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2018-02-28 07:14:02
Gloriana, the World Opera Forum and a bicentenary: the Teatro Real, Madrid
From 12 to15 April 2018, the Teatro Real, Madrid will become the world centre for opera as it hosts the first World Opera Forum, an international conference of opera experts which will bring together the associations of Opera Europa, Opera America and Ópera Latinoamérica (OLA), along with representatives from Africa, Asia and Oceania. The first time that the international associations of theatres and lyrical festivals come together. The conference will focus on four central topics: Opera as Cultural Heritage, New Operas, Opera and Cultural Diversity in the 21st Century, and Sponsorship for Opera.The opening session of the World Opera Forum, on April 12, coincides with the premiere in Madrid of Benjamin Britten's Gloriana, a new production (co-produced with the English National Opera and the Vlaamse Opera) directed by David McVicar, conducted by Ivor Bolton with Anna Caterina Antonacci and Alexandra Deshorties in the title role, Leonardo Capalbo and David […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-10-29 23:32:54
Sad news: Met bass-baritone has died
Colleagues are sharing their distress at the death yesterday of John Del Carlo, a well-loved American soloist who sang 285 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over the past 23 years. John played the title role in Don Pasquale, Dr Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia , Swallow in Peter Grimes, Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mathieu in Andrea Chenier, Colonel Frank in Die Fledermaus, Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow, and Alfieri in the Met’s premiere of Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge. He was also a stalwart at San Francisco Opera, his home town. Internationally, he sang at Covent Garden, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Trieste, Zurich Cologne, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Vlaamse Opera.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-06-27 12:19:58
Young Brit opera hires Euro expert
Mahogany Opera, founded two years ago and specialising in contemporary work, has appointed Ivan van Kalmthout as chief executive. Ivan, who is Dutch, was recently interim Artistic Director at the Liceu in Barcelona. Before that, he worked at Vlaamse Opera, Hamburg Staatsoper and Berlin Staatsoper. This kind of cross-channel hiring has been placed in jeopardy by Brexit.
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Royal Opera House
2014-11-10 18:11:34
How to Stage an Opera: Characterization in Idomeneo
[…] die but is plucked from danger to be made king of those same people. Kušej makes them all suffer. The creative work that goes into producing an opera comes in many parts; it’s worth considering them individually, as well as in the whole. Read other posts in our 'How to Stage an Opera' series. Idomeneo runs until 24 November 2014. Tickets are still available. The production is a co-production with Opéra de Lyon and Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp , and is generously supported by the Friends of Covent Garden .
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