International Opera

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Discovering #MeToo in Stradella’s La Susanna at BAM

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United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [2] – Stradella, La Susanna: Soloists, Orchestra / Jacob Ashworth and Ryan Brown (musical direction), BAM Fisher, Brooklyn, 4.5.2019. (RP)

Lucía Martín Cartón (Susanna) with Patrick Kilbride & Paul Max Tipton (The Judges)
© Russ Rowland

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Young Lovers Take Flight and Soar in Opera Philadelphia’s La bohème

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United StatesUnited States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia, Philadelphia Girls & Boys Choirs, Children’s Chorus / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1.5.2019. (RP)

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Vanessa Vasquez (Mimì) & Evan LeRoy Johnson (Rodolfo) © Steven Pisano

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Bronx Opera Transplants The Mikado From Titipu to the White House

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United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [1] – Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado: Soloists, The Bronx Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Spierman (conductor), The Bronx Opera, Lovinger Theatre, Lehman College, The Bronx, New York, 28.4.2019. (RP)

Wil Kellerman (The Mikado), Seán Kroll (Ko-Ko), Michael Blake O’Hearn (Pooh-Bah), Jackie M. Hayes (Pitti-Sing) © The Bronx Opera
Wil Kellerman (The Mikado), Seán Kroll (Ko-Ko), Michael Blake O’Hearn (Pooh-Bah), Jackie M. Hayes (Pitti-Sing) © The Bronx Opera

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The Turk in Italy: A Clash of Cultures at Zurich Opera

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rossini, Il Turco in Italia: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 28.4.2019. (JR)

Donna Fiorilla (Julie Fuchs), Selim (Nahuel Di Pierro), Don Narciso (Edgardo Rocha),
Don Geronio (Renato Girolami): © Hans Jörg Michel

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