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‘So resonant’: the 19th-century Russian opera being revived across Europe
05 Apr 2025 04:12 GMT
… The plot of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera Khovanshchina was written in … the opera, which exists in many different versions because Mussorgsky left … brooding meditation on power by Mussorgsky, in March 2022, but … as there was when Mussorgsky was writing in the late …
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Anna Netrebko, Freddie De Tommaso, Marina Rebeka, Bryn Terfel, Aigul Akhmetshina, Lisette Oropesa, Juan Diego Flórez & Pretty Yende Lead Royal Ballet & Opera’s 2025-26 Season
03 Apr 2025 00:21 GMT
… ever staging with The Royal Opera, Janáček’s “The … 17, 2026
Bryn Terfel leads Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” with … and “Four Sisters.” The operas will star Hannah Edmunds, Marianna … exploring the shifting boundary between opera and technology. The focus …
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Joshua Guerrero, Elsa Dreisig, Riccardo Massi, Ludovic Tézier & Nicole Car Lead Opéra de Lyon’s 2025-26 Season
19 Mar 2025 22:26 GMT
… Opéra National de Lyon has announced its 2025-26 season.
Mussorgsky’ … Ulyanov alongside soloists from the Opera de Lyon studio.
Performance … will include artists from the Opera de Lyon studio.
Performance … studio artists from teh Opera de Lyon ina new …
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Classical Music Playlist, March 7, 2025
07 Mar 2025 18:32 GMT
Henriette Renié (1875-1956)
Today is the 150th birthday of Maurice Ravel, born on this date, March 7th, 1875. His only String Quartet is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Also born in 1875 (Sept 18) is today’s featured artist for Women’s History Month, …
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Classical Connections: In the Picture
05 Mar 2025 08:44 GMT
… 1874, the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky wrote a suite of piano … was commissioned to write an opera for NBC television, he found … the much-loved children’s opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors … group of people from Greek classical mythology in a garden full …
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Remembering Paul Plishka: Operatic singer never forgot his Northeast Pennsylvania roots
25 Feb 2025 22:43 GMT
… in Northeast Pennsylvania.
The operatic singer and actor, who … Peter Wynne, a longtime opera writer and former WVIA broadcaster … and especially three parts in Mussorgsky';s 'Boris … said WVIA Senior Producer and Classical Music Host Erika Funke.
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Metropolitan Opera Announces New Productions for 2026, 2027, & 2028
20 Feb 2025 02:01 GMT
… 26 season, the Metropolitan Opera has announced future plans for … ” by Claus Guth. Both operas will be performed during the … ” by Robert Carsen, and Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina” by Simon McBurney … produced at the Houston Grand Opera. Meanwhile, Barrie Kosky’s …
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Met Opera to double cast Verdi and Puccini, as well as shift contemporary works from Saturdays
19 Feb 2025 17:09 GMT
… Consulting Group was for those operas that we play fairly regularly … runs, in which an opera appears in different parts of … 9); Kaija Saariaho’s last opera, “Innocence” (April 6), in … Simon McBurney’s production of Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina.”
Plans were …
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Paul Plishka, Whose Metropolitan Opera Career Span
07 Feb 2025 19:55 GMT
… ,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died … all three bass roles in Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov,” Philip II … School and was directed toward opera by a teacher after he … State College and made his opera debut at the Paterson Lyric …
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Classical Music Playlist, February 6, 2025
06 Feb 2025 22:46 GMT
Sergei Rachmaninoff | photo: Library of Congress
The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is Sergei Rachmaninoff’s brilliant set of 24 variations on the 24th Caprice for Solo Violin by Nicolo Paganini. It’s a tuneful, inventive work for piano and orchestra …