(Credits: Peter Knutson / Vicor Santiago / Andrey Uspensky) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced changes to its October 2020 schedule. The performances of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” slated for October 2, 2020; “Così fan tutte” scheduled for October 20 & 25, 2020; Verdi’s “La Traviata” scheduled for Oct. 10, 2020; Bizet’s “Carmen” slated for Oct. 16, 21 & 24, 2020; {…}
On Sept. 16, 2020, Minute Hand Opera will present the premiere of “Minutes to Midnight: A Nuclear Opera.” This new work, by composer John Sturt and librettist Sophia Chapadjiev, comes as part of Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2020, and explores the United States’ nuclear capabilities in the light of the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and {…}
OperaVision has announced the winners of their #OperaHarmony series, as well as details on their upcoming September programming. Running throughout August, #OperaHarmony presented 20 short, digital opera created by artists at home, with audiences voting for their favorite. Winning first prize was “Essential Business,” by composer Judith Lynn, librettist Anna Pool, and baritone Will Liverman. Second prize went to “A {…}
On October 17, 2020, Portland Opera will present “An Evening with Portland Opera: A Free & Virtual Concert from Rose City.” This concert will feature artists whose engagement with the company was interrupted by the pandemic, with all donations going to help secure the company and its members in this unstable time. This hour-long performance will be available for 30 {…}
(Credit: Simon Pauly) Joyce DiDonato continues the Metropolitan Opera’s “Met Stars Live in Concert” series on Sept. 12, 2020. The event, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET, will feature the superstar live from the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum in Germany. DiDonato will perform a program entitled “I Dream a World.” The title of the program is taken from a new work {…}
(Credit: Studio Amati_Bacciardi) Few singers have dominated the Rossini repertory in recent years the way Daniella Barcellona has. She debuted at the Rossini Festival in 1999 in the title role of “Tancredi,” and has since appeared in recordings of such works as “Sigismondo,” “La Donna del Lago,” “Il Viaggio a Reims,” “Adelaide of Borgogna,” and “Bianca de Falliero;” she has {…}
(Credits: Lukasz Rajchert / © Julian Laidig / RibaltaLuce Studio) Max Emanuel Cencic, the Artistic Director of the Bayreuth Baroque Festival, has announced that the Festival Online Edition will take place from Sep. 8 – Sep. 13, 2020. Full performances will be broadcast on the Bayreuth Baroque Festival Facebook Page. For the purposes of this article, we will focus only {…}
(Credit: © Stephen Frak) Faced with potentially dire consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Albert Hall has launched a public appeal for donations. Since the beginning of the pandemic in March, the iconic venue has lost over £18 million in income. While the UK Government has unveiled a £1.57 billion rescue fund for the cultural sector, the Royal {…}
(Credit: Yan Bleney) Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat has pulled out of the performances at the Verdi Gala concert at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on Sep. 12 & 13, 2020, per an official statement on the company’s website. Enkhbat is currently in Mongolia and unable to perform due to the quarantine, that was enforced by Mongolian authorities due to the ongoing {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma will present concerts at the Nuvola-Roma Convention Center for the first time. The company will present three concerts on Sept. 11, 18, and 23 in which the Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and singers from the “Fabbrica” Young Artist Program will participate. On Sept. 11, Gianluca Capuano will conduct a program dedictaed to Gluck {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The Barbican Centre is reopening after months of closure due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The hall announced that it will reopen with a series of concerts that will feature a socially-distanced, reduced audience. For those unable to attend the concerts, the Barbican Centre will live-stream the performances as well. The hall will open with a concert {…}