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Category: News
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The Bayreuther Festspiele is going to stream Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on July 27th for a mere 49 Euro per online ticket. Bayreuth LIVE | AP Article
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The 1944 opera Shasenem and Garib opened in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan last Friday. This is the first opera to be staged in the country since Saparmurat Niyazov imposed a ban in 2001. Current President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov lifted the ban on opera and circuses earlier this year. Turkmenistan.ru Article | AP Article
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Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami is staging Così Fan Tutte at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The opera opens July 4th and closes July 19th. Press TV Article | Production Web Site
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Christopher Hahn, who once worked at San Francisco Opera and for the Merola Program, is now the General Director of Pittsburgh Opera. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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The Canadian Opera Company named Alexander Neef as the new General Director. Official Site | Neef’s Biography
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Barrie Kosky has been appointed General Director and Intendant of the Komische Oper Berlin. Kosky takes over for the 2012-2013 season with the departure of Andreas Homoki. Article | Komische Oper Berlin
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The General Director and Intendant of Komische Oper Berlin, Andreas Homoki, is leaving in 2012 to take up the position of General Manager at Opernhaus Zürich. Press Release | Opernhaus Zürich | Komische Oper Berlin
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The Wiener Staatsoper canceled a ballet performance on June 29, the day of the Euro 2008 Final. Apparently the opera house has been uncharacteristically empty. IHT Article| Wiener Staatsoper
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Production Web Site | Press Release with Photographs | World of Opera Singers: Susan Graham | Ruth Ann Swenson | Sonia Prina | Verónica Cangemi | Richard Croft | Eric Owens | Andrew Bidlack Previews: San Francisco Examiner | Panel Discussion | Dress Rehearsal Reviews of Previous Performances of this Production: Santa Fe Opera (1987) | City Opera (1999) | San…
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Voigt returns to Covent Garden tonight in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos. AP Article | Deborah Voigt Official Site | Production Site | YouTube
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