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“Tosca”—yet another one. OperaDIS lists no fewer than 250 recordings, but stops short after the year 2009. For all we know, the newest release—by DG—may be the 500th in an endless loop of “recondite ...
Angel Blue is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Redlands. The soprano took to social media to announce the news stating, “Hello Everyone! I hope you are all well in body and ...
Olga Kulchynska is currently starring in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “ Le Nozze di Figaro .” The soprano made her ...
Richard Loving, a white man, and his wife Mildred Loving, a woman of color were convicted of violating the Racial Integrity ...
The Generalitat Valenciana has canceled a production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” which was set to take place in May. The production was set to be performed in Valencia, Buñol, Alicante, and Castellón ...
The company said Maestro Karel Mark Chichon has been forced to withdraw from teh production due to medical reasons. As a result, Ouri Bronchti will take over. Bronchti has conducted at La Monnaie, ...
Spanish soprano Yolanda Auyanet has been named president of the jury of the X Concurso Internacional de Canto Alfredo Kraus. The news was announced during a press conference at the Casa Palacio del ...
Let us speak directly of the opera at hand, recently brought to the stage of Teatro alla Scala: “L’opera seria,” with the music of Florian Leopold Gassmann to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, ...
The Maggio musicale fiorentino has announced that it will open its 88th festival season with John Adams’ “The Death of Klinghoffer.” The work has never been performed in Florence and will be conducted ...
(Photo credit: Brescia and Amisano) “I should reproach myself even more if I were to allow myself to be credited with the initiative for the new genre of Italian opera … it is to my librettist ...
(Photo credit: Brescia and Amisano) “I should reproach myself even more if I were to allow myself to be credited with the initiative for the new genre of Italian opera … it is to my librettist ...
The Welsh National Opera (WNO) and the Musician’s Union, representing the WNO Orchestra, seemed headed toward a new agreement. Per a post on its official social media accounts, WNO’s Co-General ...