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Auftakt der Solistenkonzerte an der Wiener Staatsoper: KS Michael Schade und Rudolf Buchbinder gestalten Schuberts Die schöne Müllerin

Auftakt der Solistenkonzerte an der Wiener Staatsoper: KS Michael Schade und Rudolf Buchbinder gestalten Schuberts Die schöne Müllerin

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The company enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation.

Traditionell tritt ein Überraschungsgast beim Fest des Prinzen Orlofsky in der Silvester-Fledermaus der Wiener Staatsoper auf.

Traditionell tritt ein Überraschungsgast beim Fest des Prinzen Orlofsky in der Silvester-Fledermaus der Wiener Staatsoper auf.

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The company enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation.

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America.

Mikael Eliasen, artistic director of the Curtis Opera Theatre and Hirsig Family Head-of-Department Chair in Vocal Studies, will lead a week of master classes at Longwood Gardens from June 14 through 19.

The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12 performances: January 29, February 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 23, and 25, 2011 Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts 145 Queen St. W. (at University Avenue)

The Collegiate Chorale, led by music director James Bagwell, announces its 69th season, including Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem, featuring Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, and Eric Owens, on October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall; Knickerbocker Holiday on January 25 and 26, 2011 at 8pm at Alice Tully Hall; and two special events: We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos on March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, and Something Wonderful - A Night of Broadway with Deborah Voigt, conducted by Ted Sperling, on May 19, 2011 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall.

The Collegiate Chorale, led by music director James Bagwell, announces its 69th season, including Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem, featuring Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, and Eric Owens, on October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall; Knickerbocker Holiday on January 25 and 26, 2011 at 8pm at Alice Tully Hall; and two special events: We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos on March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, and Something Wonderful - A Night of Broadway with Deborah Voigt, conducted by Ted Sperling, on May 19, 2011 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall.

Alban Berg's modernist masterpiece Lulu returns to the Met, starring Marlis Petersen as the scandalous femme fatale and conducted by the Met's newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi.

Alban Berg's modernist masterpiece Lulu returns to the Met, starring Marlis Petersen as the scandalous femme fatale and conducted by the Met's newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi.

Thomas Hampson, the Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-In-Residence at the New York Philharmonic, is set to give a recital with pianist Wolfgram Rieger at Alice Tully Hall on Sunday, April 11th at 5pm. The program will include Schumann's Dichterliebe and songs by Barber.

James Levine has withdrawn from the four performances of Tosca and three performances of Lulu he was scheduled to conduct in April and May. He is to undergo corrective surgery for an ongoing lower back problem. Fabio Luisi will replace Levine for both Tosca (April 14, 17, 20, and 24 mat.) and Lulu (May 8, 12, 15 mat.).

Thomas Hampson, the Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-In-Residence at the New York Philharmonic, is set to give a recital with pianist Wolfgram Rieger at Alice Tully Hall on Sunday, April 11th at 5pm. The program will include Schumann's Dichterliebe and songs by Barber.

The Metropolitan Opera has reason to celebrate; $2.5 million worth of tickets were sold on Sunday, the first day of sales, through its box office, telephone call center and Web site, up from $2 million on the first day of sales last year, according to the Associated press.

Eight new productions, four of which are company premieres, will highlight the Metropolitan Opera's 2009-10 season. General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director James Levine jointly announced plans that include: the Met premieres of Rossini's Armida, Verdi's Attila, Jan?ček's From the House of the Dead, and Shostakovich's The Nose; new productions of Bizet's Carmen, Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Thomas's Hamlet, and Puccini's Tosca; and 18 revivals from the company's repertory. The season is the first to be entirely planned under Gelb's leadership, in collaboration with Levine (the past three seasons were planned before Gelb became General Manager in 2006-07 but included some productions, repertoire, and casting changes made by Gelb).