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Opera Theatre St. Louis’ 2024 festival will include beloved favorites, rarely performed gems
14 May 2024 15:17 GMT
… bohème."
Macy White
The operas being presented this season — … s “The Barber of Seville,” Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème,” George Frideric … last week’s St. Louis Symphony Orchestra “Bugs Bunny and … of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and …
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Opera Theatre of St. Louis Is Ready for Its Biggest Season Since 2018
14 May 2024 11:04 GMT
… recognizable score, the latter the Puccini classic that directly inspired Rent … is rounded out by two operas that may be less well … second is Galileo Galilei, with music by Philip Glass, which … , with no intermission (although opera's trailing spouses will …
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Jose Cura, Chiara Isotton, Klára Kolonits, Ildikó Komlósi & Yusif Eyvazov Lead Hungarian State Opera’s 2024-25 Season
14 May 2024 06:39 GMT
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Gergely Dubóczky will conduct Opera Sketches and András Dömötör will … a double bill. The operas will be headlined by András … . The Hungarian version of Puccini’s masterwork will star András …
Frédéric Chaslin conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. Soloists include …
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Aleksandra Kurzak, Atalla Ayan, Aleksandra Olczyk & Sebastian Catana Lead Polish National Opera’s 2024-25 Season
14 May 2024 06:39 GMT
… 2024-25 season.
New Opera Productions
The first new … 1, 2025
Aleksandra Kurzak leads Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” alongside …
Aleksandra Kurzak will headline Puccini’s “Tosca” with Atalla … Patrick Fournillier conducts the Chorus Opera.
Performance Dates: May …
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Fans flock to Paris to cheer as Lise Davidsen becomes classical music’s Taylor Swift
13 May 2024 19:59 GMT
… become classical music’s biggest draw, attracting crowds to the Paris Opéra … with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in concert on … before heading to Europe.
Opera aficionados await her first full … hope that the Verdi, Puccini, Strauss world can be my …
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Washington National Opera’s new ‘Turandot’ gets a refreshing finale
13 May 2024 20:53 GMT
… about “Turandot”?Washington National Opera has some fresh ideas … May 25.Giacomo Puccini’s relentlessly popular final opera doubles as … of unfinished business. The composer died in 1924 before … a proper ending, leaving composer Franco Alfano and librettist …
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Great Britten from the jump - Violin Concerto, 'Spring Symphony,' shorter works in new recordings
13 May 2024 14:17 GMT
… of contemporary opera, "Peter Grimes."
Composer Benjamin Britten … dream new music director at the San Francisco Symphony, where … segment on the music of the greatest composer before Britten, Henry … Live in HD telecast of Puccini's " …
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Symphony San Jose pays tribute to Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini
10 May 2024 16:55 GMT
Symphony San Jose will have crowds going gaga for Giacomo Puccini on Saturday and … composer on the 100th anniversary of his death.
The show, “Passionate Puccini … his works across his career.
Puccini is known for works including …
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Collegium Musicum orchestra and choir marks centenary of Giacomo Puccini's death
10 May 2024 12:35 GMT
… of Missa di Gloria by Giacomo Puccini to mark the 100th anniversary … . Puccini was the last of the ‘Golden Age’ of Italian operatic composers … he was the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi.
The performances …
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Cultural Compass: An in-depth look at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen's new season
12 May 2024 09:56 GMT
… edition gives special focus to Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s (OBV … tragedies. Puccini’s operas offer music that even a first-time opera-goer … ballet Rain. Instead of music built around melodies, chords … Thomas Bellinck wrote an opera based on conversations with …