Italy has closed all theaters due to the coronavirus outbreak. On March 4, a decree was signed that has suspended all public activity in all of Italy until April 3 in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak in Italy which has seen the largest number of cases outside of Asia. The decree also noted that government meetings, concerts and cinemas {…}
On February 28, 2020, a globe-spanning roster of artists came together in St. John’s in the Village for an evening of cultural songs, presented by Meche Kroop of Voce di Meche. A firm supporter of the performing arts, Kroop encourages emerging artists through performance reviews as well as sponsoring prizes in vocal competitions with organizations such as NYIOP and the {…}
The Long Beach Opera is set to showcase Peter Maxwell Davies’ “The Lighthouse” this month at the New Pacific Visions Space in the Aquarium in Long Beach, California. The opera, which will get its first performance on March 21, 2020, is based on a true story about three officers who appear an abandoned lighthouse relieve three keepers who have mysteriously {…}
The Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2020-21 season featuring three productions and rising stars. The season opens with Wagner’s “Die Walküre” starring Canadian soprano Jennifer Maines as Brünnhilde and American bass-baritone Philip Horst as Wotan. Canadian director Glynis Leyshon and former Shaw Festival designer Pam Johnson reunite for the new production. Performance Dates: Oct. 15-24, 2020 Britten’s final opera “Death {…}
(Credit: Greg Locke © 2018.) David Pomeroy is set to release his debut album. The recognized tenor, who recorded the album from Feb. 10 to 13, 2020, will present 10 of opera’s greatest tenor arias with the 65 musicians of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marc David at Memorial University in St. John’s, NL. The arias included in the {…}
Opera Atelier is set to mount Handel’s “The Resurrection” as its finale to the 2019-20 season. The production, which kicks off on April 11, 2020, will be the Canadian premiere of the opera. It will be conducted by David Fallis with soprano Carla Huhtanen, soprano Meghan Lindsay, mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy, tenor Isaiah Bell, and bass Stephen Hegedus starring. The Artists of the Atelier Ballet will also appear in the {…}
The Ojai Music Festival has announced its 75th anniversary celebrations including two major appointments for upcoming festivals. The company started off by announcing the composer John Adams, best known for “Nixon in China” and “Doctor Atomic,” would be the music director for the 2021 festival, which will take place between June 10-13, 2021. But the bigger surprise was in the {…}
Through April, 2020, Celebrity Series of Boston will be presenting three operatic stars in recital. Making his debut with the series on April 1 will be bass-baritone Davóne Tines, performing a new vocal project which blends together a number of musical influences. On this, Tines says, “What I have to say, the experience I have to share, has been comprised {…}
The Biwako Hall in Japan has announced it will perform “Götterdämmerung” without an audience and stream it live on YouTube this weekend due to the coronavirus. The Biwako Hall is a publicly run theater for performing arts in Japan and this performance will mark the end of the company’s Ring cycle, which started in 2017. The opera will be live {…}
(Credit: Jason Homa) The Wexford Festival has unveiled its 69th Festival, which includes a program inspired by the work of William Shakespeare. It all kicks off with “Ein Wintermärchen,” a work by Karl Goldmark. The performance, which will take place that O’Reilly Theatre, stars Sergy Radchenko, Sophie Gordeladze, Deanna Breiwick, Simon Thorpe, Julian Hubbard, Rory Musgrave, Lancelot Nomura, and Zlata {…}
(Credit: Bill Cooper) Anticipation was already at fever pitch for this new production of “Fidelio” in London, even before Oliver Mears, Royal Opera Artistic Director, appeared on stage before curtain up, evidently the bearer of bad news. “Please don’t be alarmed,” he reassured: Tenor Jonas Kaufmann only had a cold, would indeed sing, and asked for our indulgence. “We’ve been {…}