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Review: English Concert Brings Handel’s ‘Cesare’ to Carnegie

The English Concert, under the conductor Harry Bicket, returned to Carnegie Hall with one of Handel’s greatest hits.

By Arya Roshanian

Appointments and Executive Changes Opera Opera Theater of St Louis Racette, Patricia Robinson, James (Theater Director) St Louis (Mo)

Soprano Patricia Racette to Lead Opera Theater of St. Louis

Patricia Racette, who has a recent history of performing in and directing productions with the company, will begin as its artistic director this fall.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Giants in the Earth (Opera) Gier, Delta David Moore, Douglas Opera Rolvaag, O.E. South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

‘Giants of the Earth’ Opera Returns at Last in South Dakota

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is making a fresh case for Douglas Moore’s “Giants in the Earth,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning but long obscure opera.

By Joshua Barone

Don Giovanni (Opera) Gaffigan, James (1979- ) Komische Oper Berlin Opera Requiem (Mozart) (Musical Work) Serebrennikov, Kirill S

Komische Oper Berlin Turns ‘Don Giovanni’ Into a Requiem

In Berlin, the director Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production dispenses with the opera’s final sextet and leads directly into Mozart’s Requiem.

By Ben Miller