Christine Goerke, Nicholas Phan & Melody Moore Lead Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 Season

The Baltimore Symphony announces the 2023-24 season featuring Jonathan Heyward in his first season as Music Director. David Danzmayr conducts Christine Goerke in a program that includes Anna Clyne, Barber, and Sibelius. Performance Dates: Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 A baroque Christmas will include Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” Händel’s “Messiah,” and more with Baroque masters at their most irrepressibly joyful and {…}

Feb 11, 2023

2023 Dramatic Voices Showcase to Launch this March

The new vocal workshop Dramatic Voices Showcase begins its inaugural year this March in Toronto. Dramatic mezzo-soprano Karina Bray participated in the 2022 Bayreuther Festspiele Masterclass and returned home to Canada inspired to start this program. The purpose of the Dramatic Voices Showcase is to provide necessary training opportunities for dramatic singers that may have aged out of traditional young {…}

Jan 6, 2023

Detroit Opera 2021-2022 Review: Aida in Concert

On December 30th, Detroit Opera ended its transformative 2021-2022 season with a concert production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Aida,” his antepenultimate work whose Oriental plot and exotic aesthetics discredit the work’s premiere location, ironically the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt. It seemed people of all kinds came to see this production, one of opera’s most infamous players. It should {…}

Dec 22, 2022

Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Dialogues des Carmélites.” The company noted that Christine Goerke will replace Eva-Maria Westbroek in the role of Madame Lidoine. Goerke is currently set to perform Ortrud in “Lohengrin” later this season. She is also set to make her role debut as Amneris in “Aida” at the Detriot {…}

Nov 21, 2022

Review: Richard Tucker Gala 2022

Photos: Dario Acosta The Richard Tucker Award and Gala came back in full force after two years with no awards. A galaxy of operatic stars was on hand for the event held in the newly renovated David Geffen Hall, which was designed to remedy the venue’s seemingly intractable issue with—of all things—acoustics. (Geffen Hall is the home of the New {…}

Nov 10, 2022

Christine Goerke Receives Major Honor From French Government

Christine Goerke was named a Chevalier de l’orde des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. The soprano receive the distinction on Nov. 6 at the Kennedy Center November 6 following a performance of “Elektra.” The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres was established by the French government in 1957 to recognize artists who have made a significant contribution {…}

Oct 8, 2022

Christine Goerke Leads Washington National Opera’s ‘Elektra’

The Washington National Opera is set to present Richard Strauss’ “Elektra.” The opera, which is set to run between Oct. 29 and Nov. 12, 2022, will be directed by Artistic Director Francesca Zambello in her first staging of the work, and led by Principal Conductor Evan Rogister. In a statement, Zambello noted, “Strauss’ dramatic one-act opera promises 100 minutes of {…}

Sep 24, 2022

Detroit Opera 2022-23 Review: The Valkyries

On September 17, 2022, the newly renamed Detroit Opera, formerly Michigan Opera Theatre, mounted the first production of their 2022-2023 season. What Detroit Opera (DO) presented was nothing short of unique. Marketed as a “one-night miracle” by the Los Angeles Times, DO’s digitally enhanced retelling of Act three of Wagner’s “The Valkyries,” the second in his four-opera epic “The Ring {…}

Aug 12, 2022

Metropolitan Opera Guild to Honor Lindemann Young Artist Development Program

The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced that it will celebrate the legacy and impact of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Guild’s 88th Annual Luncheon. The event, which is set to take place on Nov. 10, 2022 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City will feature spoken and musical tributes by LYADP alumni Stephanie Blythe, Michelle Bradley, {…}

Jul 6, 2022

Christine Goerke, Angel Blue & Key’mon Murrah Lead Detroit Opera’s 2022-23 Season

The Detroit Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The season opens with Wagner’s “Die Walküre: Act III.” Yuval Sharon directs the act with Sir Andrew Davis conducting. The production will feature a high-tech treatment of the most famous act in Wagner’s Ring Cycle with Christine Goerke starring. Performance dates: Sept. 17-20, 2022 Valerio Galli conducts Gounod’s “Faust” in a production {…}

Jun 26, 2022

Opera Singers Speak Out on Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe Vs. Wade

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe Vs. Wade, the opera world reacted on social media sharing their thoughts on the verdict which will affect millions of women around the United States. Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton took to twitter and said, “We knew this was coming, and it’s still horrifically gut-wrenching. Stay mad, y’all. You have every reason to be. {…}

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