Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Allan Clayton, Lise Davidsen, & Lisette Oropesa Lead Royal Opera House’s 2024-25 Season

The Royal Opera House has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the season. Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” will open the season with a cast that includes Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Jacquelyn Stucker, and Ginger Costa-Jackson. Performance Dates: Sept. 2-15, 2024 Verdi’s “La Traviata” will feature two casts. The first cast will be headlined {…}

Apr 29, 2024

Volksoper Wien Announces 2024-25 Season

The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Bizet’s “Carmen” will directed by Lotte de Beer and star Katia Ledoux, Wallis Giunta, Annelie Sophie Müller, Nikolai Schukoff, Jason Kim, Josef Wagner, Daniel Schmutzhard, Iulia Maria Dan, and Hedwig Ritter. Ben Glassberg, Alexander Joel, and Tobias Wögerer. Performance Dates: Sept. 21, 2024-May 28, 2025 Ella Milch-Sheriff’s “Alma” will star Annette Dasch, Annelie Sophie Müller, {…}

Mar 24, 2024

Wallis Giunta & Ensemble Modern Go on US Tour

(Photo credit: Dario Acosta) Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta and Ensemble Modern will give two concerts on an upcoming U.S. tour. Giunta and the vocal quartet amarcord join Ensemble Modern on its first US tour since 2011. The focus of the tour dedicated to “Weimar” is Kurt Weill’s “Die Sieben Todsünden.” Together they present a new version for chamber ensemble of the {…}

Feb 7, 2024

The King’s Singers Bring ‘Summer School’ to Princeton University

GRAMMY Award-winning a capella ensemble The King’s Singers announced the return of their “Summer School” program. The program will take place at Princeton University June 23-29. After a five-year hiatus due to the pandemic, “Summer School” returns to the U.S. for a second time, to offers coaching for individual and group singers from The King’s Singers and other guests. Throughout {…}

Feb 2, 2024

Wallis Giunta Headlines Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes’ ‘Carmen’

The Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes is set to perform Bizet’s “Carmen” on Feb. 24 and 25, 2024 at the Maison symphonique. The concert version will star Wallis Giunta (Carmen), Adam Luther (Don José), Hugo Laporte (Escamillo), and Myriam LeBlanc (Micaëla). They will be accompanied by an orchestra of 60 musicians and 120 choristers from the OPCM as well {…}

May 19, 2023

Volksoper Wien Announces 2023-24 Season

The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the opera productions. New Productions Strauss’ “Salome” will star Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Ursula Pfitzner, Astrid Kessler, Tommi Hakala, and JunHo You. Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Salzburger Festspiele 1992 by Luc Bondy. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-Oct. 29, 2023 Offenbach’s “Die Reise zum Mond” is set to be conducted by Alfred Eschwé and {…}

May 8, 2023

DACAMERA Announces 2023-24 Season

Houston-based DACAMERA has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here are all of the vocal highlights. The company will present a new suite from Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” at the Cullen Theater. Nicholas Newton and Adrienne Danrich star alongside the Turtle Island String Quartet. Performance Date: Nov. 10, 2023 Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta stars in a program featuring music {…}

Apr 10, 2023

Ruzan Mantashyan, Luis Cansino, Wallis Giunta & Sara Blanch Lead Opéra de Lausanne’s 2023-24 Season

Switzerland’s Opéra de Lausanne has announced its 2023-24 season featuring opera and concerts. Opera Luis Cansino and Salome Jicia headline Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia.” The cast also includes Giulio Mastrototaro, Francisco Brito, Mikhail Timoshenko, Marion Jacquemet, and Pablo Julián Plaza Guijarro. Emilio Sagi directs and Michele Spotti conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 6-15, 2023 Samy Camps, Marie Perbost, Julien Dran, {…}

Apr 4, 2023

Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Patricia Nolz & Fatma Said Lead Wiener Konzerthaus’ 2023-24 Season

The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Riccardo Chailly conducts a Verdi program with the chorus and orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala. Performance Date: Sept. 4, 2023 The Bayerisches Staatsorchester will perform alongside Yefim Bronfman and Elsa Dreisig in a Schumann, Wagner, and Mahler program. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Performance Date: {…}

Apr 1, 2023

Wallis Giunta, John Mac Master, Brett Polegato, Adrian Kramer Headline Orchestra Philarmonique et Choeurs des Mélomanes’ 2023-24 Season

(Credit: Dario Acosta) Montreal’s Orchestra Philarmonique et Choeurs des Mélomanes has announced its ninth season. The season opens with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with a cast starring Soprano Sydney Baedke, mezzo-soprano Simona Genga, tenor John Mac Master, and baritone Brett Polegato. The program also features music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Brahms. Francis Choinière conducts. Performance Date: Nov. 4, 2023 Wallis Giunta {…}

Mar 1, 2023

Wallis Giunta to Headline Carnegie Hall Weimar Festival

Photo: Kirsetn Nijhof Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta will headline Carnegie Hall’s Weimar Festival on Friday, April 12, 2024. The mezzo will join conductor HK Gruber and Ensemble Modern, along with amacord vocal ensemble, to present a new arrangement of Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins.” Gruber and Christian Muthspiel have crafted a new version of Weill’s satirical work that is arranged {…}