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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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Artist Profile: Mezzo-Soprano Agnes Baltsa, One Of Greece’s Great Artists

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One of the greatest Greek opera stars of all-time, Agnes Baltsa was born on Nov. 19, 1944. She kicked off her musical studies at age six as a pianist before moving to Athens in 1958 to become a singer. She studied on a Maria Callas scholarship in music upon graduating from the conservatory and made her first-ever appearance in an {…}
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Placido Domingo & Anna Netrebko Return To Baden-Baden

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The Baden Baden Festival has announced its July schedule with Anna Netrebko and Plácido amongst the headliners. The festival announced that Domingo will appear in a concert performance of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Tatjana Serjan as Amelia and Ferruccio Furlanetto as Fiesco. Meanwhile, Anna Netrebko will return to the festival in a recital with Malcolm Martineau. The {…}
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Obituary: Hildegard Hillebrecht-Stöhr Dies At 95

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced the death of Hildegard Hillebrecht-Stöhr, a member of the company. The soprano, who performed as part of Munich’s ensemble, died at the age of 95 on Oct. 7, 2018, after an international career that led her to such cities as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bayreuth, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Buenos Aires, and Dresden. She would go on to {…}
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Artist Profile: Francisco Araiza, One of Mexico’s Greatest Tenors

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Many Mexican tenors have managed successful careers in recent years. Francisco Araiza was among the most influential. Born in Mexico City on Oct. 4, 1950, Araiza was the song of a tenor and seemed well on his way to an early music education. He studied voice while studying business administration and made the switch completely under the encouragement of soprano {…}
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Lyric Opera of Kansas City 2018-19 Review: West Side Story

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Leonard Bernstein feared he would only be remembered for “West Side Story.”  As theaters around the world celebrate the centenary of his birth, a range of his works have come back to the spotlight, but opera theaters have confirmed Bernstein’s fears.  His only “true” operatic masterpiece, “A Quiet Place,” has received relatively scant attention. This is a shame, in part {…}
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Artist Profile: The Tragedy of Ettore Bastianini, A Legendary Baritone

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The opera world is filled with great tragedies throughout its history.  The story of Ettore Bastianini is easily one of the saddest.  Born on Sept. 24, 1922, Bastianini would go on to become one of the greatest baritones of all time. His voice was beloved by all. He began his training as a bass, singing his first concerts in 1940 {…}
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Artist Profile: Anna Netrebko, The 21st Century’s Diva-Par-Excellence

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) The 20th century opera diva, a larger-than-life singer that everyone wanted to see, regardless of their like or disdain for her qualities, is not really a concept one would associate with the modern opera world. Unless you are Anna Netrebko. The Russian soprano IS the diva-par-excellence of the modern opera world, her every stop a major event. {…}

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