Month: June 2023
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Tan Dun leads Concertgebouw Orchestra in world premiere of ‘Requiem for Nature’
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This year’s Holland Festival closes with the world premiere of Tan Dun’s Requiem for Nature at the Westergas-Gashouder in Amsterdam, in which the composer leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Lauren Symfonisch and soloists from several parts of East-Asia. The Holland Festival is the oldest and largest performing arts festival in the Netherlands. Taking place in…
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San Francisco Playhouse revives award-winning musical ‘A Chorus Line’
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A revival of the fabulous musical, A Chorus Line, has opened at the San Francisco Playhouse. Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nine Tony Awards, four Drama Desk awards, three 1976 Obie awards and the 1984 Special Gold Tony Award for Broadway’s longest-running musical, A Chorus Line was described as “Frankly brilliant!” by…
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San Francisco Opera stages Local Premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s ‘El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego’
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The San Francisco premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, is to be staged by San Francisco Opera at the War Memorial Opera House as of this week. With a libretto by Nilo Cruz, this production by Mexican Director Lorena Maza stars mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack and baritone Alfredo Daza as…
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Dutch National Opera brings Dvořák’s ‘Rusalka’ into the 20th century
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Recognized as Antonin Dvořák’s most successful creation for stage, the opera Rusalka has had a modern makeover in Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M Krenn’s adaptation for Dutch National Opera. This version stars South African soprano Johanni van Oostrum in the title role, with Czech tenor Pavel Černoch as the Prince, American mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as the…
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New production of Puccini’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ opens San Francisco Opera’s Summer Season
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San Francisco Opera opens its 2023 Summer Season with one of the world’s best loved operas, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, in a co-production with The Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Semperoper Dresden and the Royal Danish Opera. This new staging by Japanese Director Amon Miyamoto stars Korean soprano Karah Son in her Company debut as Cio-Cio-San –…