Photo: Marco Borrelli On Sunday January 28th, 2024, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo gave the penultimate performance of a new production of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” the third in a series of Handel productions featuring Cecilia Bartoli, following “Ariodante” in 2019 and “Alcina” in 2023, both staged by Christof Loy. This time, the staging was entrusted to Davide Livermore, scenographer {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. For the final edition of the year, we look at the last releases that 2023 has to offer including a unique album dedicated to Strauss and Wagner and Menotti’s famed Christmas opera. Enjoy these releases and Happy New Year! We can’t wait for {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to present “I Tre Controtenori” on Oct. 20, 2023. The concert, which will be held at the Teatro Costanzi, will star Carlo Vistoli, Raffaele Pe, and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen. Rinaldo Alessandrini will conduct the Orchestra della fondazione capitolina. The evening will showcase the three soloists in arias and duets from Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Friedrich {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to present Händel’s masterpiece “Giulio Cesare in Egitto.” The new production is set to be directed by Damiano Michieletto after having been performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra National de Montpellier, and the Opera di Lipsia. The production will be conducted by baroque specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini and will star Raffaele Pe in the title {…}
This week audiences are in for a number of legendary recordings as well as two world premiere recordings. There are also some debut albums and some new works that are exciting. Archetype Lexicon Classics releases the debut album by two-time Grammy Nominated baritone Stephen Powell. Titled “Archetype,” this orchestral album, mixed by 18-time Grammy®-Winning engineer Mark Donahue and produced by {…}
The Sopot Classic International Music Festival has announced its 13th edition which will be held between July 1 and 9. Here are the vocal performances. The Festival was established on the initiative of the City of Sopot and the management of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot. In 2023, the artistic director of the Festival, Wojciech Rajski invites the audience {…}
The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the 2023-24 season featuring new productions, revivals, and concerts. Premieres The company will showcase Tatjana Gürbaca’s production of “Il Trittico.” For “Il Tabarro,” audiences will hear Carlos Álvarez, Anja Kampe, and Joshua Guerrero. Headlining “Suor Angelica” will be Eleonora Buratto and Michaela Schuster. Finally, for “Gianni Schicchi,” the headliners including Carlos Álvarez, Serena Sáenz, Michaela {…}
(Credit: Nicola Allegri) The Festspielhaus Baden Baden has announced a cast change for its performance of Handel’s “II trionfo del Tempo e del Disignanno” on April 8, 2023. The company said that Carlo Vistoli will replace Iestyn Davies in the role of Disgnanno. For his part, Davies took to social media and said, “Unfortunately do you being freakin’ voiceless still {…}
This week, audiences are set to discover rarely performed works from the verismo and baroque period. There will be a few world premiere releases. The Island Avie Records releases “The Island” by American soprano Susan Narucki, an album curated and featuring a unique set of art songs. It consists of a collection of songs, chiefly by women, written in the {…}
Australia’s Pinchgut Opera has announced its 2023 season The season opens with “Membra Jesu Nostri” by Dieterich Buxtehude. Performance Dates: April 1-5, 2023 Nicholas Tamagna, Madeleine Pierard, Jacob Lawrence, Lauren Lodge-Campbell, OwenWilletts, Russell Harcourt, Louis Hurley, Andrew O’Connor, and Chloe Lankshear star in “Giustino” by Giovanni Legrenzi. Erin Helyard conducts Dean Bryant’s production. Performance Dates: May 25-31, 2023 “Pleasures of {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2022-23 Season. Emma Dante conducts Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmelites” with Michele Mariotti conducting. Corinne Winters stars alongside Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ewa Vesin, Ekaterina Gubanova, and Jean-François Lapointe. The opera will be transmitted live on Rai Cultura and Rai5. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 6, 2022 Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” will be conducted by Francesco {…}