Michael Spyres, Elza Van Den Heever & Vannina Santoni Lead Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie’s 2022-23 Season

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The Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie has announced its 2022-23 season. Opera Ainārs Rubiķis conducts Verdi’s “Aida” in a production by Annabel Arden. The opera stars Sunyoung Seo, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Amadi Lagha, Leon Kim, and Jacques Greg-Belobo. Performance Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2022 Noëlle Gény leads “Bach et le sacré.” Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2022 Noëlle Gény conducts “Musiques sacrées” Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2022 {…}

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Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 2024-25 Review: Dialogues of the Carmélites

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(Photo: © Vincent Pontet) A few moments before the start of the opera, a friend of mine told me that this is the first time Aquarius has been in Pluto’s orbit since 1789. Whether or not that is true, I cannot say; I did not have the willingness to check. Still, it could be a sign from the stars that {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Éléonore Pancrazi, Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva, Enea Scala Headline L’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles’ 2024-25 Season

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Opéra Royal du Château de Versaiilles has announced new productions with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal for its 2024-25 season. Raphaël Pichon will conduct “Vespro della Beata Vergine.” The work stars Perrine Devillers, Zachary Wilder, Robin Tritschler, Antonin Rondepierre, Nicolas Brooyymans, Etienne Bazola, and Renaud Brès. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2024 Lauranne Oliva, Juliette Mey, Léo Vermot-Desroches, and Halidou Nombre headline {…}

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Opéra de Lille Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Lille has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Nicola Porpora’s “Polifemo” will feature Kangmin Justin Kim, Marie Lys, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Delphine Galou, José Coca Loza, and Florie Valiquette. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the production by Bruno Ravella. Performance Dates: Oct. 8-16, 2024 Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “David et Jonathas” will star Petr Nekoranec, Gwendoline Blondeel, Jean-Christophe Lanièce, Lucile Richardot, Étienne Bazola, {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Lea Desandre, Anne-Catherine Gillet & Jarrett Ott Lead Opéra Comique’s 2024-25 Season

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Opéra Comique has announced its schedule for the 2024-25 season. Auber’s “Le Domino noir” is set to be conducted by Louis Langrée and will be directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq. The cast includes Anne-Catherine Gillet, Cyrille Dubois, and Victoire Bunel. Performance Date: Sept. 20-28, 2024 George Benjamin & Martin Crimp’s “Picture a Day Like This” is set to {…}

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Pretty Yende, Anna Netrebko, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 2024-25 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Opera in Production Bach’s “Passion selon Saint” will be conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and directed by Sasha Waltz. The cast will include Sophie Junker, Georg Nigl, Christian Immler, Benno Schachtner, Valerio Contaldo, and Mark Milhofer. Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 5, 2024 Poulenc’s “Dialogues des {…}

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Opera Fuoco Announces Anniversary Celebration Concert at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

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France’s Opera Fuoco is set to present a 20-year anniversary concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on April 9, 2024 at 8 p.m. local time. Led by music director David Stern, the program will feature both current and former artists of the ensemble. Among the artists featured are Karine Deshayes, Axelle Fanyo, Cyrielle N’Djiki Nya, Vannina Santoni, Chantal Santon Jeffery, {…}

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Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces Another Cast Change for ‘Turandot’

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(Credit: Uwe Arens) The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its Dec. 11, 2023 performance of “Turandot.” The company said “In today’s performance of ‘Turandot‘ the titular role will be played by soprano Catherine Foster. From the Liceu, we thank the effort of soprano Elena Pankratova, who this weekend played the role of Turandot in two {…}

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Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces New Cast Change for ‘Turandot’

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its Dec. 9 performance of “Turandot.” The company said, “In the performance of ‘Turandot’ today, Saturday 9 December, the role of Liù is sung by the soprano Marta Mathéu, replacing Adriana González, who is ill.” Mathéu will join a cast that includes Elena Pankratova, Siegfried Jerusalem, Michael Fabiano, Marko {…}

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Michael Spyres, Elza Van Den Heever & Vannina Santoni Lead Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie’s 2022-23 Season

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 2024-25 Review: Dialogues of the Carmélites

Sonya Yoncheva, Éléonore Pancrazi, Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva, Enea Scala Headline L’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles’ 2024-25 Season

Opéra de Lille Announces 2024-25 Season

Joyce El-Khoury, Lea Desandre, Anne-Catherine Gillet & Jarrett Ott Lead Opéra Comique’s 2024-25 Season

Pretty Yende, Anna Netrebko, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 2024-25 Season

Opera Fuoco Announces Anniversary Celebration Concert at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces Another Cast Change for ‘Turandot’

Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces New Cast Change for ‘Turandot’