The Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2024 season featuring pop, opera, and orchestra concerts. Here is a look at the operatic offerings this summer. Claire Antoine, Héloïse Poulet, and Léo Vermot-Desroches perform in recital alongside Kira Parfeevets. Performance Date: July 21, 2024 Aleksandra Kurzak leads Puccini’s “Tosca” in a concert performance alongside Roberto Alagna and Bryn Terfel. The Orchestre Philharmonique {…}
Nadine Sierra has canceled her upcoming performances at the Chorégies d’Orange. The company announced that due to a virus the soprano would not be able to perform the upcoming performances of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” As a result, Romanian soprano Cristina Pasaroiu will replace Sierra in the role of Donna Anna. Pasaroiu has performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Frankfurt Opera, {…}
The Choregies d’Orange has announced that the gala with Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov has been canceled. The gala, which was scheduled for July 20, was to have been Netrebko’s debut in the French summer opera festival in Avignon. The soprano and tenor were scheduled to be joined by Christopher Maltman and Daniela Barcellona. According to the press release, the festival {…}
The 150th Chorégies d’Orange has been announced. It will feature a number of major works and artists, including Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo. Operas Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” will be the first work presented at the festival. Led by music director Gianluca Capuano, the work will be directed by Jean-Louis Grinda and will star Nicola Alaimo, Annick Massis, and Celso Albelo. {…}
“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” is set to be live streamed from Orange. The opera, which is set to open on July 31, 2018 and will also be shown on August 4, will be broadcast on Culturebox. The new production will be directed by Adriano Sinivia and will be conducted by Giampaolo Bisanti. It is set to star Olga Peretyatko in {…}
Michael Spyres has canceled his participation in Chorégies d’Orange’s upcoming production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The festival announced that due to health reason Spyres would not be able to sing the role of Count Almaviva on July 31 and August 4. As a result, Ioan Hotea, will replace the tenor. The Romanian tenor won the first prize in the {…}
The Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2018 season which will include two productions and recitals, among other things. Everything kicks off on May 25, 2018 with “Pop the Opera,” a concert featuring hundreds of artists from around the aria, performing famous excerpts from the world of opera. There will also be pop tunes and film music, giving the experience a {…}
