Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča, Nicholas Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende & Christopher Maltman Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2024-25 Season

The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Tobias Krazter directs a new production of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Nicholas Brownlee, Milan Siljanov, Sean Panikkar, Markus Brück, Matthias Klink, Matthew Rose, Timo Riihonen, Ekaterina Gubanova, Mirjam Mesak, and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 27, 2024-July 31, 2025 Damiano Michieletto directs Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” with {…}

Mar 6, 2024

Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Der fliegende Holländer

(Photo: © ROH 2024. Photo by Tristram Kenton) It’s 35 years since Bryn Terfel delivered a barnstorming, roof-raising rendition of “Die Frist ist um” from “Der fliegende Holländer” at Cardiff Singer of the World. His battle then with the late Dmitri Hvorostovsky was as titanic as the great oceanic, cosmic forces that suffuse Wagner’s 1843 opera. Much has changed vocally, {…}

Mar 5, 2024

Sir Bryn Terfel to Make Mexican Debut

Sir Bryn Terfel is set to perform in Mexico for the first time on March 21, 2024. La Secretaría de Cultura, el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), and la Fundación INBAL in collaboration with the Nacional de Ópera and Elisa Wagner/ICP will present the acclaimed bass-baritone. The program will include arias from “Die Walkure,” and “Die Meistersinger {…}

Feb 2, 2024

Bryn Terfel, Magdalena Kožená & Hera Hyesang Park Lead CD/DVD

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences are in for a treat with two solo highly anticipated solo albums and a complete opera with an all-star cast. Sea Songs Bryn Terfel’s new album “Sea Songs” presents a rich and diverse repertory of traditional music with sea shanties, {…}

Sep 26, 2023

Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: L’Elisir d’Amore

(Photo credit: Clive Barda/Royal Opera House) Nestling zest into impressionable appetites, bel canto master Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” is a succulent confectioner’s delight: a cavalcade of strawberry and rhubarb shades that never age out of their calorific bubble. High on hyperactive captures of unravelling roulades and supercilious trills, its teasing feast of overblown, meringue-like vows empowers risk-taking directors. Decking his décor {…}

Jul 27, 2023

Sir Bryn Terfel to Headline Renée Fleming VOICES’ 2023-24 Season

(Credit: Bryn Terfel / Facebook) The Kennedy Center has announced the 2023-24 season of Renée Flemings VOICES, which will feature artists from a wide range of musical genres. The lone classical voice performance on offer will feature bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel. “I’m thrilled that my beloved colleague, the great Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, is coming to the Concert Hall,” Fleming {…}

Jul 20, 2023

Bryn Terfel, Asmik Grigorian & Mark S. Doss Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences cannot miss debut albums, a world premiere recording, and two acclaim DVD releases A Phoenix Rising Navona Records releases tenor Brian Smith Walters’ first album. The CD is a cross-section of chansons and Lieder spanning five centuries, and Walters navigates them with stunning bravado. Audiences will hear selections from Purcell, Copland, Schubert, Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky, Barber, Wagner, {…}

Mar 18, 2023

Ermonela Jaho, Piotr Beczala, Cecilia Bartoli & Olga Peretyatko Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2023-24 Season

The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2023-24 season featuring more than 20 productions, concerts, and reictals. Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini’s “La Rondine” with Sandra Hamaoui, Benjamin Bernheim, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Vladimir Stoyanov. Marco Armiliato conducts the production by Christof Loy. Performance Dates: Sept. 17-Oct. 28, 2023 Nahuel Di Pierro, Olga Peretyatko, Renato Girolami, Alasdair Kent, Pietro Spagnoli, and {…}

Feb 28, 2023

Sir Bryn Terfel Announces New Foundation with RWCMD

Sir Bryn Terfel CBE and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) have launched a new foundation, Cronfa* Syr Bryn Terfel. The foundation aims to support young artists training at the College through scholarships and bursaries. “At the start of their careers young artists dream of achieving great things, just as young sports men and women do,” said Terfel {…}

Feb 6, 2023

Lise Davidsen, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Benjamin Bernheim Headline 2023 Verbier Festival

The Verbier Festival has announced its 30th edition, which is set to take place between July 14-30, 2023. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Kicking things off is Verdi’s Requiem with Lise Davidsen, Okka von der Damerau, Freddie De Tommaso, and Bryn Terfel. Daniele Gati conducts. Performance Date: July 17, {…}

Dec 19, 2022

Opernhaus Zürich 2022-23 Review: Tosca

Opernhaus Zürich’s presentation of “Tosca,” on December 17, 2022, featured an almost holy trinity of artists with Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Sir Bryn Terfel, turning out brilliant performances. Undoubtedly one of Puccini’s finest masterpieces musically, it can be a bit hard to swallow in terms of plot, even though that accusation flies in the face of a lot of {…}