Monthly Archives: January 2016

Norma at the English National Opera in London

A close-knit community’s way of life is threatened by unstoppable change. The people want war. Their priestess Norma, secretly in love with one of the enemy, resists. But now he has a new love. And in the face of his betrayal, it seems Norma … Continue reading

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THE WONDERFUL VOICE OF FEDERICO CARDELLA: Entertainment = HOPERA. An exclusive interview.

   Federico is a Boston born, Italian-American vocalist that sings adult contemporary pop, rock, gospel and classical music. One of ten children, he has  loved to sing ever since he  can remember. His goal as a singer is to help rejuvenate true love,faith and … Continue reading

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Die Fledermaus in Israel

DIE FLEDERMAUS Thursday 11/02/2016 20:00 Friday 12/02/2016 13:00 Friday 12/02/2016 20:30 Music by Johann Strauss Jr. Bubbling Viennese operetta comes direct from Budapest as the Budapest Operetta Theatre presents its champagne like production of Strauss’ ultimate operetta full with sweeping waltzes. … Continue reading

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Tosca at the San Diego Opera

Step into the web of politics, police brutality, betrayal, jealousy and murder in Puccini’s blood-soaked and intense Tosca. In Rome, the fiery and celebrated singer Floria Tosca has no idea that her life, and that of the man she loves, will … Continue reading

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Donizetti’s Mary Stuart at the Seattle Opera

By Gaetano Donizetti HISTORIC CONFRONTATION WITH SEARING EMOTIONS. Two icons of English royalty, Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, clash in a powerful story of jealousy, pity, doubt, menace, exaltation, and remorse. Extravagant period costumes and virtuosic bel … Continue reading

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The Magic Flute in Finnish at the Kansallisooppera in Helsinki

The Magic Flute W. A. Mozart This is a performance like none you have ever seen, opera or theatre. In this celebrated production created at the Komische Opera in Berlin, The Magic Flute is recast as a fantastic tale from … Continue reading

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Premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro in Zagreb

The premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro is scheduled for Saturday, February 6, 2016. The conductor is Natalie Murray Beale, stage director Mauricio García Lozano, the set designer is Jorge Ballina, the costume designer is Eloise Kazan, … Continue reading

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Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti at the Bolshoi

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Premiered on May 24, 2014 Presented with one interval. Running time: 3 hours 40 minutes 3 February 2016 4 February 2016 5 February 2016 6 February 2016 7 February 2016   The score has been made available by Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Bärenreiter-Verlag … Continue reading

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Fidelio in Munich

Opera in two acts Composer Ludwig van Beethoven · Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner after the amendments by Georg Friedrich Treitschke after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly’s libretto “Léonore, ou L’Amour conjugal” In German with German surtitles Sunday, 07. February 2016 06:00 pm – … Continue reading

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La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina, practically unknown opera, performed at the Salon d’Hercule in the Chateau de Versailles

Francesca Caccini (1587-1640) La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina Balletto con prologo e tre scene, Florence, 1625 Florence, beginning of February 1625. The Medici court is preparing grandiose celebrations to celebrate the official visit of the heir to the throne … Continue reading

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