Denis & Katya: Philip Venables’ compelling opera premieres at Festival O19

United StatesUnited States Festival O19 [2] – Philip Venables, Denis & Katya: Emily Edmonds (mezzo-soprano), Johnny Herford (baritone), Branson Yeast, Rose Bart, Jean Kim, Jennie Lorenzo (cellos) / Emily Senturia (musical director), Philadelphia Opera, The Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Philadelphia, 28.9.2019. (RP)

Denis & Katya © Dominic M. Mercier

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A death a minute in Let Me Die at Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O19

United StatesUnited States Festival O19 [1] – Joseph Keckler, Let Me Die: Veronica Chapman-Smith (soprano), Natalie Levin (mezzo-soprano), Augustine Mercante (countertenor), Saori Tsukada (actor & dancer), William Kim (piano), Lavinia Pavlish (violin), Opera Philadelphia, Fringe Arts, Philadelphia, 27.9.2019. (RP)

Joseph Keckler in Let Me Die © Johanna Austin

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The Staatsoper Berlin’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung are superb in both musical and vocal terms

GermanyGermany Der Ring des Nibelungen [2] – Wagner, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 26 & 29.9.2019. (JMI)

Siegfried, Act III (c) M. Rittershaus

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