Kristine Opolais is leaving the company’s new production next season “for personal reasons,” clearing the way for the rising star Sonya Yoncheva. Read entire story.
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Kristine Opolais is leaving the company’s new production next season “for personal reasons,” clearing the way for the rising star Sonya Yoncheva. Read entire story.
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Mr. Gossett rediscovered lost works, created new editions of Rossini and Verdi scores and helped revive them onstage. Read entire story.
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Opera companies now eschew the once traditional black makeup for the lead in Verdi’s masterpiece, but it remains a controversial issue that highlights the need to nurture more diverse talentGerman tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his eagerly anticipated title role debut in the Royal Opera’s new production of Verdi’… Read entire story.
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Glyndebourne, LewesWith a reverent but mischievous take on the text and a superb cast led by tenor Allan Clayton, this world premiere production rises to the challenge set by Shakespeare’s great play Many composers have tried to make an opera out of Hamlet, but none has been able to make … Read entire story.
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Snape Maltings, AldeburghNetia Jones’s techno-sophistry is used to enchanting effect in her imaginative production, with Matthew Rose’s Bottom a particular standout among a fine castThe Aldeburgh festival, founded by Benjamin Britten, is almost by definition a purveyor of magical midsummer nights. This was one. Opening the 70th festival, Netia … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian