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Hungarian State Opera reopens after overhaul – PHOTOS!
The Hungarian State Opera, which underwent a major renovation, was reopened with a festive gala on Saturday evening. The opening ceremony took place in the presence ... -
The opera will reopen on March 12
The Hungarian State Opera designed by Miklós Ybl will will reopen to the public on March 12 after a renovation that restored the Budapest building to ... -
this is opera on the grandest of scales
The JewessOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, March 9★★★★ Nineteenth-century French Grand Opera has tended to be eclipsed on the modern opera scene by the conquering popularity of ... -
Royal Opera House takes huge swipe at Putin as Ukrainian anthem played ahead of Swan Lake written in Russian
Swan Lake is one of the most popular ballets of all time, composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875-76 The Royal Opera House has ... -
British opera star who conquered the world stage
Few singers possessed a more complete and masterful vocal technique than Josephine Veasey, who died at the age of 91. and an instinctive sense of characterization ... -
Diane Baribeau: Spring comes early at the City Opera House | News
Diane Baribeau Spring is one of our favorite times of year at City Opera House. Soon the snow will melt, the spring bulbs will begin to ... -
The VOICE OF SARASOTA opera will sing at the concert on March 20
On Sunday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m., the historic Sarasota Opera House will be filled with singers of all ages and backgrounds, accompanied by a full ... -
Come experience the drama at the newly restored Hungarian State Opera
After almost five years of closure, the Hungarian State Opera is once again opening its doors to opera and ballet lovers from all over the world. ... -
Knoxville Opera returns to the stage with Boito’s ‘Mefistofele’ – Knoxville Arts
BY ALAN SHERROD IIn the opera world of the 1860s, more than the Alps separated Italy from Germany. The battle between the influences of Giuseppe Verdi ... -
Famous Hudson Valley Orchestra set to support The Who in concert
The Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra has been confirmed to support The Who in concert when they perform in Bethel Woods this spring. When The Who announced ... -
ArtBeat: striking canvases by Adrian Margey, BBC Centenary, Ulster Orchestra, Conor Mitchell, Rosemary Jenkinson, Into the Woods and Patrick Duffy
Summer Evenings, Portrush Harbor by Adrian Margey. The artist is hosting a post-Covid throwback exhibition at the Titanic Hotel this weekend. HOW do ... -
Allison Russell and SistaStrings perform at Stoughton Opera House on February 26 | Community
Singer-songwriter Allison Russell will perform at Stoughton Opera House from 7:30-10 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, opening for SistaStrings. According to the Opera’s website, Russell’s new ... -
National Symphony Orchestra: Music by Philip Glass based on music by David Bowie and Brian Eno
National Symphony OrchestraDavid Brophy, conductorPresented by Paul Herriott, TEN Lyrical FM Music by Philip Glass based on music by David Bowie and Brian Eno Symphony No. ... -
Live opera is coming to Traverse City (finally).
“Opera is for everyone,” says Kathleen Shelton. “We want to demolish the idea that opera is intimidating,” adds Lindsey Anderson. So the two decided ... -
‘Ragtime’ family show at Camden Opera House caps holiday week
CAMDEN – The Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, will present a celebration of the multimedia book ‘King of Ragtime’ on Sunday February 27 at 2 ... -
Vancouver Opera’s good fortune continues with Cavalleria rusticana
Breadcrumb Links local arts Entertainment Set in a long single act in two parts separated by the famous orchestral intermezzo, Cavalleria is a compact proposition that ... -
Bajazet makes its Royal Opera House debut after nearly 300 years
It cannot be said that there was a rush to put Vivaldi’s operas before a London audience. Almost 300 years after its premiere in Verona, Bajazet ... -
Push and pull opera in the present
A scene from Yuval Sharon’s 2019 production The magic flute A recent study published in Biological examinations argues that Earth’s sixth mass extinction event is underway, ... -
sing the most exciting scene in the opera
Her voice gradually returned, but at the start of the pandemic, her chiropractor warned her that she needed to start singing again, to restore her lung ... -
Sarasota Opera Returns to a Season of Full-Size Classics Amid the COVID Pandemic
During his 40 years at the helm of the Sarasota Opera, Artistic Director Victor De Renzi faced a variety of obstacles in building the company’s reputation ... -
Edward Gardner appointed new Music Director of Norwegian Opera and Ballet
Edward Gardner, recently hailed by The Times (London) for the “sheer vivacity” of his musical creation, has been appointed Music Director of Norwegian Opera & Ballet. ... -
DISNEY’S LION KING at the Detroit Opera transcends with ingenious costumes and an epic score
dance of the lionessesPhoto by Deen van Meer©Disney Disney’s The Lion King, a groundbreaking musical and the third longest-running musical on Broadway, is in the middle ... -
Astana Opera Soloists Captivate Audiences with Performance on Major French TV Channel
NUR-SULTAN – The performance of Mahler’s famous Symphony No. 8 by 1,200 musicians from the Astana Opera House broadcast on French TV channel Mezzo on New ... -
North Texas has an exciting year for opera fans
Boosted by COVID shutdowns in 2020, the Fort Worth Opera House and the Dallas Opera each went to work on plans to engage with their communities ... -
Austin Opera probes the power and perils of Steve Jobs’ (r)evolution connection: Homegrown company launches new collaborative production for the nation
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Courtesy of Austin Opera) “We choose pieces that we think will make sense for Austin.” So says Austin Opera’s Executive Director ... -
Don’t miss Ali Al-Haggar’s concert at Must Opera House – Music and dance – Al-Ahram Weekly
Arabic Music Institute 22 rue Ramsis, tel. 02 2574 3373 Fri 28, 8 p.m.: The Set of Arab musical heritage in a repertoire of classical Arabic ... -
Philadelphia Opera returns to live concerts with a curious double bill
Exactly 720 days had passed since the Philadelphia Opera House last performed for a live audience – indoors – when audiences filled 1,100 seats that chilly ... -
opera, dramaturgy and memorization of scores
The public did not realize it but when Andrea Molino conducted Bartók Bluebeard’s Castle for Opera Australia in 2021 he did so without a score. It ... -
Ulster Orchestra conductor Rustioni extends contract for one season
Daniele Rustioni – a rising star on the international music circuit – has extended his contract as conductor of the Ulster Orchestra. Ustioni’s current contract ends ... -
Vivaldi’s ‘explosive’ opera Bajazet hits City Hall – Connacht Tribune – Galway City Tribune:
Arts Week with Judy Murphy Vivaldi’s opera, Bajazet, will be presented at the Town Hall Theater in Galway on Tuesday January 25 from 5pm. It is ... -
Whanganui Opera Week: The Illustrious Career of Opera School Audio Producer John Wansbrough
John Wansbrough has been involved with the New Zealand Opera School for 10 years. Photo/Lin Ferguson Unless you know him, the inimitable John Wansbrough wouldn’t lecture ... -
Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ enjoys a more intimate venue
opera review Editor’s note: Given the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, please Consider local health authority safety recommendations as they are updated, ... -
Opera Australia presents The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Australia has engaged three of the world’s finest singers to make their Australian debuts in Sir David McVicar’s acclaimed production of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro ... -
Nashville Opera premieresFavorite Son – Nashville PRIDE, Inc.
Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva plays the doctor in favorite son. Nashville Opera presents favorite son at the Noah Liff Opera Center on January 21-22-23 to open the 2021/22 ... -
Turandot (Opera Australia)
If you need confirmation of the opera’s ability to thrill and entertain on a grand scale, book yourself a ticket to Opera Australia’s Puccini’s Turandot, currently ... -
ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Opera
MacMillan’s Opening Night Romeo and Juliet, a much-loved Covent Garden production, saw another dubious opportunity for artistic director Kevin O’Hare to take the stage at the ... -
The Marriage of Figaro, Royal Opera [STAR:5]
The Marriage of Figaro, Royal Opera 5 The Marriage of Figaro, Royal Opera Claudia pritchard The second act of Mozart’s comic opera The Marriage of Figaro ... -
Season of the big stars for the budding National Opera
Emma Matthews… to play the title role in Handel’s “Alcina”. The National Opera has announced its 2022 season and with it a host of luminaries, patrons ... -
Helen Mintiks killed at New York Met Opera House
When a scenic performance takes place, all eyes are on the stage. Could someone really disappear in the middle of a show? This is exactly what ... -
Annapolis Opera House cancels La bohème performance due to COVID wave
The Annapolis Opera Company, in consultation with its partner, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, has announced that it is postponing production of La bohème due to the ... -
The best of dance, opera and classical music to book in 2022, from Raymonda to the Handmaid’s Tale
W ith new ballets choreographed by Tamara Rojo and Christopher Wheeldon, an all-new opera adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, long-awaited premieres of ‘lost’ works and music ... -
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (Irish National Opera, Irish Chamber Orchestra, André de Ridder)
Gerald Barry’s riot Alice’s Adventures Underground treats the timeless story to surreal levels of tart cartoonish absurdity that even Lewis Carroll might have balked at. Dressed ... -
New Year’s Music and Opera Highlights
With less fear of blockages and disruption from covid, major concert halls in Moscow and St. Petersburg have already set their schedules for the coming year. ... -
the show finally continues at the Opera with a four-star performance
La Bohème by Puccini??Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theater, Sydney Opera House, January 4. “Brava! And “Well done!” suffocated by masks; the edgy adrenaline rush of live ... -
May Valentine, the Robin Hood of the opera
May L. Valentine had the vision to steal opera from the elite and give it to the masses. Valentine was the first and only woman to ... -
Artist of the week: Laquita Mitchell
On January 6, the New Orleans Opera House will present “An Homage to Josephine Baker”, an evening that will feature “Josephine” by Tom Cipullo and the ... -
Colombian Lina González-Granados appointed resident conductor of the Los Angeles Opera
Photo courtesy of heromag.net 2022 promises to be great start, especially for the Guerreras Latinas in the United States, as the Los Angeles Opera House announced ... -
Francesca Chiejina: the radiant soprano who wants opera for all | Classical music
Francesca Chiejina started his year as a ghost, ended it like a enchanting, and took a goddess, a princess, a poor man and a acclaimed appearance ... -
“Andrea Senier”: The emblematic opera of dazzling musical power opens in 2022 for ELS
From January 20 and for 7 performances in the Stavros Niarchos room of the SNFCC, under the musical direction of Philip Ogen and staging – sets ... -
Shows you can see at the Manchester Opera House in 2022 – How to get tickets
After a few years of disruption, next year’s schedule at Manchester opera house promises to be loaded. The arena has many shows in 2022 and tickets ... -
Are you looking for a world famous ballet and symphony orchestra? Head to Chicago
Chicago has a wealth of world-class cultural institutions. getty Chicago has no shortage of world-class cultural institutions, and the Joffrey Ballet and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ... -
Opera Southwest will perform concerts to celebrate 2022
Clockwise from left: tenor Christopher Bozeka, baritone Timothy Mix, soprano Hanna Brammer and mezzo-soprano Laurel Semerdjian. Opera Southwest brings together four of its favorite singers to ... -
Supreme Court rejects the complaint for vaccination against the National Opera | Culture
The administrative court of second instance had found that the case did not fall within its jurisdiction and, consequently, it was referred to the court of ... -
Opera on the heights, 2021 review: Il Trovatore
(Photo credit: Lerner Productions, LLC) Whether or not this was boosted by COVID, more and more companies seem to be making post-streams or online feeds of ... -
Monday films on the main features “Phantom of the Opera”
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most famous musical, “The Phantom of the Opera”, from the Royal Albert Hall in London, features over 200 actors, orchestral musicians and luminaries ... -
Portland Opera presents the US premiere of WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT
The Portland opera will debut in 2022 with performances of the 2013 opera When the Sun Comes Out, composed by Leslie Uyeda to a libretto by ... -
Opera Ithaca announces the world premiere of the film HANSEL ET GRETEL
Opera Ithaca has announced the premiere of its original film production of Engelbert HumperdinckIt’s Hansel and Gretel. The film can be streamed on demand starting Sunday, ... -
Royal Opera House announces opera and ballet cultural highlights for 2022
The Royal Opera House will continue its first full season since 2019 with a selection of world-class productions throughout 2022, showcasing the best of opera and ... -
New York Met Opera asks for boosters for musicians and audiences
(MENAFN-AFP) The Metropolitan Opera in New York City said on Wednesday it would require all musicians and the public to receive a booster dose of the ... -
The McClure Opera House, Kewanee’s first large public hall
The hard work of growing Kewanee began soon after its founding in 1854. There were houses and businesses to build, water to transport, then wells to ... -
NYE’s most glamorous event: New Years at Sydney Opera House
There is nowhere in the world like Sydney on New Years Eve, and there is nowhere closer to the action than the Sydney Opera House. Opera ... -
Michigan Opera Theater Blue Reaches Audiences With Immersive L-Acoustics L-ISA Sound
While the COVID pandemic has forced performing arts companies to broaden their horizons to reach audiences, the Michigan Opera Theater has gone beyond much during the ... -
Palm Beach Opera to present the baroque opera “Dido” by Henry Purcell
Baroque opera is a rarity in South Florida, but Palm Beach Opera House enthusiastically returns to this repertoire on Saturday for the first event of its ... -
Local favorites return for the Sarasota Opera winter season
After a year of chamber productions with few singers and a smaller than usual orchestra, the Sarasota opera house plans a return to life-size works for ... -
Melissa Errico, Jessica Lynn, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Here’s a sure sign that the live concert industry is back to business as usual: The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the beloved seasonal arena rock ensemble, is returning ... -
The orchestra and the opera SA launch a silent album
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) and the Cape Town Opera (CTO) defend the arts, here and internationally, with the release of a new album: Cwaka. ... -
Obituary: mezzo-soprano Pamela Helen Stephen dies at 57
(Credit: Chris Gloag) Mezzo Pamela Helen Stephen has died at the age of 57. Born in Solihull in 1964, Stephen grew up in Scotland and studied ... -
LOST ARIAS RESEARCHERS at the Wroclaw Opera
Usually when we get to the opera house we see the action, awesome sets, dancers, singers, we hear the orchestra. Music guides and changes perception. It’s ... -
Looking back and forward as SF Opera prepares to celebrate 100 years
Tosca in the brand new War Memorial Opera House in 1932 | Credit: SF Opera Archive San Francisco Opera will be 100 years old in the ... -
“A Christmas Story” by Croswell Opera House, a heartwarming production
ADRIAN – Last Christmas season, as the pandemic gave me time that I wouldn’t have had otherwise, I decided to watch some of those holiday movies ... -
The Boston Ballet is finally back at the Opera with “The Nutcracker”
After a forced absence by COVID in 2020, the Boston Ballet’s heartwarming production of “The Nutcracker” is back at Citizens Bank Opera House. Well, most of ... -
Stephen Sondheim reflected on opera and musicals in a free press interview in 2009
Editor’s note: Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential figures in the history of American musical theater, died Friday morning at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, ... -
The Classical Review »» Washington’s concert opera returns triumphantly with Rossini’s “Maometto II”
Ashraf Sewailam in title role and Leah Crocetto as Anna in Rossini Maometto II, presented by Washington Concert Opera Sunday evening at the Lisner Auditorium. Photo: ... -
Tosca, live screening from the Royal Opera
Tosca, live screening from the Royal Opera Tosca, live screening from the Royal Opera Claudia pritchard When Puccini’s opera Tosca was first performed in Rome in ... -
Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Eurydice’ opens at Metropolitan Opera: Deceptive cadence: NPR
Erin Morley (Eurydice), Joshua Hopkins (Orpheus) and Jakub Józef Orliński (Orpheus’s Double) in Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice, at the Metropolitan Opera. Marty Sohl / The Metropolitan Opera ... -
Washington National Opera Presents 2021 Marian Anderson Singing Award Winner Frederick Ballentine
Named in honor of the revolutionary African-American contralto, the Marian Anderson Vocal Award recognizes a young American singer in an opera, oratorio or recital repertoire with ... -
Daniel Harding’s tenure as Music Director of the Swedish Radio Orchestra extended
(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) The Swedish Radio Orchestra has announced that Daniel Harding will extend his post as music director of the orchestra until 2025. “From the ... -
Virginia Symphony Orchestra to Celebrate Season with Holiday Concert Series
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the holidays with a concert series at Hampton Roads. (Courtesy of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra) HAMPTON ROADS – The Virginia ... -
Sarasota Orchestra Concert Features Music Director Bramwell Tovey
The Sarasota Orchestra opened a new chapter in its history Saturday night with the first official concert under the direction of its Music Director-designate Bramwell Tovey ... -
Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concert Series
Sports pages from last weekend told us that “crowds have not yet flocked to football with pre-pandemic regularity.” AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan described them as “unequal”. ... -
Riccardo Muti issues statement regarding the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Riccardo Muti weighed in on the situation of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra by issuing a statement in favor of the orchestra. Muti said, “The closure of ... -
Simone Young appointed conductor of Sydney Symphony Orchestra
(Credit: (c) Jay Patel) The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has announced that Simone Young will be the conductor of the orchestra from 2022. Following a global search, ... -
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra concert features Broadway musicals
WALLINGFORD – The best of Broadway musicals includes the Wallingford Symphony Orchestra concert schedule on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Paul Mellon Art Center, Choate ...
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