Spotlight Artists Management Streams Christmas Concert 2020

Spotlight Artists Management has released its Christmas Concert 2020 for online viewing via the company’s official YouTube channel. The performance which took place on Dec. 12, featured performances by soprano Zoya Gramagin, soprano Dilara Unsal, soprano Nozomi Yoshuda, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, baritone Billy Huyler, and pianist Alexander Chaplinsky. The showcase included music by Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and a number {…}

Dec 23, 2020

Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in Tokyo

(Credit: Fernando Sancho) Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado will conduct the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo for the performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Dec. 23, 25 & 26, 2020. The famed “Choral” symphony will showcase soprano Eri Takahashi, mezzo-soprano Etsuko Kanoh, tenor Naoki Miyasato, and baritone Shin Taniguchi. The presentation will also feature New National Theatre Chorus. Heras-Casado recently {…}

Dec 23, 2020

The Crossing Releases Holiday Film ‘You Can Plan on Me’

The Crossing has announced the release of “You Can Plan on Me,” a new short film by Luke Carpenter and Emma Oehlers with audio by Paul Vasquez. The video is conducted by Donald Nally and features members of The Crossing performing from their homes. The music is based on an excerpt of Aaron Helgeson’s “A way far home” with words {…}

Dec 23, 2020

Quinn Kelsey & Hawai’i Opera Theatre Release Holiday Video

The Hawai’i Opera Theatre has released a new video of Quinn Kelsey performing “Silent Night.” The new video is the latest project Kelsey has collaborated on with the Hawaiian company. Additionally, he is set to participate in the Hawai‘i Opera Theatre’s first kanikapila, an impromptu jam session. He will sing alongside Virtuoso ‘ukelele player, Taimane on Jan. 29 at 1:00 {…}

Dec 23, 2020

Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen Knighted

(Credit: Palau de la Música Catalana official website) Famed Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has received an Honorary Knighthood by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, for services to music and to relations between the United Kingdom and Finland. “This is a true personal honor, but more than that, it is meaningful to have artists honored at a national – at a {…}

Dec 22, 2020

Opera Omaha Postpones 2020-21 Season

Opera Omaha has announced that it will postpone its 2020-21 season. In a press release, the company stated that the decision was made to “protect the safety of our patrons, artists, and staff” and there is an intent to work with artists and creative teams to offer up the previously announced titled in innovative productions during the 2021-22 season. The {…}

Dec 22, 2020

Mozart Week 2021 Canceled

(Credit: Andreas Hechenberger) Rolando Villazón, the Artistic Director of the Mozartwoche in Salzburg, has announced that the organizers have canceled the famed Mozart Week 2021, which was supposed to take place from Jan. 21 – Jan. 31, 2021. “We are very sorry that we will not be able to hold the Mozart Week 2021. With a lot of optimism, we {…}

Dec 22, 2020

Tara Erraught Leads Bayerische Staatsoper’ ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Stream

The Bayerische Staatsoper will celebrate the holiday season with a livestream of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” The opera will be streamed on Dec. 24 and will include members of the State Opera ensemble Emily Pogorelc as Gretel and Kevin Conners as the Witch. The production will also star Tara Erraught as Hansel it will be conducted by Friedrich Haider. The {…}

Dec 22, 2020

Angel Blue, Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena & Matthew Polenzani Lead Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s Eve Gala

Angel Blue, Javier Camarena, Matthew Polenzani, and Pretty Yende will celebrate the New Year with the Metropolitan Opera’s “Met Stars Live in Concert” series on Dec. 31, 2020. The performance, which will begin at 9:00 p.m. GMT, will feature the superstars live from Parktheater, a stunning example of neo-Baroque architecture situated in Augsburg, Germany. The program will include arias, duets, {…}

Dec 22, 2020

Rosa Feola & María José Siri Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s Christmas Concert

The Teatro Filarmonico is set to present a Christmas concert starring Rosa Feola and María José Siri. The concert, which will be conducted by Daniel Oren, will be streamed on WebTV and YouTube on Dec. 25 and on the theater’s Facebook page on Dec. 26. The concert will feature Corelli’s Concerto grosso no. 8, Händel’s “I know that my Redeemer liveth” from {…}

Dec 22, 2020

Juan Diego Flórez, Erin Morley, Piotr Beczala Headline Vienna State Opera’s Streaming Lineup This Week

The Vienna State Opera has announced its latest streaming options for this week. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on operas. Things kick off with Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” in a production by Marco Arturo Marelli. Juan Diego Florez, Daniela Fally, Luca Pisaroni, and Maria Nazarova star. Streaming Date: Dec. 22, 2020 After Christmas, audiences will {…}