We are now entering the final weeks of summer, which means that opera companies in Europe will be in full swing while many opera companies in North America will start to test the waters with their brand new digital seasons. Nonetheless, the streaming has continued at a steady clip with another set of unique offerings coming your way this week. {…}
For the 23rd straight week, the Metropolitan Opera will be presenting nightly streams. This week’s selections featuring more major works from the standard repertory with a couple of rare treats mixed in. Major opera stars like Anna Netrebko, Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti, and Kathleen Battle will be among the major headliners. Monday, August 17 – Puccini’s {…}
On December 22, 2019, Talents of the World returned to Carnegie Hall for their second annual Christmas Ball. Featuring a program of opera, musical theatre, traditional songs, and holiday favorites, Sunday’s concert saw the company and guest artists delight the audience through irresistible renditions of beloved works. Drinking Songs & More Opening the concert was company president and baritone David {…}
On December 19, 2019, Talents of the World will be ringing in the holidays with their Christmas Festival at Carnegie Hall, treating audiences to an evening of opera, Broadway, and holiday favorites. Opening night will see the organization’s “All I Want for Christmas is Three Tenors!” concert, featuring tenors Giovanni Formisano, WooYoung Yoon, and John William Gomez, accompanied by pianists {…}
Aprile Millo is set to direct Puccini’s “La Bohème” at Opera Niagara. The legendary soprano, who performed at the Metropolitan Opera, will lead a production with a young cast of rising stars including Maria Vetere, Lisa Di Maria, and Evelyne Larochelle sharing the title role. The cast will also see three Musettas including Lisa Di Maria, Emily Casey, and Lindsey {…}
Aprile Millo is one of the great spinto sopranos of the late 20th century. Born in New York City to two singers on April 14, 1958, she became interested in music from an early age. She was invited to the San Diego Opera Center as an apprentice upon graduating from highly school and it was here that she started her {…}
Internationally renowned soprano Aprile Millo returns to New York on January 30, 2019 for a highly anticipated recital with the New York City Opera. This performance marks her first concert in the city in nearly a decade. Accompanied by Inseon Lee on piano, Millo will perform a wide-ranging program consisting of songs by Bellini, Tosti, Liszt, Donaudy, Rachmaninoff, and Wagner, as {…}
Aprille Millo is set to return to the New York stage this season. The New York City Opera announced that the legendary soprano will present a concert on Jan. 30, 2019 at Zankel Hall. In the press statement City Opera noted that it will be her “first New York concert in nearly a decade.” Michael Capasso, General Director of New {…}
Newsday once described Aprile Millo as “the high priestess of that old time operatic religion.” Indeed, Millo is still one of the few remaining divas of the past who continues to thrill audiences with her passionate and intense voice and whose sheer honesty continues to bring audiences back to a different time in the opera chronology. A huge exponent of {…}
Aprile Millo will return to the opera stage in October. The veteran soprano announced via Instagram that she will sing the title role of “Adriana Lecouvreur” at the Teatro Municpal in Rio di Janeiro. The soprano recently returned to the stage last summer in Italy and has since been performing all over the world. Millo first performed the role of {…}
Aprile Millo returns to the stage this summer in July. The legendary soprano will give a recital on July 5 at the Teatro degli Avvaloranti with music from Strauss, Verdi, Puccini and Rachmaninoff. Millo will be joined by soprano Maria Vetere and tenor Joel Ricci. Vicenzo Scalera will accompany them on the piano. In her blog, Millo noted, “I also am so {…}