Danielle De Niese, Sarah Connolly, Allan Clayton, Barbara Hannigan Headline Glyndebourne’s Open House in August 2020

Glyndebourne has announced the latest operas that it will be streaming as part of its Open House program. First up will be David McVicar’s production of “Giulio Cesare” starring Danielle de Niese as Cleopatra and Sarah Connolly as Cesare. Other cast members include Alexander Ashworth, Patricia Bardon, Angelika Kirchschlager, Rachid Ben Abdeslam, Christophe Dumaux, and Christopher Maltman. William Christie conducts. Streaming {…}

Aug 6, 2020

Julia Bullock Headlines Guildhall School of Music and Drama Digital Fall 2020 Program

Guildhall School of Music and Drama has announced new digital programming for its fall 2020 season. Starting in September, audiences will get access to live broadcasts and pre-recorded content across all school departments. The opera department will also present three Italian works directed by Stephen Medcalf, including Mascagni’s “Zanetto,” Wolf-Ferrari’s “Il Segreto di Susanna,” and Donizetti’s “Rita.” Additionally, the organization {…}

Aug 6, 2020

Opera Atelier Announces Reimagined 35th Anniversary Season

Opera Atelier has announced a reimagined 35th anniversary season, titled “A Season of Visions and Dreams.” During the new season, the company will present two fully-staged and live-streamed productions at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning. The first work on the program will be “Something Rich and Strange.” This new work will explore themes of visions and the supernatural {…}

Aug 6, 2020

Karen Slack & Damien Geter Named Artistic Advisors for Portland Opera

Portland Opera has announced that Karen Slack and Damien Geter have joined the company as Artistic Advisors. Both Slack and Geter will work alongside General Director Su Dixon on matters such as casting, repertoire, public programming, and community outreach. “Karen and Damien represent a new generation of leadership—informed by their individual commitments to social justice and cultural equity in the {…}

Aug 6, 2020

English National Opera Launches Program to Help COVID-19 Patients

(Credit: David Bebber/Reuters) The English National Opera will take part in”ENO Breathe,” a rehabilitation program aimed at supporting patients recovering from COVID-19. The six-week first phase I of the program will employ lullabies to help teach patients techniques that will focus on their breathing. In Phase II, the ENO and medical experts at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust around the {…}

Aug 6, 2020

Gregory Kunde, Jessica Pratt & Karah Son Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2020 Autumn Season

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has revealed a new autumn season at the Paladozza, the basketball stadium in Bologna, Italy. For this article, we will focus on the operatic performances. Opera The autumn season opens with a semi-staged production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Maria Rita Combattelli, Beatriz de Sousa Chaveiro, Klodjan Kacani, César Arrieta, Alberto Bonifazio, Jacobo Ochoa Piedrahita, {…}

Aug 6, 2020

Opera Meets Film: How Samuel Fuller’s ‘Shock Corridor’ Expresses POV Through Rossini’s ‘Largo al Factotum’

“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Samuel Fuller’s “Shock {…}

Aug 5, 2020

Jonas Kaufmann to Inaugurate the Hungarian State Opera’s Eiffel Art Studios Park

The Hungarian State Opera is set to inaugurate the new venue called Eiffel Art Studios on August 19. The gala performance will feature Jonas Kaufmann and artists of the Hungarian State Opera, including Gabriella Balga, Éva Bátori, Gergely Boncsér, Bernadett Fodor, Péter Fried, Zsolt Haja, Mihály Kálmándy, Bori Keszei, István Kovácsházi, Boldizsár László, Andrea Meláth, András Palerdi, Szilvia Rálik, Atala {…}

Aug 5, 2020

Composer Profile: Ethel Smyth, Composer & Suffragete

Born in 1858, the life of composer Ethel Smyth coincided with the vastly changing social landscape of Britain. Smyth is best remembered as an active contributor to the suffragette movement and as one of the most notable female composers of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Smyth was born in Sidcup, Kent to a large family on April 22, 1858. She {…}

Aug 5, 2020

Fort Worth Opera & McCammon Voice Competition Cancel 2020 Competition

The Fort Worth Opera and the McCammon Voice Competition Committee have announced the cancelation of the 2020 Competition due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a press release, the Committee informed each of the 30 semi-finalists that they will be granted an award of $300 to provide some financial relief during these difficult times. Semi-finalists will also be {…}

Aug 5, 2020

Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov Return to the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

(Credit: Yasuko Kageyama-Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) On August 6 and 9, Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will return to the Rome stage in a gala concert entitled “Omaggio a Roma.” The two stars will join forces with maestro Jader Bignamini and the Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma for an evening of music by Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Cilea, Giacomo Puccini, {…}