Formidable South African mezzo-soprano Siphokazi Molteno is poised to become one of the most important voices of her generation. Of her performances in the 2023 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, The Guardian’s Rian Evans raved: “For many – and I include myself among them – Molteno’s glorious mezzo was the most memorable voice and, across the week, she showed an unusually wide choice of repertoire, from Mahler to South African songs and, in this final, the richness right through her considerable vocal range in Octavian’s aria ‘Wie du warst’ from Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. An intensity of demeanour disappeared when, in her last aria, Rossini’s ‘Una voce poco fa’ – more usually a soprano lollipop – she was relaxed, comfortably comic and showing herself to be a mezzo with knockout coloratura, a rare talent.”
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Rolando Villazón will be seen a total of five times in the lead role of Orfeo at Santa Fe Opera during the period July 29 - August 24, 2023. The worldwide premiere of the new production will be conducted by MacArthur Award winner Yuval Sharon.
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On 25 & 26 July Kate Lindsey sings Mozart's Great Mass in C minor with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln Center in New York City. The concerts conducted by Louis Langrée feature soprano Erin Morley, tenor Nicholas Phan and bass Jonathon Adams.
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Mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo returns to Salzburg this summer to give her festival debut with the Mozart Requiem. Manfred Honeck will take on the musical direction of the Camerata Salzburg. The concert takes place at the renowned Salzburg Festspielhaus on 24 July with further soloists being Ying Fang, Bogdan Volkov and William Thomas.
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Cameron Shahbazi makes special appearance at the Rame Lahaj International Opera Festival in Pristina, Kosovo on July 25, 2023. He sings in a concert accompanied on piano by Sophia Munoz.
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Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson returns this season to the BBC PROMS in a collaboration with Covent Garden and the English National Opera. With the "Orrible Opera" program they present famous repertoire presenting dying divas and spellbinding sorceresses to ghosts and generals at the Royal Opera House London. The two concerts take place on 22 July 2023.
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Judit Kutasi returns to her signature role of Amneris in Aida at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. Daniele Rustioni conducts the new production directed by Damiano Michieletto. The performances take place on July 23, 27 & 30. On July 23, the production is set to be streamed live as part of the project "Opera for all".
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The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and the tenor Piotr Beczala perform at the Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, presenting works by Puccini, Dvořák, Giordano. The duo is accompanied by the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra under the musical direction of Gianluca Marcianò. The recital takes place on July 19.
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The Munich Opera Festival 2023 celebrates the premiere of Händel's Semele in a new prodcution by Claus Guth. Mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo performs her role debut of Juno under the musical lead of Gianluca Capuano. Performances take place on July 15, 18, 20, 22 and 25.
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