(Credit: MetOpera.org / Anna S / Manfred Baumann) The Vienna State Opera has announced that it will be present 15 live concert performances throughout June. In keeping with social distancing protocols, the concerts will be for a maximum of 100 audience members. All of the performances will be live-streamed via the company’s official platform (available also on Apple TV, Amazon {…}
The Bilbao Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five productions with four Italian works and one French opera. Here is a look at what the Spanish season will offer. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” with Paolo Bordogna, Sabina Puértolas, Renato Girolami, Juan José de León, Pietro Spagnoli, and Marina Viotti. Christophe Rousset conducts the production {…}
Opera Queensland has launched a new daily performance program to support artists. The program, which is called “An Aria a Day” was initiated last month with the company posting one performance every day until there is a return to the stage. Since it started, over 120 singer shave contributed included soprano Rachelle Durkin, tenor Adrian Dwyer, mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Dark, and {…}
(Credit: Tristram Kenton / Alastair Muir / Monika Ritterhaus / Jon Persson) OperaVision has announced its programming for the first half of June which will be mainly focused on English-language operas. First up will be Opera North’s production of “Trouble in Tahiti” starring Wallis Giunta and Quirjin de Lang. Tobias Ringborg conducts. Streaming Dates: June 2, 2020 – June 30, {…}
The Opéra de Dijon in France has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five operas and a number of concerts. Here is a breakdown of the season. Opera Zemlinsky’s “Görge le rêveur” is set to be conducted by Marta Gardolińska in a production by Laurent Delvert. Peter Wedd, Helena Juntunen, Susanna Hurrell, Andrew Greenan, Piotr Lempa, Allen Boxer, Alexander Sprague, Wieland Satter, Piotr {…}
The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) have announced that they have engaged the services of medical experts to assist with COVID-19 safety planning and ensure that their members are protected. The two unions will work with Dr. Mark Cunningham-Hill, Dr. Laura S. Welch, and Dr. Stephen J. Anderson, who have experience in {…}
(Image Source: Bruce Duffie) French vocal coach and harpsichordist Janine Reiss passed away on June 2, 2020, at the age of 99. A prominent figure in the 60’s, Reiss specialized in readying singers for the French repertoire, with notable performers including Maria Callas, Teresa Berganza, Mady Mesple, Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti. From 1973 to 1980, Reiss was {…}
The Dallas Opera has announced that its Biennial Lone Star Vocal Competition will move online in 2020. The competition will allow audiences to vote on their favorite singer by checking videos of each contestant and voting here. The voting period will take place between June 1-7, 2020. The winner of the competition will receive a $1,000 cast prize and will {…}
Opera Holland Park is postponing its streaming of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” In a press release, the company said, “Opera Holland Park is aware of the #BlackOutTuesday movement among parts of the music industry that began to gather pace yesterday. We are individually and as a company committed to equality and we understand the desire of the music industry {…}
The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that it will open its doors on June 12. The company stated via social media that it will open with “Das Rheingold.” The opera will be performed five times in a 90-minute chamber edition by the British composer Jonathan Dove. The first part of Wagner’s tetralogy will star Derek Welton, Padraic Rowan, Thomas Blondelle, {…}
Opera Holland Park has unveiled its 2021 season which will feature four total operas from the standard repertory. The season is set to begin on June 1, 2021 with new productions of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen,” and Mascagni “L’Amico Fritz.” The company will also be reviving the 2018 staging of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Casting {…}