dantons Tod’s’ 100th Anniversary

Q&A: Massimo Cavalletti On His Enrico In ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’ & Bel Canto Singing

John Holiday To Be Featured On The Crypt Sessions

Obituary: Virgilijus Noreika Passes Away At 82

Artist Of The Week: David Bizic Debuts Enrico In France

Obituary: Bass Raimund Herincx Dies At 90

Anna Netrebko Cancels Final ‘Traviata’ Performances

5 ‘Soprano’ Roles That Joyce DiDonato Has Made Her Own

Sylvia Schwartz Replaces Nuria Rial In St. Matthew’s Passion