Rolando Villazón sings some of Mozart's best arias and duets, along with new baroque orchestra PRJCT Amsterdam, Maarten Engeltjes, Lenneke Ruiten and Andreas Wolf. The program can be heard in Concertgebouw Amsterdam on May 21, 2024 and in Cologne Philharmonie on May 22, 2024.
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Regula Mühlemann führt zusammen mit Juliette Mey, Jan Petryka und Yasushi Hirano Mozarts c-moll-Messe bei den Salzburger Festspielen am 19. Mai 2024 auf. Die Künstler unter der Leitung von Gianluca Capuano teilen sich die Bühne mit Il Canto di Orfeo, dem Salzburger Bach-Chor und Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco.
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Gidon Saks sings his signature role of Daland in Willy Decker's production of The Flying Dutchman at Teatro Regio Turino. Joined by Brian Mulligan as Dutchman and Johanni Van Oostrum as Senta, Saks goes on stage on May 17, 19, 22, 24 & 26. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts.
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Kathryn Lewek signs Queen of the Night in the new production of The Magic Flute for the 2024 Mandel Opera and Humanities Festival in Cleveland. Lewek performs her signature role with the Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of its Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, featuring Julian Prégardien as Tamino, Ludwig Mittelhammer as Papageno and Christina Landshamer as Pamina. Performances take place on May 16, 18, 24 and 26, 2024.
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Rolando Villazón returns to the Salzburg Festival to take part in two opera galas. On May 18, 2024 Villazón sings in the staged opera pastiche Une Folle Journée based on the music from Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte to celebrate Mozart and his congenial collaborator Lorenzo Da Ponte. On May 20, 2024 Plácido Domingo, who has been performing in Salzburg for 50 years, takes to the stage as part of a gala featuring numerous Operalia prize winners including Rolando Villazón.
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Javier Camarena performs Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona on May 18, 2024. Across the Mezzosoprano Maria Kataeva as Angelina Camarena also presents Rossini’s interpretation of Cinderella on May 21, 24, 29 and & 1 June 1, 2024. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts the production by Emma Dante.
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The soprano Eliška Weissová sings the opening concert of the Mahler Jihlava Music Festival – The Music of Thousands on May 18, 2024. Together with the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of David Giménez Carreras Weissová presents Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Isolde’s Death from Tristan and Isolde.
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The soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller returns to the Vienna State Opera as Eva Pogner in the Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller is joined on stage by tenor David Butt in the role of the young knight Walther von Stolzing. The production by Keith Warner is performed under the baton of Philippe Jordan. The performances take place on May 19, 23, 26 and 30.
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"...excellently focused, bronze-colored shining, expressive tenor" - Süddeutsche Zeitung Kosovar tenor Granit Musliu is among the most promising young singers of his generation. He received his vocal training at the University of Pristina and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. He is a former member of the opera studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper and has been a part of the ensemble since season 2024/25, a tenure he continues through the 2026/27 season. The 2026/27 season brings major debuts for Musliu, highlighted by his house debut at the Berlin State Opera as Alfredo Germont in Verdi’s La traviata under Giuseppe Mentuccia. He also makes his house and role debut at the Polish National Opera as Narraboth in Strauss’ Salome in Claus Guth’s production, conducted by Yoel Gamzou.
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