Glimmerglass Premieres Blue – A Story of America’s Ongoing Struggle with Race

United StatesUnited States The Glimmerglass Festival [2] – Tesori, Blue: Soloists, The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra / John DeMain (conductor), Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, 14,7,2019. (RP)

Kenneth Kellogg (The Father) and Aaron Crouch (The Son)
© Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival

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A Splendid Production of The Ghosts of Versailles Premieres at Glimmerglass

United StatesUnited States The Glimmerglass Festival [1] – Corigliano, The Ghosts of Versailles: Soloists, The Glimmerglass Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Joseph Colaneri (conductor), Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, 13.7.2019. (RP)

Yelena Dyachek (Marie Antoinette) © Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival

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Adès and McGregor Create a Story Ballet for the Twenty-First Century

United StatesUnited States Adès, Adès & McGregor: A Dance Collaboration: Dancers of the Royal Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor (choreographer: Wayne McGregor), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Thomas Adès (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 13.7.2019. (JRo)

The Dante Project (Inferno): Matthew Ball & Francesca Hayward
(c) Cheryl Mann

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Ricky Ian Gordon’s Fascinating, Disturbing Ellen West Premieres at Opera Saratoga

United StatesUnited States 2019 Opera Saratoga Summer Festival – Gordon, Ellen West: Soloists, The Opera Saratoga Orchestra / Lidiya Yankovskaya (conductor), Opera Saratoga, The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12.7.2019. (RP)

Jennifer Zetlan (Ellen West) © Gary David Gold

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In Philadelphia, Commemorating Bernstein’s Centennial with an Exhilarating Candide

United StatesUnited States Bernstein, Candide: Soloists, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.6.2019. (BJ)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (left) and the cast of Candide

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Garsington’s Admirable Elucidation of Psychologically and Emotionally Dark The Turn of the Screw

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2019 [3] – Britten, The Turn of Screw: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra / Richard Farnes (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 7.7.2018. (CR)

Leo Jemison (Miles) Elen Willmer (Flora) Ed Lyon (Peter Quint) & Katherine Broderick (Miss Jessel)<br/>(c) Johan Persson

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