(Credit: Danny Courtis) The Leeds Town Hall has announced that it will hold the first live concert on August 28 since the lockdown began in March this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tenor Nicholas Watts will perform a program that includes works by Mendelssohn, Schubert and Mozart. David Cowan will be at the piano. David Greed will lead the {…}
Several opera stars around the country will perform “Register Democrats and Save the World!” during an upcoming “A Night at the Opera” performance on Saturday, August 29 at 6 p.m. PST. Performers on this concert include sopranos Maggie Finnegan and Kala Maxym; mezzo-soprano Lisa Chavez; tenor Rodell Rosel and Orson van Gay II; baritone Jorell Williams, and bass Reid Bruton. {…}
Puccini’s “La Bohème” might just be the most popular opera ever written. We know its tunes. We know its love story. We know its ability to navigate the totality of life’s highs and lows in sweeping and crushing manner. So for this week’s quiz, we will test that knowledge more intimately. How well do you know it’s history? It’s libretto {…}
(Credits: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony / Rachel Harnisch official website / LA Opera official website / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website) Stadtcasino Basel has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is the full rundown. Baritone Christian Gerhaher will perform works by Schoeck, Moser, and Schubert. Heinz Holliger conducts {…}
(Credit: Jennifer Taylor) On Thursday, August 20, 2020, The Cleveland Orchestra launched its third collection of full-length concerts on TCO Classics, showcasing some of the orchestra’s most memorable performances across its first half-century at the Blossom Music Center. The collection spotlights performances by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, clarinetist Benny Goodman, pianist Van Cliburn, violinist Itzhak Perlman, soprano Roberta Peters, and {…}
This week several contemporary pieces are set for release as well as a Beethoven celebration. Here is a look at the albums you can stream this week. Christopher Tin – To Shiver the Sky Decca Gold releases “To Shiver the Sky” marking Christopher Tin’s major label debut album. The piece is “an oratorio about the history of flight, and mankind’s {…}
Cecilia Bartoli has unveiled details for the 2021 Salzburg Whitsun Festival. The 2021 edition will be themed after Rome, the city of Bartoli’s birth, and will feature a new production of Georg Friedrich Handel’s oratorio “Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” by Robert Carsen. Bartoli will star in the Handel masterpiece with Gianluca Capuano conducting Les Musiciens de Prince-Monaco. {…}
Tenor Kristian Benedikt has been hospitalized with COVID-19. The tenor’s Facebook page had a message from the tenor’s wife stating, “My dear friends, colleagues, loved ones. Since there were questions about yesterday’s post, I’ll specify: yes, me and my husband we got COVID-19. Both are in the hospital (I’m in intensive care), children are home. Please pray for us, for {…}
-We will update this article as more additional Information becomes available- After the coronavirus forced theaters to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 season and all summer festivals in North America, audiences are awaiting information on how the upcoming 2020-21 seasons will be affected. Here is a breakdown of schedule changes in North America (You can find European updates here): {…}
History was made on May 3, 2019. The first transgender baritone, Lucia Lucas, sang the title role in Mozart/Da Ponte’s, “Don Giovanni.” Such an important milestone in both opera and transgender history didn’t take place in New York or Los Angeles or Chicago; it was in Tulsa, Oklahoma that Lucas made her debut as Don Giovanni, a crucial and extremely {…}
(© Regina Aigner/BKA) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that it will open general dress rehearsals to young audiences aged up to 27. The intention is for younger audience members to get the opportunity to experience all the new opera and ballet productions at the house even before the official premiere date. Starting with the first production of the new season, {…}
