This week the Teatro alla Scala is set to present a new production of Donizetti’s masterpiece “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The production will bring together two of the greatest Bel canto singers of our time, Juan Diego Florez and Lisette Oropesa. It will also showcase rising star Boris Pinkhasovich. Pinkhasovich will sing the role of the villainous Enrico. The role marks {…}
The Teatro Jorge Eleicer Gaitan and the Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, in collaboration with Asociación Izmir, will present Astor Piazzolla’s “María de Buenos Aires” on April 14 and 15, 2023. The opera will star Mónica Danilov in the title role, alongside Carlos Guitierrez as the Duende, and Leonardo Estévez as the Payador. The production, which is directed by Hyalmar Mitrotti, {…}
Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis have joined the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute as co-artistic directors. This year’s “Intensive Summer Program” for opera singers, young pianists and conductors runs from July 9th to August 4th, 2023 and includes lessons with the faculty’s teachers, seminars, private coachings as well as masterclasses with other renowned international artists such as Michael Fabiano. The program {…}
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, {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced the three finalists for the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award 2023. Chaired by Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the jury chose eight candidates (two female, six male) in February as semi-finalists for the eleventh edition of the renowned competition, which takes place every two years. This year, there were 323 {…}
Opera for Peace 2023 Academy is set to reunite 13 emerging singers from across the globe in Paris. The academy will meet from April 13 to 20, 2023 for the second edition of the prestigious Opera for Peace Academy. Supported by the European Investment Bank, its main sponsor the singers will hail from Ukraine, Russia, South Africa, Armenia, the United {…}
The Opéra Royal de Wallonie is set to present Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” in a production by Arnaud Bernard. The opera will star Luciano Ganci as Maurizio, Elena Mosuc and Carolina López Moreno sharing the title role of Adriana, Mario Cassi as Michonnet, and Anna Maria Chiuri and Mattia Denti as the Princess and the Prince de Bouillon. Christopher Franklin will {…}
Mariusz Kwiecień has resigned as artistic director of Poland’s Opera Wrocławska. According to reports the baritone resigned due to a media campaign against the manner of his recruitment and his conduct in office. It also noted that the baritone’s high salary was a factor that created tension. Currrently there is an official investigation that has been ordered into a private {…}
The Central City Opera is set to open its 91st anniversary at the annual Theatre of Dreams Gala. The gala will be held on April 21, 2023 at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and will feature a refreshing cocktail hour, gourmet dinner, and delightful entertainment from the cast this year’s festival production of “Kiss Me, Kate.” In a {…}
Credit: Keith Saunders Opera Australia’s annual Handa Opera on the Harbor, named after Opera Australia’s Patron-in-Chief, Japanese businessman Haruhisa Handa, is undoubtedly one of Sydney’s most anticipated yearly social events. At the premiere of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” helmed by Spanish director Àlex Ollé on March 24th, a black-tie audience including three former Australian prime ministers indicated that the show had an {…}
Opera Rara is set to perform Donizetti’s “L’esule di Roma” on May 11 celebrating the composer’s 225 anniversary. The performance will see the company join the Britten Sinfonia at Cadogan Hall for a performance of Opera Rara’s 27th complete Donizetti revival. Conducted by Opera Rara Artistic director, Carlo Rizzi, the opera will see a cast that includes Albina Shagimuratova, Nicola {…}
