Jonathan Burton, Duke Kim & Jacqueline Echols Lead OPERA San Antonio’s 2022-23 Season

OPERA San Antonio has announced its 2022-23 season featuring two productions. The season opens with Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” directed by Garnett Bruce. Francesco Milioto conducts a cast that includes Jonathan Burton, Sara Gartland, Gordon Hawkins, and Ricardo Jose Rivera. Performance Dates: Nov. 3 & 5, 2022 Matthew Ozawa directs Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” with Francesco Milioto conducting. Duke Kim and Jacqueline Echols lead the cast that {…}

Q & A: Adriana González on her U.S. Debut, Taking ‘Roméo et Juliette’ & the Challenge of Finding Her Voice

(Credit:  Marine Cessat-Bégler) Adriana González’s life changed in 2019. The lyric soprano competed in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition as one of 20 singers before heading over to Operalia and taking home first prize in both the opera and zarzuela competitions. Since then, her career has taken off in rapid succession with the soprano appearing in leading {…}

Perrine Madoeuf Replaces Julie Fuchs in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ as COVID-19 Outbreak Plagues Opéra Comique

(Credit: Delage Artists official website) Opéra Comique in Paris has announced that soprano Perrine Madoeuf has replaced French soprano Julie Fuchs for the production of Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” as COVID-19 outbreak has erupted in the opera house. Tenor Pene Pati was previously announced as a replacement for Jean-François Borras. Pati and Madoeuf join a cast that includes Patrick Bolleire, {…}

Thomas Søndergård Replaces Sir Donald Runnicles For Berlin Philharmonic Online Festival

(Credit: Martin Bubandt) The Berlin Philharmonic has announced that due to the travel restrictions, General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Sir Donald Runnicles will not be able to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in the online festival “The Golden Twenties” on February 20, 2021. As a result, Thomas Søndergård, the Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra,  {…}