Photo Credit: Scott Rowed In this new four-part series, we’ll be taking a look at four significant, and greatly underperformed, operas within opera history from early-mid 20th century but outside America and Central Europe. The normal Opera Film reader may be acquainted with a breadth of opera’s expressive diversity. In part one, we explored Miguel Bernal Jiménez‘s only opera, ‘Tata Vasco‘ {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera is set to present André Previn’s opera adaptation of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The opera will be performed at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre in a co-production with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for three performances between Nov. 5 and 8, 2026. The production will be conducted by Daniela Candillari in a production by legendary soprano Patricia {…}
Opera Australia is set to offer discounted tickets to audience members under 35. for its new production of “La Bohème” when it premieres at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne this November. Members of the Under 35s program will be able to enter a ballot for tickets starting at $49 and an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour for a window into the costumes, sets {…}
Opera Parallèle is set to open its 17th anniversary with the world premiere of “Salt & Spirit.” The piece is a boldly conceived theatrical work rooted in the musical traditions of the Gullah Geechee people of the coastal Carolinas and the production draws on a rare collection of resurfaced Gullah spirituals from the late nineteenth century, reimagining ancestral songs through {…}
(Photo: Javier del Real) The evening of Oct. 21 at Teatro Real was wonderful in its intimacy. Handel and baroque music represent a form of opera entirely different from the familiar “hits” of the 19th and 20th centuries – plus a long-awaited three hours in which to switch off and recharge through beautiful, slightly otherworldly English music and magnificent arias {…}
(Photo: Kungliga Operan/Sören Vilks) For obvious reasons, writing a new opera based on a well-known and successful film, especially one with such a reputation as Lars von Trier’s iconic “Melancholia,” is fraught with dangers, not least owing to the unavoidable comparisons to which it will inevitably give rise, but this is exactly what composer Mikael Karlsson and librettist Royce Vavrek {…}
Olga Maslova has canceled her upcoming performances in “Der Fliegende Hollander.” The soprano took to social media and said, “Unfortunately, due to health reasons, I have withdrawn from all performance of ‘Der Fliegende Holländer.’” She continued, “Thank you to my audience, the theater and my colleagues for your understanding. I wish everyone wonderful performances, and I look forward to seeing {…}
Pierangelo Conte has been named the Sovrintendente of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. The decision was made following the unanimous proposal made by the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Bologna, chaired by Mayor Matteo Lepore and Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli. In a statement, Matteo Lepore said, “I thank Pierangelo Conte for the work he has done so {…}
(Photo: Matthias Horn) Richard Wagner’s Dutchman is condemned to sail the oceans until a woman’s unconditional fidelity releases him from his curse. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Swiss director Milo Rau has assigned the unfortunate mariner an altogether different framework: from the Holocaust to the founding of Israel, from the 1972 Munich Olympics to Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial, with the contemporary {…}
(Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) The titular heroine of Jules Massenet’s iconic opera was San Francisco Opera’s third production of the Fall season. Manon shines. She enchants. She endures. She also puzzles. One moment she is devoted to love, the next to money, status, and pleasure. What are we to make of her as she dies in the arms of {…}
The Operalia Competition Semi-finalists have been announced after two rounds of Quarter Finals. The Semi-finalists are: Alikhan Beisekov, baritone, Kazakhstan Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine Roman Chabaranok, bass, Ukraine Tiffany Choe, soprano, USA Eleomar Cuello, baritone, Cuba Aksel Daveyan, baritone, Armenia Marianna Hovanisyan, soprano, Armenia Song Hee Lee, soprano, South Korea Gabriela Legun, soprano, Poland Robert Lewis, tenor, UK Zihao Li, {…}