Veronica Simeoni, Roberto Aronica & Mariangela Sicilia Highlight Tearo Comunale di Bologna’s Summer Season

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced a summer season featuring several concert performances. For this article, we will only highlight concerts with opera excerpts or vocal performances. Michele Mariotti opens the summer with a concert featuring music from Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” as well as music by Beethoven and Mozart. Performance Date: June 26, 2020 Juraj Valčuha conducts Wagner’s {…}

Jun 23, 2020

Opéra de Montréal Cancels 2 Productions from Fall 2020

The Opéra de Montréal has announced that it will be canceling two productions from the fall portion of its 2020-21 season due to continued concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak. The productions of “La Traviata” and “Jenufa,” originally slated to open the season, will instead be programmed for the 2021-22 season. “Following the release of CNESST guidelines for health standards in {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Teatro Real de Madrid Unveils Safety Regulations On Stage & In Theater for Upcoming ‘Traviata’ Performances

The Teatro Real de Madrid has unveiled the safety regulations it will undertake in performing Verdi’s “La Traviata” starting on July 1. On Monday, the company unveiled that its star cast members, which include Marina Rebeka, Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Matthew Polenzani, and Artur Rucinski, among others, will perform a semi-staged production in costume 2 square meters apart. Artists’ individual {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Berlin State Opera Announces Changes to 2020-21 Season

The Berlin State Opera has announced changes to its 2020-21 season. The company stated that due to the COVID-19 crisis it will offer an alternate August and September schedule. The company announced that “in consideration of the current corona security measures, there will be a reduced seating capacity in August and September of about 370 seats in the Great Hall {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Anna Netrebko, Luca Salsi & Yusif Eyvazov Headline Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Summer Season

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its summer season at Circo Massimo. The season, which open on July 16 and runs through August 13, begins with Verdi’s “Rigoletto” conducted by Daniele Gatti in a new production by Damiano Michieletto. The opera will star Iván Ayón Rivas as the Duca di Mantova, Luca Salsi as Rigoletto, Rosa Feola as Gilda, Riccardo Zanellato as Sparafucile, {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Plácido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli & Marina Rebeka Lead Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2020-21 Season

The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five opera productions, concerts, and galas. Albin Grau conducts a cine concert of “Nosferatu.” Performance Dates: Oct. 21, 2020 Cecilia Bartoli headlines an evening of Baroque music alongside Sofia Vinnik, Petr Nekoranec, and José Coca Loza. Gianluca Capuano conducts a production by Jean-Louis Grinda. Performance Date: Nov. 19, 2020 Frédéric {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Canadian Opera Company Cancels Fall Season

The Canadian Opera Company has announced the cancellation of its in-person performances and programming through the fall of its 2020-21 season. In a press statement, Alexander Neef said, “Since the cancellation of our spring season back in March, we have been actively exploring every option regarding what our return to the stage might look like in our current reality. There {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Staatsoper Hamburg Suspends Substantial Portion of Fall 2020 Season

The Staatsoper Hamburg has suspended all performances between September through December with a few exceptions. The company has announced an opening concert entitled “Molto Agitato” which will take place on Sept. 5, 2020 and will feature music by Weill, Ligeti, and Brahms. The concert will feature five soloists and a chamber orchestra. Per the German company’s official website, the first {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Teatro Sao Carlos Announces Gala

The Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Portugal has announced an opera gala. The gala, which is set to take place on June 27 and 28, will star Dora Rodrigues, Rita Marques, Cátia Moreso, Carlos Cardoso, and André Henriques. José Eduardo Gomes will conduct the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa. The program will include works by Mascagni, Offenbach, Leoncavallo, Massenet, Verdi, and Bizet. The {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Teatro Real Announces Complete ‘La Traviata’ Casts For July Performances

The Teatro Read de Madrid has announced the complete cast for its upcoming performances of Verdi’s “La Traviata” The Spanish theater announced that the role of Violetta will be shared by Marina Rebeka, Ekaterina Bakanova, Lisette Oropesa, Lana Kos, and Ruth Iniesta while Michael Fabiano, Ivan Magrì, Matthew Polenzani, and Ismael Jordi will alternate as Alfredo. The role of Germot {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Luciano Pavarotti to Get Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

Iconic tenor Luciano Pavarotti will receive a star on Hollywood’s famed Walk of Fame. Per several reports, the famed tenor will receive the posthumous honor in 2021. In 1982, the tenor appeared in the film “Yes, Giorgio” alongside Kathryn Harrold. The film, about a famed opera singer who loses his voice during an American tour, was directed by Franklin J. {…}