Ainhoa Arteta, Plácido Domingo & Yolanda Auyanet Highlight Teatro De La Zarzuela’s 2019-20 Season

The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2019-20 season featuring eight full productions, gala concerts, recitals, and many important Spanish and international stars. The season opens with Jesus Guridi’s “El Caserio” starring Raquel Lojendo, Angel Odena, Andeka Gorrotxateg, Marife Nogales, and Pablo Garcia Lopez. The second cast includes Carmen Solis, Joe Antonio Lopez, Jose Luis Sola, Ana Cristina Marco, and Jorge {…}

May 23, 2019

Jonathan Tetelman & Jodie Devos Lead Opera Orchestre National De Montpellier’s 2019-20 Season

Opéra de Montpellier has announced its 2019-20 season featuring contemporary and numerous classic works. The season opens with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” starring Karah Son, Fleur Baron, Jonathan Tetelman, and Armando Noguera. Ted Huffmann directs the production with Matteo Beltrami conducting. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-6, 2019 Reinhardt Wagner’s “Poil de carotte” gets a production with Zabou Breitman directing and Victor Jacob conducting. Amélie Tatti, Sylvia Bergé, Bernard Alane, Yoann Le {…}

May 23, 2019

Julia Bullock & Marc Laho Lead Opéra De Lille’s 2019-20 Season

The Opéra de Lille has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of rare works and one of the great masterpieces of the canon. Purcell’s “The Indian Queen” opens the season with Anna Dennis, Tristan Hambleton, Hugo Hymas, Gareth John, Rowan Pierce, Nick Pritchard, Christopher Ettridge, Elisabeth Hopper, James McGregor, Julie Legrand, Ben Porter, and Jules Werner. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Guy Cassiers’ production. {…}

May 23, 2019

Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season

The Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2019-20 season featuring some of the greatest stars in the world and a number of new productions of some of the great masterworks in the world. Nicola Alaimo takes on Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” with Daniele Rustioni conducting a production by Tobia Kratzer. The cast also includes Enkeledja Shkoza, Jennifer Courcier, John Osborn, Jean Teitgen, and Jane Archibald. Performance {…}

May 23, 2019

5 Facts About Piotr Beczala’s Relationship To Wagner’s Music

This summer Piotr Beczala is set to return to the Bayreuth Festival to reprise the title role in Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” Performances are set to reunite the tenor with Anna Netrebko and Christian Thielemann. Back in January, the tenor sat down with the Wagner Society of New York to talk about the famed composer and performing with Anna Netrebko. Here are {…}

May 23, 2019

Conductor James Hendry To Make His Welsh Debut At The 2019 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

On Jul. 2, 2019, British conductor James Hendry will make his Welsh debut at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. He will lead the British Sinfonietta through an “opera pick and mix” concert, with repertoire ranging from opera to orchestral works to musical theatre. According to the press release, the Kingston upon Hull native’s “raw, emotive conducting style” is inspired by {…}

May 23, 2019

Opera Meets Film: How ‘Samson et Dalila’s’ Seduction Scene Creates Unification In ‘The Aftermath’

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 features the Keira Knightley {…}

May 23, 2019

Lionel Bringuier Appointed Opéra de Nice’s New Artist Associate

Opéra de Nice recently announced that conductor Lionel Bringuier has been appointed the company’s new Artist Associate. Bringuier will return to his hometown following his recent successes with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Staatskapelle Dresden to lead the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice – the orchestra with whom he played his very first solo as a cellist at the {…}

May 23, 2019

Nelly Miricioiu Headlines Virginia Zeani Royal Opera Festival 2019

The Virginia Zeani Royal Opera Festival (Festivalul Regal de Opera) has announced details of its third edition, which will take place May 31 – Jul. 7, 2019. Events will be held at Palace of Culture in Târgu Mureș, the Hungarian Opera of Cluj, or The Culture House of Reghin, Romania. Vladimir Lungu will serve as Principal Conductor. L’Assoluta Virginia Zeani {…}

May 23, 2019

Ann Petersen, Christopher Ventris & Michele Losier Highlight Royal Danish Opera’s 2019-2020 Season

The Royal Danish Opera announced its 2019-20 season, a well balanced season which will feature two world premieres, a musical, a concert version of a Wagner opera, modern rarities, and several favorites. The season opens with Barrie Kosky’s production of “Carmen,” which was previously seen in Frankfurt and in London. French Canadian soprano Michele Losier will sing her first staged Carmen, {…}

May 22, 2019

Opera National De Paris 2018-19 Review: Iolanta

A few facts you need to know before reading this review: Russian opera is something extremely different. Such operas are just perfect for diversifying a repertoire of any European or American opera house. The main reason you might not like Russian opera is an incorrect performance. You need to be a Russian native to understand if it sounds correct. You {…}