(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni-Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced that it will reopen its theater to the public and has also begun a new fundraising campaign. Following the new decree by the Italian government, the theater will present a concert dedicated to Verdi on April 28. Michele Mariotti will conduct the performance which will feature ballet {…}
Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced the postponement of stage rehearsals for Aribert Reimann’s massive opera “Lear” due to one case of COVID-19 in the production team. Per an official statement on the company’s website, one positive case of COVID-19 was detected early on due to the established and frequent testing protocol at the opera house. {…}
Opera Australia’s annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour returned this year after last year’s Covid-enforced hiatus with a re-staging by Constantine Costi of the production of “La Traviata” by Francesca Zambello which, back in 2012, launched this Sydney institution. How a venue brings out different qualities in a familiar work is one of the fascinating aspects of theatrical performance traditions. {…}
(Credit: Rosellina Garbo) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its will stream Verdi’s “Luisa Miller.” The opera will be streamed on April 20 on the company’s Operaroma.tv, the official YouTube page, and on Rai Radio3. Michele Mariotti will conduct the work which is set to star Roberta Mantegna in the title role, Michele Pertusi as Conte di Walter, Antonio {…}
San Francisco Opera will collaborate with Aloha, a new real-time remote music collaboration service, to prepare its resident artists, the Adler Fellows, for a live drive-in series starting on April 29. The ultra-low latency service is revitalizing the resident artist training program, connecting them remotely and eliminating the wait time that interrupts the creative flow, creating the feeling that they {…}
(Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced the cancellation of its performance of Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” on April 3, and a presentations of Verdi’s “La Traviata” on April 9, 11 & 15, 2021. Per an official statement on the company’s website, the opera house was forced to cancel the performances due to the worsened epidemiological situation {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard ) “Page to Opera Stage” looks at stories – real-life or fiction, old and new – that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. This week, the focus is Alexandre Dumas fils’ semi-autobiographic novel “La dame aux camelias” and Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic adaptation “La Traviata.” The {…}
On March 18, the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying is set to open a production of Verdi’s immortal “La Traviata,” which will be performed for a live audience. For many opera singers, the possibility of returning to the stage in front of a live audience is something truly unique and special, and this is undoubtedly the case for {…}
“At Home With… ” is a series collaboration between OperaWire and photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio, combining original photography with insightful interviews. In this third installment, OperaWire spoke with mezzo-soprano Taxiarchoula Kanati. Greek mezzo-soprano Taxiarchoula Kanati was at the very cusp of moving into the next phase of her career when COVID-19 brought the world and the industry {…}
(Credit: The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre official website) The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre has issued a statement regarding strategic changes the company has made since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Per the press release, the company said that it has recently turned to TikTok to reach a new audience during the lockdown, a move was {…}
While we are slowly but surely seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, there is a long way to go before industries like the opera world can return to anything approximating “normalcy” that we experienced prior to the pandemic. While some companies have experimented with live performances throughout the past year, the results usually force those organizations {…}