The Malmö Opera has announced its 2020-21 season. The Swedish opera house kicks off its season with “Transformations in Hell.” The opera by composer Isabelle Aboulker and librettist Jean-Pierre Vaguer will be directed by Dite Hammar and stars Tor Lind The, Hanna Fritzson, Linnea Andreassen, and Teresia Books. Performance Dates: July 25 – August 22, 2020 Next on the slate {…}
The Festival Castell de Peralada in Spain has announced that it has no intentions of moving forward with its 2020 edition. The festival was set to open on July 2, 2020. “We profoundly lament having to communicate that the 2020 festival will not take place this summer,” stated Isabel Suqué, the President of the Fundación Castell de Peralada in the {…}
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season featuring well-known conductors and international soloists. In a press release the organization noted that due to the ongoing pandemic, “it’s prepared to act on all recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control, the State of Texas, Bexar County, and the City of San Antonio, should circumstances require changes to its {…}
San Diego Opera has announced that it has been awarded four California Arts Council grants totaling $77,000. A total of $38,000 from two grants will be used for the “Words and Music” program. The first grant will place an emphasis on the summer and after-school program at La Maestra Center for Youth Advancement in City Heights while the second will {…}
The Opéra National de Paris has announced that starting on May 27, 2020, it will be streaming “Violetta,” a short film based on Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The short film, which was produced by 3e scène, was created in 2019, at l’Opéra Bastille and the Hôpital Gustave-Roussy de Villejuif. It merges the story of opera star Aleksandra Kurzak as she interprets {…}
(Credit: Marco Borggreve/Rudiger Schestag) The Bamberg Symphony in Germany has announced its 2020-21 season. For this article we have highlighted the vocal performances. Jakub Hrůša conducts Anja Petersen in Herrmann and Suk alongside the Berlin Philharmonic. The performance is part of the Musikfest Berlin. Performance Date: August 31, 2020 Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Brahms Deutsche Requiem with Christina Landshamer and Andrè {…}
(Credit: Frances Marshall) “Opera in the Times of COVID” is an interview series in collaboration with photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio. We talk to notable figures from around the opera world to get their perspective on how they feel these challenging times may change opera’s present and future. Missy Mazzoli is one of the great opera composers of {…}
(Credit: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it will furlough dozens of administrators. The New York Times is reporting that due to financial woes, the Met would furlough 41 members of its administrative staff and 11 others will be cut to part-time hours. The furloughed workers will receive two weeks of pay and will retain their health {…}
(Credit: Karli Cadel/Glimmerglass Festival) The Glimmerglass Festival in upstate New York has canceled the 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release Artistic Director Francesca Zambello announced the news stating, “It was our hope to be together this summer, to provide song and story for those longing for normalcy and respite. It is now clear that it {…}
Opera Philadelphia has announced week two of its Digital Festival O. This week, the company will present “We Shall Not Be Moved” in its television premiere presented in collaboration with WHYY-TV12. The chamber opera will be broadcast on Sunday, May 10, at 2:00 p.m. throughout the Greater Philadelphia region on WHYY and will premiere on YouTube and operaphila.org on May {…}
Metropolitan Opera star Renee Tatum will speak about her career to Cal State Fullerton College of the Arts students via video conference on May 5 at 4 p.m. Tatum will speak with members of CSUF’s University Singers, directed by Robert Istad. The group regularly performs with professional orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra {…}