(Credit: Örjan Jakobsson) The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced a cast change for its upcoming recital “Donne disprezzate.” The theater announced that mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg will replace Anna Bonitatibus, who was forced to cancel due to laryngitis. Hallenberg is a well-known baroque singer who has performed at the Theater an der Wien, BBC Proms, LA Philharmonic, and Palau de {…}
(Credit: Peter Hundert I NDR) American conductor Alan Gilbert has been appointed as the new Music Director of the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and will begin in the spring of 2021. Gilbert will combine his new position with the post of Chief Conductor at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the position which he took in the fall of 2019. In {…}
Photo credit: Gordon Welters The Berlin Staatsoper unter der Linden has officially confirmed that it will honor its contract with Plácido Domingo. Domingo is slated to appear in Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Jan. 16 and 19 in the role of Giorgio Germont. In a press release, Matthias Schulz, by the Staatsoper’s Intendant said, “In this specific case, we are sticking {…}
(Credit: Paul Marc Mitchell) The English National Opera is set to present Bizet’s “Carmen” starting on Jan. 29, 2020. The famed work will be presented in a production directed by Calixto Bieito that explores the relationship of the sexes at the end of Francisco Franco’s rule in Spain. This version is a co-production with the Den Norske Opera and Ballet. {…}
Composer Victoria Bond and librettist Hilary Bell’s “Mrs. President” is set to return to New York’s Symphony Space on April 27, 2020. The concert performance will feature Valerie Bernhardt as Victoria Woodhull, Scott Ramsay as Henry Ward Beecher, Michael Kelly as Col. James Blood, Katie Hannigan as Roxie, Keely Futterer as Isabella Beecher, and David Charles Tay as Joseph Treat. {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment “The Shawshank Redemption.” You {…}
OperaVision will present Kalniņš’ “I Played, I Danced” live from the Latvian National Opera and Ballet on Jan. 31, 2020. The opera, which was composed in 1977, will star Raimonds Bramanis, Marlēna Keine, Jānis Apeinis, Krišjānis Norvelis, Rihards Mačanovskis, Ilona Bagele, Rinalds Kandalincevs, Juris Ādamsons, Laura Grecka, Evija Martinsone, and Andžella Goba, among others. Andžella Goba will conduct a production {…}
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has announced its second Bach Festival, which is set to take place throughout June 2020 and will feature performances at a wide range of locations in New York City. For the purposes of this article, the focus will be on vocal performances of which there is only one. The performance in question is entitled “Bach {…}
(Credit: Royal Opera House) Famed Australian baritone Peter Coleman-Wright has been in Canberra negotiating to become the artistic director of a new company, The National Opera, to be based in the nation’s capital. The celebrated singer has been giving a lot of thought to the problems that beset young singers in Australia and he wants to create a safe haven {…}
(Credit: Lisa-Marie-Mazzucco) Boston Baroque is set to present Handel’s “Ariodante” on April 24 and 25, 2020. The performance, which will take place at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, will be led by mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy in the title role with soprano Layla Claire performing for the first time as Ginerva; Claire is replacing Kiera Duffy, who withdrew from the {…}
(Photo Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) On Jan. 9, 2020, the Metropolitan Opera resumed this season’s run of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Zeffirelli’s classically gorgeous production was enlivened by a solid cast of artists under the baton of conductor Marco Armiliato. For this revival, Gregory Keller directed the production which saw it’s performers through a myriad of comedic, animated interactions {…}