The Sofia National Opera has announced its Easter programming beginning on April 10. The streaming platform will celebrate good Friday April 10 with Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. On Saturday, April 11, Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin will be streamed followed by the ballet “Don Quixote” on Easter April 12. BNT 2 will also stream “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on April 12. {…}
The 2020-21 winners for the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes was announced on Monday, April 6, 2020. The three winners include composer Anna Pidgorna and librettist Maria Reva; composer Parisa Sabet and librettist Nika Khanjani; and composer Sonia Paço-Rocchia and librettist Marie-Ève Bouchard. The three teams will each get an opportunity to stage new operas in 2021 in a co-production {…}
The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has been suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The festival announced stated, “Until today, we still had hope that due to the consistent and courageous measures of the Austrian government the situation would ease off in time and that the Whitsun Festival 2020 could take place as planned However, as announced in the press conference of {…}
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that Karina Canellakis will be its new Principal Guest Conductor starting this September 2020. The American conductor is set to lead the ensemble in four concerts including several with music by Beethoven. Canellakis is the Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Principal Guest Conductor of the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, made her company {…}
(Credit: Cantakukuruz) Famed Hungarian maestro Zoltán Peskó passed away on March 31, 2020 at the age of 83 in Budapest. Born on Feb. 15, 1937 in Budapest, Peskó studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music before moving to Rome to work with Franco Ferraro; he also developed under the tutelage of Pierre Boulez in Switzerland. Between 1966-73 he was {…}
The Arena di Verona is still expecting to open on June 13, 2020. According to L’Arena, director Cecilia Gasdia stated that the Arena di Verona is still slated to go through with its initial plans and that if that was to happen, it will be “the return of opera on an international level.” Gasdia however, noted that the organization is {…}
Vancouver Opera Board Chair, Bill Maclagan, Q.C., has announced that the current interim General Director, Tom Wright, will become Vancouver Opera’s General Director. Wright has worked extensively with the Vancouver Opera and has held senior leadership positions in opera in Canada and the U.S. for over 20 years. He was instrumental in the creation of the Yulanda M. Faris Young {…}
The LA Opera has announced that choreographer John Todd has died. In a social media post the company announced the news stating, “We are so saddened to learn about the passing of director and choreographer, John Todd, who choreographed our 2016 run of “La Bohéme” and was an associate choreographer for several productions.” Todd grew up in the Carolinas and {…}
The Tiroler Landestheater has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article we will only focus on the operas presented next season. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” conducted by Lukas Beikircher in a production by Thilo Reinhardt. Premiere Date: Sept. 26, 2020 Mussorgsky “Boris Godunov” will be directed by Thaddeus Strassberger and conducted by Tommaso Turchetta {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article we will only highlight vocal performances. Franz Welser-Möst conducts Eldman’s Rothko Chapel and Mozart’s Requiem and Ave verum corpus. The concert features soloists Lauren Snouffer, Daryl Freedman, Julian Prégardien, Matthew Plenk, Peter Kellner, and violist Wesley Collins. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-30, 2020 Alan Gilbert conducts Beethoven’s {…}
In bringing the performing arts to audiences practicing social distancing at home, Cleveland Opera Theater has launched its “Opera for All Online” program, a series of free events streamed through Zoom and Facebook on during the weekdays. Here is a look at the what the broadcast will have on offer. “Opera 101” – A family-friendly discussion and Q&A with Cleveland {…}