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2 days ago · Pacific Symphony has named Alexander Shelley as its next artistic director. Shelley, who has served as Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, commences his tenure during the 2026-27 season and will be the third person to take on the role, following Carl St. Clair, who becomes Music Director Laureate in 2025-26.
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3 days ago · (Credit: Rosie Hardy) Lise Lindstrom recently took time to converse with Benjamin Torbert for OperaWire. Lindstrom sings all three Brünnhildes in “Die Walküre,” “Siegfried,” and “Götterdämmerung” in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s very lightly staged concert presentation of Wagner’s “Der Ring Des Nibelungen,” on 13-20 October 2024.
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Nov 6, 2024 · Rachel Fenlon’s “Winterreise” is quite extraordinary for many reasons. First, Schubert’s famously melancholy cycle was originally written for tenor, and though frequently transcribed for baritonal depths or even bass, its interpretation …
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Ranking Giacomo Puccini’s Operas From Least to Best - OperaWire
Dec 22, 2018 · 5. Tosca “Tosca” is one of the most famous operas in the entire canon. As a tremendous thriller filled with incredible suspense, it certainly makes for a riveting night at the opera. Act one perfectly establishes its trio of main characters, their relationships, and their challenges, all with incredibly absorbing music.
Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Grounded - OperaWire
Sep 24, 2024 · WARNING: This review features explicit language. It also uses some variation of the word “frustrating” a lot. To use a line from the cathartic and sublime climax in Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s “Grounded” – “What the f*ck?”. That quotidian expression perfectly encapsulates, in the context of the climax and at large, the frustration of …
Best of 2023: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of 2023 - OperaWire
Dec 26, 2023 · It’s time of the year. The moment we wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments. After releasing our favorite performances of 2023 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top 11 singers of the year, performers that we thought stood out and had major breaks or performances. So {…}
Opera Profile: Rossini’s Final Masterpiece ‘Guillaume Tell’
Aug 3, 2018 · Rossini’s final opera is arguably his finest. “Guillaume Tell,” which had its world premiere on August 3, 1829, has never been his most popular. But in the work, the great composer took all the dramatic ideas he had developed throughout his career and encapsulated them into a cohesive and potent opera. The work has found popularity in the 21st century, {…}
Christopher Macchio Performs ‘Nessun Dorma’ at RNC - OperaWire
Jul 19, 2024 · Following Republican Presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s rambling convention speech at the Republican National Convention, Christopher Macchio, Trump’s go-to tenor, performed Puccini’s famed “Nessun Dorma.”