The Semperoper Dresden has announced two cast changes for its Jan. 2, 2019 performance of “La Traviata.” The company announced that tenor Pavol Breslik will sing the role of Alfredo filling in for Renè Barbera, who was originally scheduled to sing. Baritone Antonio Yang will also return to the role of Giorgio Germont after performing two shows on Dec. 31. {…}
The Florida Grand Opera has announced that it will celebrate the new year with a BOGO sale. The company announced that if you purchase one full price ticket to Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” or Massenet’s “Werther,” ticket buyers can get another ticket for $20.19. The BOGO sale has already started and is set to expire at midnight on Jan.6, {…}
Padua is not exactly one of Italy’s opera hotspots. It hosts at most three productions per year, two at its main theatre, “Teatro Verdi,” during October and December, and one outdoors in the courtyard of the Castello Carrarese during August. The choice of works tends to be conservative, and the run for each opera never amounts to more than a {…}
The Supreme Court in Bilbao has rejected soprano María Bayo’s appeal. Bayo challenged the Supreme Court after the institution imdenified the soprano with only € 3,366.66 after she sued the Bilbao opera for firing her from a production of “Don Giovanni” without notice during the 2016-17 season. The soprano appealed the decision, requesting € 126,000 for moral damages and losses. With {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to celebrate New Year’s Eve with a star-studded cast of “Adriana Lecouvreur” and talk has been about the diva and the tenor. But there is one artist in the cast that can’t be overlooked in the least – Anita Rachvelishvili. These performances of the Princess de Bouillon will be special because they will feature the {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper will live stream the Jan. 6, 2019 performance of Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” via its Staatsoper.TV. The free transmission will kick off at 6 p.m. local time (12 p.m. EST and 9 a.m. PST) and is set to feature Selene Zanetti as Marie. Günther Groissböck and Pavol Breslik appear as Kezal and Hans respectively with other cast {…}
OperaVision will showcase a performance of Mozart’s perennial masterpiece “The Marriage of Figaro,” live from the Royal College of Music on Jan. 1, 2019. The new opera will feature Harry Thatcher, Josephine Goddard, Julieth Lozano, Adam Maxey, Lauren Joyanne Morris, Katy Thomson, Timothy Edlin, Joel Williams, Samuel Jenkins, Poppy Shotts, and Conall O’Neill. The production will be conducted by Michael {…}
The Semperoper Dresden has announced a number of cast changes for its two Dec. 31 performances of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The company announced that for its 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. showcases mezzo Jelena Kordić will step in for Grace Durham in the role of Flora Bervoix. The company also announces that tenor René Barbera will return to the company {…}
Mezzo soprano Elīna Garanča will not be participating in the Opéra de Paris’ upcoming production of “Les Troyens.” The company made the announcement via Twitter noting that the Latvian artist had withdrawn due to health reasons. In her stead, the role of Didon will be performed by Russian mezzo Ekaterina Semenchuk, who was previously scheduled to appear in “Rusalka.” Per {…}
“Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” Our community has a massive impact on who we are to become and this could not be truer for those those impacted by The Governor’s School of the Arts (GSA). The school, which became a full-time program in 1987 with the aim of nurturing young artists at the {…}
Born on Dec. 30, 1952, soprano June Anderson was the first non-Italian opera star to take home the famed Bellini d’Oro prize. Born in Boston and raised in Wallingford, Connecticut, she began vocal studies at age 11 and wound up becoming a finalist of the Met Opera auditions at the age of 17. A Yale graduate in French, she went {…}
