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Category: 2013-2014 Season Previews

  • PBO’s 2013-2014 Season

    October 2-6 2013: Pergolesi's Stabat MaterNovember 15-19 2013: Berezovsky, Facius, Fomin, Glinka December 6-10 2013: Stanley, Croft, Boyce December 14-15 2013: Händel's Messiah February 5-9 2014: C.P.E. Bach, Haydn March 5-9 2013: Muffat, Schmelzer, Schein, Biber, Benda, Bach, Telemann April 10-14 2013: Vivaldi's Juditha Triumphans Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra's 2013-2014 season was announced on today. Carolyn…

  • Boston Lyric Opera’s 2013-2014 Season

    October 4–13 2013: Die Zauberflöte November 20–24 2013: Jack Beeson’s Lizzie Borden March 14–23 2014: Rigoletto May 2-11 2014: I Puritani Official Site

  • Washington National Opera’s 2013-2014 Season

    September 15-27 2013: Tristan und IsoldeOctober 12-26 2013: La Forza del DestinoDecember 14-22 2013: The Lion, the Unicorn, and MeFebruary 22- March 8 2014: Moby-DickMarch 20-29 2014: L’Elisir d’AmoreMay 3-18 2014: Die Zauberflöte The 2013-2014 season at WNO was announced today. 2013-2014 Season | Official Site

  • The Met’s 2013-2014 Season

    September 23- December 12 2013: Eugene Onegin September 24 2013- May 8 2014 : Così fan tutte September 28- October 26 2013: The Nose September 30- November 1 2013: Norma October 11-31 2013: A Midsummer Night's Dream October 21- November 14 2013: Two Boys October 29- December 28 2013: Tosca November 7-26 2013: Die Frau…

  • Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2013-2014 Season

    October 5 – November 2 2013: Otello October 15 2013- January 26 2014: Madama Butterfly November 9–29 2013: Parsifal November 20- December 20 2013: La traviata December 10 2013-January 18 2014: Die Fledermaus February 1–28 2014: Il barbiere di SivigliaFebruary 22- March 16 2014: Rusalka March 5–23 2014: La clemenza di TitoSpring 2014: The Sound…

  • Seattle Opera’s 2013-2014 Season

    October 19- November 2 2013: La fille du régimentJanuary 11-25 2014: RigolettoFebruary 22- March 7 2014: The ConsulMay 3-17 2014: Les contes d’Hoffmann Seattle Opera announced the 2013-2014 season today. Sarah Coburn and Terri Richter Franklin share the role of Marie in La fille du régiment, while Lawrence Brownlee and Andrew Stenson sing Tonio. William Burden…

  • LA Opera’s 2013-2014 Season

    September 21- October 6 2013: CarmenOctober 11-13 2013: Einstein on the BeachNovember 9- December 1 2013: FalstaffNovember 23- December 15 2013: Die ZauberflöteFebruary 22- March 16 2014: Billy BuddMarch 15- April 6 2014: Lucia di LammermoorMay 17- June 7 2014: Thaïs Official Site

  • Spoleto Festival USA 2013

    May 24- June 4 2013: Toshio Hosokawa’s MatsukazeMay 25- June 7 2013: Giordano’s Mese Mariano/ Puccini’s Le Villi The schedule for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston was announced today. The opera schedule includes the American premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Matsukaze, Giordano’s Mese Mariano, and Puccini’s Le Villi. Operas | Official Site

  • SF Opera’s 2013-2014 Season

    September 6- October 2 2013: MefistofeleSeptember 18- October 4 2013: Dolores ClaiborneOctober 8- November 2 2013: FalstaffOctober 22- November 15 2013: Der fliegender HolländerNovember 13- December 1 2013: Il barbiere di SivigliaJune 1- July 2 2014: Show BoatJune 11- July 13 2014: La TraviataJune 15- July 9 2014: Madama Butterfly David Gockley announced San Francisco…

  • Seattle Opera’s 2011-12 Shortfall

    Seattle Opera announced today that the company anticipates a shortfall for the 2011-2012 season. The company has operated without a deficit for 18 of the past 19 seasons, so this is cause for concern. As a result, the International Wagner Competition will replace Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for Summer 2014. The Young Artists Program will…