OperaVision has announced its streaming slate for the months of August and September. First up will be a production of “Rusalka” from the Staatstheater Braunschweig starring Julie Adams, Kwonsoo Jeon, Jisang Ryu, Ekaterina Kudryavseva, and Edna Prochnik. Srba Dinić conducts. Streaming Dates: August 18, 2021 – Nov. 13, 2021 Next up is Lviv National Opera’s “When the Fern Blooms” starring {…}
On September 19, 2021, The Opera Buffs will present its first live concert since the beginning of the pandemic, titled “New Voices/Concert of Discovery.” Held at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music’s Barrett Hall in California, the performance will feature nine young artists who have been selected through the company’s recent virtual auditions. The artists include Sarabeth Belon, Daniela Camilleri, Lena {…}
The New York Choral Society, New York’s has announced its 2021-2022 season featuring three multidisciplinary digital performances and an anticipated return to in-person performances. The season opens with “Earth Song,” a multi-disciplinary collaboration with choreographer Danielle Russo and creative technologist Henry Holmes. The work is a digital performance of American composer Frank Ticheli’s a capella choral work. Premiere Date: Oct. {…}
The Salzburg Festival is teaming up with Swarovski again for a revival production of “Tosca.” The festival announced that for one of the three costumes that have been created for Anna Netrebko, the red concert dress was conceived as “restrained fireworks” featuring 40,000 Swarovski crystals in four different shades of red. Costume Design Jan Meier noted that over the shining {…}
The Lakes Area Music Festival has canceled its summer program due to two positive COVID-19 cases. The Minnesota-based festival announced via social media that “two of our artists have tested positive for COVID. Therefore, it is with deep regret and with the safety of our LAMF community in mind that we must cancel all remaining activities of our 2021 season.” {…}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Earl Lee as its new assistant conductor for the next two seasons. He is set to make his first appearance at the 2022 Tanglewood season followed by a series of concerts during the 2022-23 season. In addition to leading his own performances, Lee will work alongside Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director {…}
(Credit: Ennevi/Santiago) The Arena di Verona is set to broadcast Verdi’s “La Traviata” in September. The production will be filmed with a cast that includes Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo, and George Petean and conducted by Francesco Ivan Ciampa. Performances will be held on August 7 and 19 and then broadcast on ZDF Sept. 5 and then on 3sat on Sept. {…}
(Credit: Markus Gårder) The Drottningholms Slottsteater in Sweden was forced to cancel the premiere of Georg Friedrich Händel’s opera “Agrippina” due to COVID-19. On August 7, 2021, the theater’s General Manager Anna Karinsdotter alongside director Staffan Valdemar Holm informed the audience that one of the singers in the production tested positive for the virus and as result, the theater was {…}
UK-based Guildhall School of Music and Drama has announced its autumn season of performances. Among the concerts and masterclasses, there will be an operatic double-bill of Bizet’s “Le docteur Miracle” and Pauline Viardot’s “Cendrillon.” The department celebrates the 200th anniversary of Viardot’s birth with its new staging, which is presented in association with the Royal Opera House. Originally scored for {…}
(Credit: Paul Margolis) On August 17, 2021, South Street Seaport Museum will present “Opera In Depth: Exploring ‘What Lies Beneath,’” a virtual discussion of On Site Opera’s upcoming production of the work. “What Lies Beneath” is a series of six vignettes which draws upon work such as Anthony Davis’ “Amistad,” Juliana Hall’s “Ahab,” Damien Geter’s “1619,” Britten’s “Billy Budd,” John {…}
This week’s word search will shine a light on interpreters of one of opera’s greatest villains. Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for it to appear on the screen. For those using a mobile device, we highly recommend turning it {…}
