Marina Rebeka has canceled her upcoming performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at the Teatro alla Scala. The soprano took to social media and said, “It is with a heavy heart that I announce my inability to participate in the production of Mahler’s 8th Symphony at Teatro alla Scala. Unfortunately, my health has prevented me from being able to take part in {…}
L’Auidotri de Barcelona has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Haydn’s “The Creation” will be performed by Jone Martínez, Jorge Navarro Colorado, and José Antonio López. Marta Gardolińska conducts. Performance Dates: March 2, 2024 Fleur Barron performs a program of music by Ravel, García-Tomás, and Montsalvatge. Ludovic Morlot conducts. Performance Dates: March 15-17, 2024 {…}
Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2023-24 season. The season will showcase numerous revivals and new productions. Premieres Calixto Bieito directs a new production of Verdi’s “Aida” with Grigory Shkarupa, Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Marina Rebeka, María José Siri, Yusif Eyvazov, Ivan Magrì, René Pape, Erwin Schrott, Vladislav Sulimsky, and Alfredo Daza. Nicola Luisotti conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
Puccini’s “La Bohème” is set to be livestreamed from the Teatro alla Scala on lascala.tv on March 13, 2023. Eun Sun Kim will conduct the production by Franco Zeffirelli. The cast will include Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo, Marina Rebeka as Mimì, Irina Lungu as Musetta, and Luca Micheletti as Marcello. Alessio Arduini, Jongmin Park, Andrea Concetti, Alessandro Senes, and Luigi {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2023-24 season. New Productions The first new production of the season will be Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Stefano Montanari conducts the production by Evgeny Titov. The cast will include Huw Montague Rendall, Mattia Olivieri, Elsa Dreisig, Maria Bengtsson, Louise Alder, Konstantin Krimmel, Avery Amereau, and Dorothea Röschmann. Performance Dates: Oct. 30, 2023-July 17, 2024 {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for its final performance of “I Vespri Siciliani” on Feb. 21. The company said that Marina Rebeka will sing in the final performance replacing Angela Meade who is ill. Meade also took to social media and said, “it is with a heavy heart that I must announce that I have had {…}
The Dutch National Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Maria Stuarda.” The company said that, “Marina Rebeka, who was due to sing the title role in its upcoming production of ‘Maria Stuarda,’ has withdrawn from the production for personal reasons.” As a result, “Kristina Mkhitaryan, who just performed the role of Liù in the company’s ‘Turandot,’ {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to present a new production of Verdi’s Risorgimento work, “I Vespri Siciliani.” The work, which has not been performed at the famed theater since 1989-90 season season, will star Luca Micheletti, Roman Burdenko, Adriano Gramigni, Piero Pretti, Dmitry Beloselskiy, Marina Rebeka, and Angela Meade. In a statement Pretti said, “This is a stirring, complex, {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced a number of cast changes for several productions. The company said that in “The Magic Flute” Nina Minasyan has withdrawn from the performances on Dec. 16, 19, 22, 28, 30, and Jan. 21, 24, and 27. The role of the Queen of the Night will now be performed by Aigul Khismatullina on Dec. 16, {…}
Marina Rebeka will not sing a production of “Maria Stuarda” at the Dutch National Opera. The soprano released a statement clarifying that her only performances are the ones listed on her website. She said, “I have received so many of your letters saying you bought tickets to my performances in which actually I will NOT be performing (including Maria Stuarda {…}
The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2023 season. The Anteprima to the season will be “Mirandolina” by Bohuslav Martinů. Oksana Lyniv conducts the production by Gianmaria Aliverta. Performance Dates: Jan 14 & 15, 2023 The season opens with Oksana Lyniv conducting Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer“ in a new production by Paul Curran. The opera will star Peter Rose, {…}
