Joana Carneiro will be the next music director of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, starting in October 2009.
Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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George R. Steel will be the next general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera, starting next month.
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September 12-20 2009: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
October 10-30 2009: Falstaff
October 24- November 13 2009: Ariadne auf Naxos
March 20- April 13 2010: Porgy and Bess
April 24- May 7 2010: Le Nozze di Figaro
May 19- June 4 2010: HamletEric Owens will share the role of Porgy with Lester Lynch. Teddy Tahu Rhodes will sing Almaviva in Le Nozze, with Ildar Abdrazakov as Figaro. Diana Damrau sings Ophelia in Hamlet opposite Carlos Álvarez in the title role.
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September 26- November 3 2009: Madama Butterfly
October 17- November 5 2009: The Nightingale and Other Short Fables
January 27- February 27 2010: Carmen
February 3-28 2010: Otello
April 24- May 20, 2010: The Flying Dutchman
May 1-30 2010: Maria Stuarda
May 9-29 2010: IdomeneoJohannes Debus will be the next music director of the Canadian Opera Company, starting with the 2009-2010 season. Robert Lapage directs a new production of Stravinsky's The Nightingale and Other Short Fables. Paul Groves sings the title role of Idomeneo and Isabel Bayrakdarian will be Ilia.
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The schedule for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston was announced. Gustave Charpentier's Louise will be performed from May 22 to June 9.
Calendar of Events [PDF] | Official Site
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October 17-31 2009: La Traviata
January 16-30 2010: Il Trovatore
February 27- March 13 2010: Falstaff
May 8-22 2010: AmeliaOnly four operas next season for Seattle Opera, as the Ring Cycle also to be presented this summer. The La Traviata is from San Francisco Opera, and will star Nuccia Focile and Eglise Gutiérrez sharing the role of Violetta. Gordon Hawkins will be Count di Luna in Il Trovatore. Stephanie Blythe sings Dame Quickly in Falstaff. The world premiere of Daron Aric Hagen's Amelia will include William Burden, Nathan Gunn, and Jane Eaglen.
Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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San Francisco Opera's 85th season ran from September 7, 2007 to July 6, 2008. Twelve operas were performed in 82 performances. The annual operating budget was $72,531,6193, with a surplus of $141,377.
Press Release [PDF] | Official Site | Last Year
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Jürgen Flimm is to be the next Intendant of Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden. He takes up the post in 2010.
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February 8: Alek Shrader, tenor with John Parr, piano
February 15: Quinn Kelsey, baritone with Peter Grunberg, piano
March 8: James Benjamin Rodgers, tenor with Mark Morash, piano
April 5: Steven Blier, piano with Leah Crocetto, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano; and Andrew Bidlack, tenorPress Release [PDF] | Official Site
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This is the finale of Act II from Idomeneo. In the background we have a looming, four-headed horse monster sent by Neptune.
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