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Sneak peek at Šárka 🎥 Janáček’s first opera, in its original piano version, staged by Jiří Heřman among the audience at Besední dům. With Julius Drake, Eliška Gattringerová and Nicky Spence. LIVE from the Janáček Brno Festival, Mon 16 Nov, 19:00 CET.
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🎥 ‘Il lacerato spirito’ — Jacopo Fiesco (Georg Zeppenfeld) mourns the death of his daughter Maria in this magnificent aria from Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. ⏳ Last days to catch this production from @DutchNatOpera
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... and last days of waiting to find out who takes home @TheOperaAwards, where Georg Zeppenfeld is nominated for Best Male Singer! 🏆 We stream it LIVE from Vienna on 21 November. ➕ operavision.eu/performance/i…
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From atoms to radioactivity A young philosopher dreams of atoms, a mystic is seized by a vision and Marie Curie speaks of her discoveries and her grief for Pierre. 🔔 De Materie: Friday 6 November at 19:00 CET from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. ➕ operavision.eu/performance/d…
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Off the canvas, onto the floor: Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo, the duo behind KOR’SIA, explain the process of creating a choreography for De Materie that turns Mondrian lines and planes of colour into dynamic movements. Fri 6 November at 19:00 CET operavision.eu/performance/d…
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Sneak Peek at De Materie. Four centuries, four minds, one question: what can the mind do to matter? Louis Andriessen’s restless score about how ideas reshape the world. 🔔 Friday 6 November at 19:00 CET from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. ➕ operavision.eu/performance/d…
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November is a month of enigmas 🌖 Britten, Janáček and Andriessen | Turandot for children & Little Bear | International Opera Awards Discover the full programme! operavision.eu/
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Sneak peek at L’equivoco stravagante: social climbing, wild disguises and everything we’ll do for love, at full Rossini speed! Tune in tonight Fri 30 Oct at 19:00 CET from @wexfordopera. operavision.eu/performance/l…
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L’equivoco stravagante was Rossini’s first large-scale opera at just 19… but it vanished from the repertoire after the censor fell foul of its subversive libretto! Don't miss @wexfordopera evening of bizarre misunderstandings on Fri 30 Oct at 19:0 CET. operavision.eu/performance/l…
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🔴 Now streaming: Aida from @CapeTown_Opera for World Opera Day! An all-African cast and a futuristic reimagining of Verdi’s iconic opera. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/BCYvnoie8IQ
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Happy World Opera Day! 🌍 Every 25 October, the opera world celebrates together. This year, the spotlight is on the bridges opera builds, across borders, languages and stages. #WorldOperaDay #OperaConnects
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Nonhlanhla Yende on the role of Amneris, which demands thinking outside the box and a challenging technical range. Verdi's Aida in the futuristic vision from @CapeTown_Opera streams this Sunday 25 Oct at 19:00 CET.
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Verdi’s Aida goes futuristic for World Opera Day. @CapeTown_Opera and an all-African cast imagine Egypt a thousand years from now. Sunday 25 Oct at 19:00 CET.
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Aida's production from @CapeTown_Opera creates a futuristic world vividly brought to life with the help of renowned South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma. 🔔 Tune in on Oct 25 World Opera Day for the stream premiere.
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Meet Aida 👑 Interview with soprano Nobulumko Mngxekeza on the emotional and technical challenges of her title role, a woman torn between her lover and her country. Sun 25 October from @CapeTown_Opera at 19:00 CET.
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Aida from @CapeTown_Opera to celebrate World Opera Day on October 25. Mark your calendars! 🌍 Director Magdalene Minnaar on how African roots shape the story and on building characters that audiences can relate to. More insights: operavision.eu/performance/a…
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🔴 Now streaming La traviata Five-star production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy about a self-sacrificing courtesan from @GarsingtonOpera. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/h6_X_9Ka50M
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Sempre libera, until now... Society forgives a courtesan almost anything, except falling in love with one of its sons. La traviata from @GarsingtonOpera Fri 16 Oct at 19:00 CET ➕ operavision.eu/performance/l…
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La traviata: Paris, 1939. Champagne on the eve of war 🥀 @GarsingtonOpera’s lavish new staging of Verdi’s tragedy streams this Friday, 16 October, at 19:00 CET. ➕ operavision.eu/performance/l…
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🔴 Now streaming: International Vocal Competition 2026 finals LIVE from ‘s-Hertogenbosch. 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/AfdRA57Qy_o
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