ABIGAIL RETHWISCH
Romeo et Juliette
Juliette (cover)
Los Angeles Opera
Nov 2-23 2024
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Two feuding families rule Verona, with the Montagues and Capulets each determined to write their victory in blood. A chance meeting between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet sparks a forbidden romance. But it wouldn’t be a Shakespearean tragedy without...well...tragedy.
Famed Venezuelan conductor Domingo Hindoyan and our very own Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados lead Gounod’s romantic score, studded with one gorgeous love duet after another. Rising stars Amina Edris and Duke Kim make their house debuts as opera’s favorite star-crossed lovers, with Justin Austin in his company debut as Mercutio and company favorite Craig Colclough as Lord Capulet. Enter a sensuous, elegant world of vengeful duels and young love as this fan favorite returns to LA Opera for the first time since 2011.
Cendrillon
Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Cedar Rapids Opera
Jan 17 & 19 2025
Paramount Theater | Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
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Experience a magical retelling of the classic fairy tale with Massenet’s opera, Cinderella! Through captivating arias, tender duets, and lush orchestration, it tells the timeless story of Cinderella’s journey from rags to riches and the power of kindness and love to conquer all obstacles.
Die Zauberflöte
Papagena (cover)
Metropolitan Opera
March 23 -
April 26 , 2025
Lincoln Center | New York City, NY, USA
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Simon McBurney’s uproarious full-length German-language production of Mozart’s beloved fable—with its ingenious theatrical concoction of projections, puppetry, and special effects—returns to the Met stage following its celebrated 2023 premiere. Tenor Ben Bliss and soprano Golda Schultz are the noble lovers Tamino and Pamina, and baritone Thomas Oliemans repeats his animated portrayal of the outlandish bird catcher Papageno. Soprano Kathryn Lewek reprises her hair-raising turn as the Queen of the Night, Stephen Milling is the priest Sarastro, and Evan Rogister conducts.
Britten War Requiem
Soprano Soloist
Columbus Symphony
May 23-24, 2025
Ohio Theater| Columbus, OH, USA
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Experience Benjamin Britten’s powerful War Requiem, a testament to Britten’s lifelong pacifism. This massive work is scored for full symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, three soloists, choir, boys’ choir, and organ, with texts from the Latin Requiem Mass and anti-war poems by Wilfred Owen, an English soldier killed in battle during World War I. Written for the reconsecration of the Coventry Cathedral, a monument destroyed during World War II, the War Requiem was premiered in 1962.