In celebration of World Opera Day, Victorian Opera has announced a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.” The production will come as part of the company’s 2022 season, featuring the music of composer Graeme Koehne, and libretto by Anna Goldsworthy. It will premiere at the Palais Theatre at St. Kilda in December 2022. This adaptation will see {…}
IN Series is set to premiere its animated, Afro-Latinx reimagining of Puccini’s “BOHEME in the Heights.” The work will screen accompanied by live music on Oct. 29, 2021, at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, and Oct. 30 and Oct. 31at GALA Hispanic Theatre in Washington DC. The work takes place in a fictionalized Columbia Heights during the winter and spring of {…}
The Polish National Opera has announced the second part of its 2022 season. Sonia Warzyńska-Dettlaff and Emil Ławecki star in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” alongside Aleksandra Olczyk, Łukasz Konieczny, and Kamil Zdebel. Piotr Staniszewski conducts. Performance Dates: Jan. 8-June 26, 2022 Ewa Vesin sings the title role of Puccini’s “Tosca” alongside Tadeusz Szlenkier and Krzysztof Szumański. Patrick Fournillier conducts. Performance {…}
(Credit: Alexander Sargent) Bass-baritone William Socolof is set to present a recital at Merkin Hall at Kaufmann Music Center on Dec. 9, 2021. The showcase will feature a wide-range of unique repertory including Ibert’s “Quarte Chansons de Don Quichotte,” Robert Owens’ “Die Nacht” and “Morgendämmerung,” selections from Schubert’s “Schwanengesang,” Leaha Maria Villareal’s “Crossing the Rubicon,” Debussy’s “Trois Chansons de Bilitis,” {…}
Oper Frankfurt has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Carmen.” The company noted that Adriana Gonzalez will take over the role of Micaëla, replacing Angela Vallone. Gonzalez won Operalia in 2019 and has performed at the Opera de Toulon, Opernhaus Zurich, Opéra de Lille, Opéra de Dijon and Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. This season she is {…}
On Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, for the first time since 2004, Verdi’s “I Vespri Siciliani” returned to New York with New Amsterdam Opera’s concert performance of this lesser-known Verdi work of French grand opera at the historic West Park Presbyterian Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. New Amsterdam Opera had delayed the concert for nearly two years because of the {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for the final performance of “Macbeth.” The company noted that Ewa Plonka will take over the Dec. 29 performance which was originally expected to be sung by Elena Guseva. The soprano will also be covering for Anna Netrebko throughout the run. Plonka has performed at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Oper Frankfurt, {…}
Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist alumnus Rolando Villazón is set to return to Pittsburgh for a recital to benefit Pittsburgh Opera’s acclaimed Resident Artist Program. The recital will be held on Nov. 21, 2021 at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters with pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson. In a statement, the tenor said, “Being a Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist was a wonderful, transformative experience. In fact, {…}
(Credit: © Stephen Howard Dillon) Jonathan Tetelman has signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. For his first album with the yellow label, Tetelman is currently in Las Palmas recording at the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and its Chief Conductor, Karel Mark Chichon. The recording will be released internationally in summer 2022 and will {…}
(Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Sten A Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture has announced the 2021 scholars. The awards went to soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, artist Emanuel Röhss, and honorary scholar, actress, and producer Alicia Vikander. Each of the scholars will receive 300,000 Swedish kronor. The Sten A Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture is celebrating its 25 anniversary {…}
The Merola Opera Program Virtual Recital Series is set to return this November with a showcase “An Autumn Afternoon with Raehann Bryce-Davis.” On Nov. 7, 2021, audiences will hear the mezzo-soprano alongside pianist Jeanne-Minette Cilliers as they take on a program that features the world premiere of “I Am Not an Angry Black Woman” by Maria Thompson Corley, German lieder {…}