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From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun; Photo © Javier del Real Soloists, Orquesta-Escuela de la Sinfónica de Madrid.Conductor, Eun Sun Kim 21.4.2010 (JMI) After the success of their Ópera-Estudio project last year with Don Pasquale, Teatro Real repeated the experience with Il Viaggio a Reims, with Raúl Giménez as vocal coach for [...]
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From Seen and Heard International By: James L. Zychowicz; Photo © Liz Lauren Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chicago Opera Theater, Leonardo Vordoni (conductor) Harris Theater, Chicago, 17.4.2010 (JLZ). Chicago Opera Theater opened its 2010 season impressively with a revival of Rossini’s Mosé in Egitto. This production continues the tradition COT has of bringing to [...]
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From Seen and Heard International By: James L. Zychowicz Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Leonardo Vordoni (conductor) Civic Opera House, Chicago, 27.3.2010 (JLZ). The final work in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2009-2010 season is a well-cast revival of its delightful production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Even though this work [...]
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In 2002, the opera department at the University of Arizona hit the jackpot with an endowment of $1,000,000. The funding came by way of Amelia T. Rieman, a trained concert pianist and soprano and a longtime supporter of the University and particularly of the opera program. She and Prof. Charles R. Roe, the Director of [...]
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From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun; Pictures © Courtesy of Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla Soloists, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla Coro del Teatro de la Maestranza Conductor: Pedro Halffter Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla 22 & 23. 3.2010 (JMI) After the success of La Fanciulla del West last year, [...]
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From Seen and Heard International By: José M Irurzun; Pictures © Taeto Baeza Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Conductor: Lorin Maazel., Palau de les Arts de Valencia. 25.03.2010. (JMI) Valencia offers an unusual double bill, coupling La Vida Breve with Cavalleria Rusticana. These two works are within the verismo [...]
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