(Credit: Staatstheater Wiesbaden) The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced that coloratura soprano Aleksandra Jovanović will not be appearing in the role of Konstanze in the revival of Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” between Jan. 9 – May 15, 2022. As a result, coloratura soprano Gloria Rehm will take over the role for all performances in the run. Rehm joins {…}
(Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website / Yan Bleney) Opéra National de Paris has announced an upcoming production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni.” The opera opens on Feb. 1, and runs through March 11, 2022, for a total of 13 performances. The famed work will be headlined by Christian Van Horn in {…}
The Opéra National de Paris will present “Concert des artists de l’Académie” at the Palais Garnier on Jan. 20, 2022. The program will be dedicated to the operas of Mozart. Kicking off the program will be Kiup Lee, Alexander Ivanov, Niall Anderson in a trio from “Così fan tutte” followed by Fernando Escalona taking on music from Mitridate. Marine Chagnon {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Unter den Linden official website) The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced that soprano Narine Yeghiyan will perform the role of Pamina in Mozart’s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte” on Dec. 25, 2021 at 3 p. m. CET. Yeghiyan joins a cast that includes Peter Sonn as Tamino, Hila Fahima as Die Königin der Nacht, Gyula Orendt as Papageno, and {…}
Opera performances resumed at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon earlier this year as Portugal’s handling of the pandemic was widely praised as possibly the best within the European Union. In Lisbon, ensembles large and small have begun filling up local church series, community performance spaces, and neighborhood stages, while fado singers have returned to smokey late-night bars {…}
On February 12, 2022, San Diego Opera will open its mainstage season with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” This production, directed by Timothy Nelson and conducted by Bruce Stasyna, will mark the company’s return to the San Diego Civic Theatre, and the first time San Diego Opera has presented the work since 2005. The cast will feature 2021 Cardiff Singer of {…}
(Credit: Merce Rial) The Palau de La Música València has announced an upcoming concert by the Spanish soprano Núria Rial scheduled for Dec. 22, 2021 at the Teatro Principal. Rial will be joined onstage by tenor Martin Mitterrutzner. Rial and Mitterrutzner will perform arias for soprano and tenor from operas by Mozart and Rossini. In the remainder of the concert, {…}
(Credit: Manfred Baumann) The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced that coloratura soprano Hila Fahima will perform the role of The Queen of the Night in Mozart’s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte” on Dec. 25, 2021 at 3 p. m. CET. Fahima joins a cast that includes Peter Sonn as Tamino, Evelin Novak as Pamina, Gyula Orendt as Papageno, and Grigory Shkarupa {…}
(Credit: Operabase official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that Italian baritone Davide Luciano is indisposed and has withdrawn from performing the role of Count Almaviva in all performances of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” from Jan. 9-27, 2022. As a result, Argentine baritone and former Jette Parker Young Artist Germán E. Alcántara will take over the {…}
(Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Theater Basel has announced that soprano Aleksandra Jovanović will not be appearing in the role of Die Königin der Nacht in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” As a result, soprano Galina Benevich will take over the role for the performances on Dec. 18, 2021, Jan. 17, and Feb. 3 & 5, 2022. Benevich joins a cast {…}
(Credit: Anne Zeuner) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2022 season, featuring eight operas, concerts, and international opera stars. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works only. Operas The season opens with Romeo Castellucci’s production of Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” The opera stars Mika Kares and Aušrinė Stundytė in the lead roles, alongside soprano {…}