Andrea Sanguineti is a rising star conductor currently working all over the world and performing a diverse array of repertoire. He was appointed Music Director of the Aalto-Musiktheater and the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra and has also conducted at the Opéra National du Rhin, Opera Zurich, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Landestheater Innsbruck, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisboa, Opéra de Rouen, and Kissinger {…}
(Photo: Ed Choo) Born out of a belief that opera could be experienced differently — with an emotional immediacy like no other artform — OperaUpClose has evolved from its first award-winning production of “La Bohème” in a 35-seater pub in 2009, to becoming a trailblazer for London’s fringe opera scene, to a nationally touring company championing a new model for {…}
(Photo: Enrico Nawrath) The Bayreuth Festival celebrates its 150th year anniversary of Richard Wagner’s “The Ring” with an experimental concept that embodies an archive of the past designed to usher opera into the future – Artificial Intelligence unleashed. The creative team for this historical project includes artistic and technical concept by Curator Marcus Lobbes and Nils Corte, Digital and AI {…}
(Photo: Roberto Santos-Luy) Having just watched the splendid Irish soprano Amy Ní Fhearraigh, one of Ireland’s rising stars, in her role debut as Donna Anna in Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s production of “Don Giovanni” as well as being scheduled to review her next role as Cora in the world premiere of Michael Gallen’s award-winning new opera “The Curing Line” at {…}
Italian baritone Mattia Oliveri has become one of the most in-demand singers of his generation performing at major opera houses including the Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Massimo in Palermo and Opéra de Paris. He has become renowned for his Italian repertoire in particular the Bel Canto works and has slowly moved into heavier {…}
(Photo: Michael Cockerham) Brenden Gunnell is standing at the threshold of one of opera’s greatest challenges: Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” After building his career through the major heldentenor repertoire, he now sees Tristan not simply as the next role, but as the culmination of years of careful preparation. At the same time, he is championing lesser-known music with the release {…}
Riccardo Frizza, the Musical Director and Artistic Director of the Bergamo Donizetti Opera Festival and Honorary Conductor of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, is widely regarded as one of today’s leading conductors, regularly collaborating with the world’s most prestigious opera houses. He has conducted at many of the major theaters in the world Teatro Comunale, Bologna, ABAO Bilbao {…}
(Photo: Fabio Ceresa) One of the highlights of this summer’s Innsbruck Early Music Festival will undoubtedly be a fully staged production of Antonio Cesti’s opera from 1668, “Il pomo d’oro,” to a libretto by Francesco Sbarra. Written for the Austrian Empress, Margaret Theresa’s 17th birthday in a specially constructed outdoor theater in Vienna, it has been described as the empire’s {…}
Olivier Award winner, Peter Whelan, is known as one of the most dynamic and versatile exponents of historical performance of his generation. He is currently the Artistic Director of Irish Baroque Orchestra and Curator for Early Music of Norwegian Wind Ensemble. In addition to taking up the role of Artistic Partner with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland in January 2026 and {…}