Opera San Jose has announced a cast change for its production of Daniel Catan’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.” The company said that Elizabeth Caballero will replace the originally scheduled Marlen Nahhas. In a statement, Caballero also added, “Happy to announce that I will be returning to a magical river cruise down the Amazon April 20-May 5 when I will be {…}
Fort Worth Opera is set to perform Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The Fort Worth Opera production will be semi-staged, with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya. The vocal cast will include Elizabeth Caballero (soprano) as Mimì, Alok Kumar (tenor) as Rodolfo, Daniel Scofield (baritone) as Marcello, Meigui Zhang (soprano) as Musetta, Michael Colman (bass) as Schaunard and {…}
Opera Naples has announced a cast change for its production of “Madama Butterfly.” The company has announced that Elizabeth Caballero will sing the title role replacing Jennifer Rowley who was originally scheduled. Caballero is a soprano who has performed the role at the Inland Northwest Opera, at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Pensacola Opera, Staatsoper Berlin, and Lyric Opera of Kansas Opera. {…}
The Fort Worth Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with “Dinner with the Stars,” a fundraising dinner hosted by Joe Illick, Music Director Emeritus and dear friend to the company. The dinner will feature soloists Vanessa Becerra, Siphokazi Molteno, Alok Kumar, and Kofi Hayford. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2023 The continues with “La Médium” in Spanish by Gian Carlo Menotti. Directed {…}
The Nashville Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four productions. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will star Jonathan Burton, Keri Alkema, Andrew Manea, Joseph Lim, and Anthony Ciaramitaro. John Hoomes directs and Dean Williamson conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 21 & 23, 2023 Michael Nyman’s “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” will star Matthew Treviño, Caroline Worra, and Tyler Nelson. John Hoomes directs and Dean Williamson conducts. {…}
The Madison Opera in Wisconsin has announced its 2022-23 season featuring three productions. The season opens with Strauss’ “Salome” starring Amanda Majeski, Craig Irvin, Dennis Petersen, Lauren Decker, and Chaz’men Williams-Ali. John DeMain conducts the production by Keturah Stickann. Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 6, 2022 The company will present a double bill of Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” and Kurt Weill’s “The {…}
(Credit: S. Richards Photography) The Florida Grand Opera has announced the cast for its first production, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The opera, which was composed by Andre Previn, will star Nicholas Huff as Harold Mitchell, Steven LaBrie as Stanley Kowalski, Elizabeth Caballero as Blanche Dubois, and Rebecca Krynski Cox as Stella Kowalski. Gregory Buchalter is set to conduct the production. {…}
(Credit: Martin Sigmund) The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Opera Premieres Paul Dessau’s “Die Verurteilung des Lukullus” opens the season. The complex work stars Friedemann Röhlig, Alina Adamski, Torsten Hofmann, Elliott Carlton Hines, Maria Theresa Ullrich, Linsey Coppens, Philipp Nicklaus, Heinz Göhrig, Jasper Leever, Laia Vallés, Clare Tunney, {…}
(Credits: Rebecca Fay / Tomasz Konieczny official website / Suzanne Vinnik / Staatsoper unter der Linden official website) The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced its redesigned 2020-21 season, running from Feb. 21, 2021, until July 21, 2021. Here is the full slate. Operas Maurice Ravel’s “Verzauberte Welt” will feature Schorsch Kamerun, Diana Haller, Alexandra Urquiola, Maria Theresa Ullrich, Carina Schmieger, Claudia {…}
The Florida Grand Opera has announced the schedule and cast for its upcoming winter season. The FGO began its winter season with Jake Heggie’s “Three Decembers.” The 90-minute chamber opera takes place over three decades during the AIDS crisis. Emily Pulley, Amanda Sheriff, and Efraín Solís star with Gregory Buchalter conducting. Performance Dates: Dec. 30 & 31, 2021 Daren Hagen’s “New {…}
The Phoenicia Festival of the Voice will present a second “Candlelight Opera Salon” concert at The Knickerbocker Room in Naples, Florida on Jan. 9, 2021. The presentation will feature three international opera artists including the Cuban-American soprano Elizabeth Caballero, the tenor Richard Troxell, and bass-baritone Kyle Albertson. The trio will perform a number of crowd-favorite opera selections and will be {…}