Angela Brower, Gun-Brit Barkmin, David Kim & Michele Angelini Lead Den Norske Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Oslo’s Den Norske Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. Beate Mordal, Astrid Nordstad, Sakarias Fredriksen Tranvåg, Aleksander Nohr, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Petteri Lehikoinen, and Simen Bredesen star in “Wonderful Bernstein!” Karen Kamensek conducts. Performance Dates: August 20-26, 2022 Wagner’s “Parsifal third act” will be conducted by Asher Fisch and will feature Yngve Søberg, Franz-Josef Selig, and Daniel Brenna. Performance Dates: {…}

Mar 27, 2022

Anna Larsson & Liv Redpath Lead Utah Symphony’s 2022-23 Season

The Utah Symphony has announced its 2022-23 season featuring film screenings, world-class soloists, and repertory staples. Enrique Lopez-Yañez conducts José Sibaja and Mónica Ábrego in a program of Latin American music. Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2022 Benjamin Manis conducts the Utah Opera Chorus in Händel’s “Messiah.” Performance Dates: Nov. 26 & 27, 2022 Teddy Abrahms conducts Morgan James in a Christmas concert. {…}

Jun 22, 2021

Emőke Baráth & Levy Sekgapane Lead Malmö Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Malmö Opera in Sweden has announced its 2021-22 season featuring opera, musicals, chamber music, and dance. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. Opera Daniel Fjellström and Maria Sundqvist’s “Det går an” will star Magdalena Risberg, Richard Hamrin, Hans Ola Heinpalu, Mathilda Bryngelsson, Kine Sandtrø, Emma Lyrén, andTor Lind. Max Lörstad conducts the production by Niklas Hjulström. {…}

Apr 6, 2020

Palau de les Arts to Stream The Ring Cycle

(Credit: © Tato Baeza) The Palau de les Arts is set to continue its streaming with Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The Ring Cycle will kick off on April 6 with Das Rheingold at 6 p.m. followed by “Die Walküre” on April 8 and “Siegfried” on April 10. The Ring comes to end on April 12 with “Götterdämmerung.” The famed produced by {…}

Mar 23, 2020

Renee Fleming, Sabine Devielhe & Lise Davidsen Lead Orchestre de Paris’ 2020-21 Season

The Orchestre de Paris has announced its 2020-21 season. For this article we will focus only on vocal performances. Elisabeth Kulman and Mari Eriksmoen perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Resurrection with Klaus Makela conducting. Performance Date: Nov. 18 & 19, 2020 Daniel Harding conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 starring Erin Wall, Christopher Maltman, Shenyang, Andrew Staples, Marina Prudenskaya, Jamie Barton, {…}

Feb 28, 2020

Anita Rachvelishvili, Lise Davidsen & Malin Byström Lead Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2020-21 Season

The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season featuring internationally acclaimed guest soloists and recognized conductors. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on vocal performances. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Yuja Wang and the Philharmonia Voices in Beethoven’s “The Creatures of Prometheus” and Scriabin’s Prometheus: The Poem of Fire. Perfomance Date: Sept. 24, 2020 The Philharmonia Orchestra presents Walton’s {…}

Feb 19, 2020

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Renée Fleming & Christine Goerke Lead San Francisco Symphony’s 2020-21 Season

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 season which will feature a number of high-profile vocal performances. Esa-Pekka Salonen opens the season with San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagining the music of J.S. Bach and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1. Performance Dates: Oct. 2 & 3, 2020 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Bartók’s Piano Concerto and “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Yefim Bronfman performs the piano concerto {…}

May 9, 2018

Den Norske Opera Announces Its 2018-19 Season

The Den Norske Opera has announced its upcoming 2018-19 season featuring a wide range of repertoire and rising stars as well as some of the leading Norwegian singers in the world. Here is a look. Productions The season will open with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Enrique Mazzola conducting Richard Jones’s production. Johannes Weisser, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Brigitte Christensen, and Anthony Gregory star {…}

Mar 20, 2018

The Edinburgh Festival 2018 To Present Five Operas Featuring Christine Goerke, Elizabeth DeShong & Michele Angelini

The Edinburgh Festival has announced its 2018 season with a number of opera productions scheduled to be performed. There are also a number of concerts, dance and theater performances, but for this announcement, we will focus on the operatic events. Productions The festival opens with a concert performance of Humperdinck’s “Hansel & Gretel” conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. The Royal Scottish {…}

Jan 23, 2017

CD/DVD Releases -Week of Jan. 23: Riccardo Chailly’s Puccini Series is Unveiled

This week two new DVDs will be released featuring some of the greatest singers in the world. Puccini’s “Turandot” The first of Riccardo Chailly’s Puccini series will be released this week from Decca Classics. The DVD, which was recorded in 2015 features an all star cast that includes Nina Stemme, Maria Agresta and Aleksandrs Antonenko. The new DVD has the {…}

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