Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Aida Garifullina Headline Vienna State Opera Daily Streams in April

The Vienna State has announced the remainder of its online programming through the rest of April. To watch, head over to the company’s official website. April 14, 2020: Schwanensee (performance of 16. März 2014) conductor: Alexander Ingram | choreography: Rudolf Nurejew with Vladimir Shishov (Prinz Siegfried), Olga Esina (Odette/Odile), Dagmar Kronberger (Königin), Eno Peci (Zauberer Rotbart) April 15, 2020: Parsifal {…}

Apr 8, 2020

Budapest Festival Orchestra Saved by Government

The Hungarian Government and the Budapest Municipality have come to an agreement to save the Budapest Festival Orchestra. For months the orchestra has been dealing with insolvency and music director Ivan Fischer has been speaking out against the populist ideas of Hungary’s leader Vitor Orbán. Adam Fischer, Ivan’s brother, also has criticized the policies of the current leader’s administration. In {…}

Apr 8, 2020

Verdi Chorus to Present Online Concert

(Credit: The Verdi Chorus) The Verdi Chorus is set to present its first online concert on April 18, 2020 when it streams its 2018 showcase “The Force of Destiny.” The performance, which featured sequences from such operas as “La Forza del Destino,” “La Traviata,” “Nabucco,” and “Die Fledermaus,” will be streamed on the company’s Facebook page. That concert featured four {…}

Apr 8, 2020

Spain’s Minister of Culture & Sport Wants to Reschedule Canceled Performances

Spain’s minister of culture and sport José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes has stated that the best way to help artists through the current crisis is to rescheduled performances that were recently canceled. The official stated publicly that he has no desire to cancel events that were unable to take place as a result of the spread of COVID-19. Rodríguez Uribes has, {…}

Apr 8, 2020

Handel and Haydn Society to Pay All Artists for Canceled 2019-20 Performances

The Handel and Haydn Society has pledged to pay musicians for canceled concerts scheduled throughout the remainder of the 2019-20 season. Per a press release, the company will pay artists 100 percent of the salary contractually agreed upon. The payments will total over $350,000 for 88 orchestra and chorus musicians. Artists will receive their payments on the same day they {…}

Apr 8, 2020

David Hertzberg’s Award-Winning Opera to Get Debut Recording

(Credit: Andrew Bogard) Tzadik Records has announced that it will release David Hertzberg’s “The Wake World” on April 24, 2020, making the debut recording of the work. “The Wake World” had its world premiere at Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O17 in a production directed by R.B. Schlather at The Barnes Foundation. The opera won the Music Critics Association of North America’s {…}

Apr 8, 2020

New National Theatre, Tokyo Launches New Streaming Service

(Image Source: NNTT Official Website) The New National Theatre, Tokyo will launch “NNTT at Home,” a new streaming service, on April 10, 2020. The service will offer up one performance of a full-length opera per week starting with a 2018 production of “Die Zauberflöte.” The Mozart Opera was performed in October 2018 as the season opening showcase; the production, which {…}

Apr 8, 2020

On Site Opera Artistic Council to Host Industry Discussion Series

This week, On Site Opera is undertaking a new initiative to bring industry professionals together for a series of informative online discussions. These sessions, delivered by the members of On Site Opera’s Artistic Advisory Council, will cover aspects of the opera creation process, such as arts administration, design and production, marketing, directing, and talent management. “I’m thrilled that the Artistic {…}

Apr 8, 2020

Valentina Peleggi Appointed Music Director of Richmond Symphony

(Credit: Bo Lutoslawski) Richmond Symphony has announced that Italian conductor Valentina Peleggi will serve as their next Music Director, effective July 1, 2020. Peleggi will be the sixth Music Director in the company’s history, as well as the first woman to occupy the role. Peleggi has worked with such organizations as the OSESP Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, the English National {…}

Apr 8, 2020

Andrea Bocelli to Perform ‘Music for Hope’ on Easter Sunday

Andrea Bocelli is set to perform a concert entitled “Music for Hope” on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, that will be streamed worldwide. The event, which will take place at the historic Duomo in Milan, will be made possible in part through the hospitality of the Archpriest and the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo. There will be no audience present, but {…}

Apr 8, 2020

Grange Park Opera to World Premiere Rediscovered Opera by Sir John Tavener

Grange Park Opera has recently discovered a previously unperformed work by composer Sir John Tavener and is set to provide it with its world premiere in 2024. Tavener is one of the most acclaimed British composers of the post-war era and his final opera, “Krishna” has now been uncovered after 14 years in manuscript form. The company will undertake the {…}