Véronique Gens, Katarina Bradić, Gaëlle Arquez, Stéphane Degout, Ambroisine Bré Headline Opéra Comique’s 2023-24 Season

The Opéra Comique has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is Charles Lecocq’s “La Fille de Angot.” Hervé Niquet will conduct a production by Richard Brunel. The opera will star Hélène Guilmette, Véronique Gens, Pierre Derhet, Julien Behr, Matthieu Lécroart, and Geoffrey Carey. Performance Dates: Sept. 27 – Oct. 5, 2023 For “Macbeth Underworld,” audiences will see Franck Ollu conduct {…}

May 19, 2022

Patricia Petibon, Oleg Volkov, Adriana Gonzalez & Arturo Chacón-Cruz Lead Opéra National du Rhin’s 2022-23 Season

France’s Opéra National du Rhin has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the productions that will be performed this season. “Histoire(s) d’opéra” will feature music by Monteverdi, Händel, Rameau, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Poulenc, and Berberian. Floriane Derthe, Lauranne Oliva, Brenda Poupard, Liying Yang, Glen Cunningham, Andrei Maksimov, and Oleg Volkov star while Émilie Capliez and {…}

Oct 12, 2020

Artist of the Week: Katarina Bradić

This week the Opera du Rhin will open its 2020-21 season with a new production of Saint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila.” The work contains some of the most famous pieces from the French repertoire and is also known for its challenging leading roles. The Opera du Rhin has lined up a solid cast including Serbian mezzo-soprano Katarina Bradić, who makes her {…}

Jun 29, 2020

Nicole Chevalier, Regula Mühlemann & Krystian Lada Highlight Theater Basel’s 2020-21 Season

The Theater Basel in Switzerland has announced its 2020-21 season. For this article, we will only highlight the opera productions. Premieres The first production of the season will be “Im Flow der Apokalypse.” The production will showcase students of universities for music and design as they transform art for 13 days in a small stage walk-in installation. Premiere Date: Oct. {…}

Sep 24, 2019

Jodie Devos, Gaëlle Arquez & John Osborn Headline Opéra Comique’s 2020 Season

The Opéra Comique has announced its 2020 season featuring a number of rarely performed works. The season with Christian Boltanski, Jean Kalman, and Franck Krawczyk’s “Fosse.” The piece is set to star soprano Karen Vourc’h and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton. Peformance Dates: Jan. 10-11, 2020 François-Adrien Boieldie’s “La Dame Blanche” will be performed in a production by Pauline Bureau. Conducted by Julien {…}

Jun 4, 2018

Marlis Petersen, Max Emanuel Cencic & Christophe Dumaux Headline Theater An Der Wien’s 2018-19 Season

The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring numerous operas by Weber, Handel, and Tchaikovsky. The season will include a number of productions, concert performances, recitals and chamber operas. Productions Marlis Petersen, David Hansen, Mirella Hagen, Katarina Bradić, Rainer Trost, Florian Köfler, and Tölzer Sängerknabe star in a production of Handel’s “Alcina.” Stefan Gottfried conducts Tatjana Gürbaca’s production. Performance {…}