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Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen taking on new challenges on two continents

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is embarking on her most ambitious season yet

The Independent UK

Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, a young British sensation, makes US opera debut

Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, who at 28 became an overnight sensation nearly two years ago after stepping in for a star who had taken ill, is so in demand that he sometimes has to turn down roles

The Independent UK

Opera world split as director reinventions dominate Europe while US, Italy more muted

The opera world is split in two: Some European productions reinvent works in ways composers never imagined, and traditional stagings favored in the U.S. are condemned by cognoscenti

The Independent UK

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Russian opera star sues US company after dropping her for refusing to criticise Putin’s war in Ukraine

Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera’s biggest box office draws, has sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations

The Independent UK

Star soprano Anna Netrebko sues Met Opera over its decision to cut ties over Russia-Ukraine war

The Independent UK

The week in classical: Don Carlo; Woman at Point Zero; History of the Present – review

Lise Davidsen is exceptional in Verdi’s masterly study of war and leadership; and Belfast is the focus of a bold four-woman collaboration on film

The Guardian - UK

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera review – Freddie De Tommaso stars in lustrous lockdown tragicomedy

Recorded in two separate studios, Marek Janowski’s dashing recording of Verdi’s opera draws power from its authoritative star, even if the rest of the cast can’t quite measure up

The Guardian - UK

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Don Carlo review – Lise Davidsen doesn’t disappoint in Verdi’s sprawling masterpiece

The rising star, in her first major Verdi role, gives a tour de force of glorious singing in an otherwise unfocused production which struggles with character and dramatic intensity

The Guardian - UK

Muti ends 13 seasons with Chicago Symphony Orchestra with praise and honors — and Beethoven

Riccardo Muti has ended 13 seasons as Chicago Symphony Orchestra's music director with praise and a series of honors

The Independent UK

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the bottom up

The Independent UK

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World review – a surprise winner and unexpected vocal delights

Adolfo Corrado’s dramatic bass took the honours, but over the week’s competition there was plenty of excellent, stylish singing – and unexpected coloratura fireworks

The Guardian - UK

Il trovatore; The Planets; Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed at the Orchestra review – from Bosch to Bash Street

Spellbinding Jamie Barton and company excel in Adele Thomas’s clear-sighted take on volatile Verdi; to the final frontier via Peckham; and kazoos at the ready for a Beano Concerto

The Guardian - UK

Riccardo Muti: ‘I leave the position of music director knowing that I have done my best’

The world-renowned conductor, who is stepping down from his post with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra later this month, plans to return to the podium at Symphony Center, but less frequently and without the demands of being the orchestra’s music director.

Chicago Sun-Times

Speranza Scappucci to become Royal Opera's principal guest conductor

Speranza Scappucci will become principal guest conductor of London’s Royal Opera starting with the 2025-26 season

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Rigoletto review – Verdi’s jester locks horns with the Bullingdon Club

In an engaging but problematic staging, the Duke’s court is relocated to interwar Oxford, with Alison Langer’s beautifully sung Gilda a standout

The Independent UK

Sonja Frisell's lavish staging of Verdi's 'Aida' ends its 35-year-run at the Metropolitan Opera

Sonja Frisell's production of Verdi's “Aida” ends a 35-year run at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday with its 262nd performance

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Abomination: A DUP Opera; Aida – review

Its Belfast premiere positively crackled, and four years on, Conor Mitchell’s lush, searing satire on DUP homophobia continues to provoke

The Independent UK

Meeting Muti at age 10, Rustioni knew he wanted to conduct

Daniele Rustioni knew he wanted to be a conductor from the time he was 10

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Wales Online

We asked people which Swansea ice cream was best - Joe's or Verdi's - this is what happened

Some people were absolutely adamant

The Independent UK

Met cuts season to 18 operas, matching fewest in 4 decades

The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 for the fewest since 14 in the strike-shortened 1980-81 season

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Aida; Candide; Manchester Collective: Weather – review

Verdi’s music reigns supreme in the Royal Opera’s austere new staging of Aida; a community Bernstein production raises the roof; and a cult 90s work has never felt more timely

The Guardian - UK

Aida review – dour staging gains colour from the pit

Robert Carsen’s new production of Verdi’s opera of Egypt and Ethiopia has ditched the cliches of exoticism to replace them with troubling images of contemporary conflict

The Independent UK

Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’

The Metropolitan Opera opens its new season Tuesday with its first production of “Medea,” a version of the classic Greek tale of a sorceress who murders her children after her lover chooses another woman

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: La Traviata; Salome; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason & the Philharmonia – review

NI Opera’s excellent new Verdi production went straight to the heart, while Royal Opera’s Strauss revival failed to ignite. Plus, the next star Kanneh-Mason…

Chicago Sun-Times

Fall classical music guide 2022: Collaborative Works Festival showcases Chicago composers, poets

Riccardo Muti’s last season as music director of the CSO, and Lyric Opera’s “Don Carlo” are also among the highlights of the season.

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