(Photo: Camilla Greenwell/Royal Opera House) Trailing draggily behind Puccini’s rue and jubilance, this season’s Royal Opera House revival of the tearful “La bohème” appears afraid of the work’s earnestness. Decked out in semi-mockeries of 1830s Paris, Richard Jones’ 2017 production favors episodes of bawdiness at the expense of the Bohemian; endangering its players’ vocal liberties. Perhaps as the result of {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced a Spring and Summer schedule. The Spring and Summer will consist of in-person and streamed performances beginning May 17, 2021. For the in-person presentations, there will be a socially distanced audience. The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera will host world premieres, repertory favorites, and the world’s first opera in hyper-reality. For the purposes {…}
This week audiences will get to experience the world premiere recording of a recent opera, two acclaimed productions on DVD, and the debut album for one of today’s rising stars. Let’s have a look. Rhapsody Cecilia Bartoli continues her series ‘Mentored by Bartoli’ series in partnership with Decca Classics. The second album will feature Varduhi Abrahamyan’s debut recording and music {…}
Ópera de Oviedo has announced its 2021-22 season. The Spanish season will open with Verdi’s “Nabucco” featuring Ángel Òdena in the title role, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Antonio Gandía, Simón Orfila, and Theresa Kronthaler. Gianluca Marcianò conducts. Performance Dates: September 2021 The second opera of the season will be Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with Lucas Macías Navarro conducting and Albert Estany directing {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced a cast change for its HD broadcast of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The company announced that due to illness, Russian soprano Aida Garifullina has withdrawn from singing the role of Musetta in on Jan. 29, 2020 As a result, the role will be sung by Romanian-born British soprano Simona Mihai, who sang both Musetta and {…}
(Credit: Royal Opera House /Tristram Kenton) This review is for the performance on Jan. 10, 2020. Alongside with Richard Eyre’s classic production of “La Traviata,” Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal, and will therefore be making 16 appearances this year, with myriad casts and three conductors. This is its second revival since {…}
(Credit :Joel Jöggu Schweizer/ Prague State Opera) This weekend is all about classic operas from Verdi, Donizetti, and Puccini. Many rising stars are performing this weekend so what better way to start the New Year than to focus on them. Il Trovatore – Landstheater Linz, Austria Federico Longhi leads Verdi’s popular work in his role debut as the Count de {…}
(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has announced that soprano Sonya Yoncheva has withdrawn from the Jan. 10, 2020 performance of “La Bohème” due to illness. In her stead, the company will showcase soprano Simona Mihai, who sang the role of Mimì back in 2017-18. Mihai is set to take on Musetta later in the run this {…}
The Royal Opera House is set to revive its production of “La Bohème” this coming winter. The work, which features a production by Richard Jones, will feature a number of casts. In the role of Rodolfo, audiences will get a chance to see Charles Castronovo and Jonathan Tetelman, while Mimì will be interpreted by Sonya Yoncheva and Eleonora Buratto and {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced a few cast amendments and additions for its upcoming 2019-20 season. Lars Woldt has withdrawn from “Don Giovanni” due to poor health. The Commendatore will instead by sung by British bass Brindley Sherratt on Sept. 13, 16, 19, & 28 and Oct. 3, and Greek bass Petros Magoulas on Sept. 22 & 25 and {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced its 2019-20 Season featuring some of the greatest singers in the world in 17 new productions of both ballet and opera. For this article, we will only focus on opera performances. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” opens the 2019-20 season with Erwin Schrott in the title role alongside Roberto Tagliavini, Malin Byström, Christine Rice. Daniel Behle, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Louise Alder, Lars Woldt, {…}
