Centre Stage Artist Management welcomes Estonian soprano Mirjam Mesak, who joins the agency’s roster for general management. Mirjam recently earned praise for her portrayal of the title character in Axel Ranisch’s opera film “Orphea in Love,” which premiered in Munich and was subsequently released in German cinemas in June 2023.
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Tenor Javier Camarena returns to the Teatro Real on July 12 with a program of operatic arias, zarzuela works and songs from his native Mexico accompanied by the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada conducted by Iván López-Reynoso.
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Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczala sing two recitals on July 13 and 16, 2023 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, presenting arias and duets by Verdi, Puccini and other verismo composers.
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In July, conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson takes over the musical direction of Richard Eyer's acclaimed La Traviata at the Royal Opera House in London. Kristina Mkhitaryan takes the role of Violetta and Liparit Avetisyan sings that of Alfredo. Performances will take place on July 10, 13, 17, 19, 21 and 23.
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In July 2023, the Teatro Regio in Turin will celebrate 50 years of the historic opening of the theatre building. Back in 1973 the fist opera presented on the new stage was a new production of I vespri siciliani staged by Maria Callas. On July 6, this opera will be played again in a concert version under the baton of maestro Riccardo Frizza. Bass Amin Ahangaran will take over the role of Lord of Bethune.
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On the 8th and 9th of July Judit Kutasi will perform with the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester Hannover at the Staatstheater Hannover. The mezzo-soprano will sing Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D major. Tomáš Hanus will conduct.
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Congratulations to Cameron Shahbazi on winning the Opus Klassik Award in the "Innovative Concert of the Year" category for the Woman.Life.Freedom. benefit concert in support of human rights in Iran, which has been initiated and produced by the artist. The event took place on December 12, 2022 at the Oper Frankfurt. All the raised money went to the non-profit organization Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre, which has been campaigning for more democracy in Iran for many years and documents the human rights violations committed there. The recording of this concert is currently available as a stream on IDAGIO and Deutsche Grammophon's STAGE+.
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Cameron Shahbazi performs in a new opera Picture a Day Like This  from the acclaimed partnership of George Benjamin and Martin Crimp at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. The production is directed by Daniel Jeanneteau and Marie-Christine Soma. The premiere takes place on July 5 at the Théâtre du Jeu de Paume. The composer himself conducts the singers and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
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Olga Kulchynska makes a reappearance as Natasha Rostova in a performance of Sergei Prokofiev's monumental opera War and Peace at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, the performance will be conducted by musical director Vladimir Jurowski on July 2 and 7.
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