(Credit: Marty Sohl / Ken Howard) The Metropolitan Opera has announced new casts for its added performances in February. In the company’s production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” Michele Angelini will sing the role of Almaviva and James Morris will take over the role of Basilio. They will join a cast that includes Brenda Rae and Joshua Hopkins for {…}
(Credit: Simon Fiowler/Julian Hargreaves/Lourdes Balduque) The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has announced its 2020-21 season. The Belgium theater announced new productions, concerts, and a number of revivals. Here is a look at the upcoming season. Productions Angela Gheorghiu sings the title role in Puccini’s “La Bohème“ alternating with Jessica Nuccio. They are joined by Stefan Pop, Marc Laho, Ionut Pascu, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced Week 5 of its nightly streaming service. For the first time in this programming, the company has allowed the fans to select one performance to be showcased. This week’s winner, scheduled for Friday April 17, 2020 will be Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Here are the rest of the operas set for next week’s streaming service. Monday, {…}
UPDATE: Here are the schedules for Week 8 Week 9 In an effort to continue providing opera to its audience members, the Met Opera will host “Nightly Met Opera Streams” on its official website to audiences worldwide. These free streams will present encores of past performances from its famed Live in HD series. The encore presentations will begin at 7:30 {…}
Through April, 2020, Celebrity Series of Boston will be presenting three operatic stars in recital. Making his debut with the series on April 1 will be bass-baritone Davóne Tines, performing a new vocal project which blends together a number of musical influences. On this, Tines says, “What I have to say, the experience I have to share, has been comprised {…}
(Credit: Jiyang Chen / Marco Borggreve) The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring seven new operatic productions and a number of revivals. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Premieres The first new production of the season will be Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell,” written by de Jouy and Bis. The new production by Georg Schmiedleitner will star Christoph {…}
(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper/InArt Management/Marius Baragan/Kristen Hoebermann/Opus Artist) Every year the Metropolitan Opera includes certain elements of surprise in its season planning, whether in repertoire or in casting choices. Sometimes those casting choices are unexpected and include important returns to the stage. This season, OperaWire is spotlighting six major artists that have not performed on the Met stage in years and {…}
(Credit: Royal Opera House/Clive Barda) Soprano Angela Gheorghiu will not be appearing in the title role of Puccini’s opera “Tosca” on March 7, 2020 at the Semperoper Dresden, according to the official press statement on the company’s website. In her stead, audiences will get a chance to see British soprano Emily Magee, who was already scheduled to take on the {…}
This week a soprano celebrates a major anniversary while two acclaimed productions are released on DVD. Here is a look at what we recommend. Plaisir d’Amour Angela Gheorghiu will release her latest CD to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her first recording. In a statement, the soprano said, “Celebrating 25 years since my debut recording with Decca Classics, my very {…}
Decca Classics has announced Angela Gheorghiu’s latest CD. The company announced the album entitled “Plaisir d’amour,” which is set to celebrate the Romanian soprano’s 25th anniversary since her first recording. The soprano stated, “Celebrating 25 years since my debut recording with Decca Classics, my very first record label, I am thrilled to present my new recital album – Plaisir d’amour {…}
Angela Gheorghiu has canceled a performance of “Tosca” at the Royal Opera House. The soprano announced that due to illness she would be unable to sing today June 20, 2019. She stated, “Dear Freinds, I am very sad that due to a very bad cold that I have since yesterday morning I will not be able to perform tonight. I know {…}