PARMA Recordings has announced that an album of Richard Thompson’s new chamber opera “The Mask in the Mirror” will be released on Feb. 8, 2019. Over three acts, the audience becomes acquainted with revered 20th century African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and the adversity he had struggled to overcome in his short life. Despite finding literary and financial success, {…}
Deutsche Grammophon has announced the release of Julie Fuchs’ second album The new album, set for release on Feb. 15, 2019, will be titled “Mademoiselle” and will feature of a collection of Bel canto arias personally chosen by the soprano. Enrique Mazzola conducts the Orchestre National d’ile de France. The soprano’s first album for the company was entitled “Yes!” and {…}
Sony Pictures Classics has announced the release of “Maria by Callas” on DVD and Blu-Ray. The distributor has revealed that the award-winning film will be released on Feb. 12, 2019. The documentary, which was showcased premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and LA Film festival, among others, was a box office hit making over $1 million; {…}
It’s the beginning of the year and there is one major release that will be intriguing for all Verdi fans who aren’t familiar with this work. Here’s a look! Stiffelio Naxos is releasing Verdi’s rarely performed work from the Verdi Festival in Parma with a distinguished cast that includes Luciano Ganci in the title role and Maria Katzarava in the {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the release of Thomas Adès and Tom Cairns’ “The Exterminating Angel.” The opera, which had its American premiere last season, is set for international release on Feb. 22, 2019 through Erato. The opera stars Christian Van Horn, Amanda Echalaz, Sophie Bevan, Audry Luna, David Portillo, Christine Rice, Alice Coote, Joseph Kaiser and John Tomlinson among {…}
Even though the holiday season is at an end, there are some rather exciting recordings heading to the market. Interestingly, both works are by composers of decidedly different eras which makes them a fascinating exercise in stylistic counterpoint for those who might want to pick them both up. Orphée et Euridice Gluck’s famed opera will be released in French with {…}
Sony Music has announced the release of “On the Basis of Sex” soundtrack with music by Mychael Danna. The Oscar-winning composer described the music as “a score based in two opposing factions: the old world of men, conservative thinking, and the slow-moving wheels of Government. Set against this is the indomitable team of Ruth and Marty, who embody the ideas {…}
Warner Classics is set to honor the 150th anniversary of Hector Berlioz’s death with the release of the first-ever complete recorded edition of the composer’s works. The new box set, entitled “Berlioz: The Complete Works,” will feature 27 discs with milestone recordings spanning over 60 years of the Warner Classics, Erato, and Universal. The collection will include a recording of “Les {…}
The world premiere recording of Liszt’s “Sardanapalo” is set to be released. Audite will release the new recording of Franz Liszt’s long-lost opera featuring Joyce El-Khoury, Airam Hernandez and Oleksandr Pushniak with the Staatskapelle Weimar conducted by Kirill Karabits. The work had its world premiere over the summer and El-Khoury told OperaWire, “The composition style is quite interesting in that {…}
The holiday season is officially underway. For many, that means going out and buying a plethora of gifts for loved ones. But what about that opera lover in your life? What do you buy him or her? There’s a ton to choose from and this year featured a plethora of amazing recordings to choose from. So to give you a {…}
The holiday season is upon us and that means many great new offerings are coming out. This week will feature the realse of a solo album debut, a new DVD from the Metropolitan Opera, a lieder album, and a Christmas album. Here are our essential recordings to buy this week. A Te, O Cara Stephen Costello makes his solo album debut with “A {…}