Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ Opens Granada Festival in Tribute to COVID-19 Victims

The 69th Grenada Festival opened its 32-day extravaganza of music with a solemn performance of Mozart’s “Requiem” at the Granada Cathedral. Soloists soprano Katharina Konradi, countertenor Carlos Mena, tenor Xabier Anduaga and bass-baritone Carlos Álvarez joined the Grenada Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Andrea Marcon. The Archbishopric of Granda co-produced the performance with “la Caixa” Foundation. “la Caixa” {…}

Jun 27, 2020

Steven Brosvik Named President and CEO of Utah Symphony-Utah Opera

In a decision announced by the Utah Symphony-Utah Opera on June 24th, Steven Brosvik, chief operations officer at the Nashville Symphony, has been named President and CEO of Utah’s flagship music organizations. Brosvik has held the position of COO at Nashville for 15 years and will assume his new role on August 17th. Since September 2019, USUO has been lead by interim {…}

Jun 26, 2020

Anita Rachvelishvili to Headline Greek National Opera Festival

On July 18, 2020, the Greek National Opera will be launching their national festival. Led by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, this celebration of arts and culture will be held at archaeological sites around the country. As a display of Greece’s recovery, the festival will be opened with a performance held at the foot of the Acropolis in the {…}

Jun 26, 2020

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra 2020 Review: Das Lied von der Erde

“What could Mahler’s ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ might mean for the people gathered in a beautiful inner yard of Alma Mater Vilnensis on this hot summer evening?” These were my thoughts as I entered the yard of Vilnius University. “Would it inspire them? Would it hit?” That night would be the first large scale classical music event in Vilnius {…}

Jun 26, 2020

Anna Netrebko, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Pretty Yende, & Natalie Dessay Highlight Opéra National de Bordeaux’s 2020-21 Season

The Opéra National de Bordeaux in France has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five operas and several recitals and concerts. Opera Paul Daniel conducts a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” by Pierre Rambert. Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Elbenita Kajtazi alternate the role of Violetta with Benjamin Bernheim and Kevin Amiel as Alfredo and Lionel Lhote and Anthony Clark-Evans as Germont. {…}

Jun 26, 2020

Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces First Half of 2020-21 Season

The Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf has announced the first three months of its 2020-21 season featuring chamber operas, among other works. Here is a look at the schedule. The season opens with Comedian Harmonists in concert with Cornel Frey, Jussi Myllys, Luis Fernando Piedra, David Fischer, Florian Simson, Sander De Jong, Dmitri Vargin, Jake Muffett, Günes Gürle, Sami {…}

Jun 26, 2020

Opera Omaha Receives $200K in Grant Awards

Opera Omaha has announced that it will receive $200,000 in Grant Funding for its Holland Community Opera Fellowship program from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town Grant and The Hearst Foundations. The Holland Community Opera Fellowship is a program that brings entrepreneurial artists to live and work in Omaha for two seasons while they collaborate with community leaders {…}

Jun 26, 2020

Susan Graham, Eun Sun Kim Headline Merola Opera Program’s Online ‘Master Chats’ Series

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program has announced that it will be offering online coaching and instruction for the students of the 2020 program, along with a series of public “master chats” with prominent industry professionals. The instructors for this year’s program include Lyric Opera of Chicago vocal coach Alan Darling, international director Chuck Hudson, {…}

Jun 26, 2020

J’Nai Bridges & Gustavo Dudamel to Perform in Global Concert & Summit

(Credit: © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016) On June 27, 2020, Global Citizen and the European Commission will be partnering for a streamed event titled “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – The Summit & The Concert.” The event will raise funds in support of marginalized communities and those living in poverty as they battle with the coronavirus. This event will {…}

Jun 26, 2020

Michigan Opera Theatre Announces Major Award from National Endowment for the Humanities

Michigan Opera Theatre has announced that it will receive $175,000 in grant rewards from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of its Home Digital programming campaign. Michigan Opera Theatre is but one of eight performing arts organizations to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the only opera company; this is also the first such {…}

Jun 26, 2020

MET Orchestra Launches Fundraising Campaign

(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The MET Orchestra has launched its fundraising initiative and will channel its energy into education and engagement through teaching and performing. The orchestra’s website has been redesigned and it is leaning on its 501(c)(3) status to accept donations for its musicians, which have been furloughed since April 1, 2020. The orchestra is using the {…}