“What could Mahler’s ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ might mean for the people gathered in a beautiful inner yard of Alma Mater Vilnensis on this hot summer evening?” These were my thoughts as I entered the yard of Vilnius University. “Would it inspire them? Would it hit?” That night would be the first large scale classical music event in Vilnius {…}
The Opéra National de Bordeaux in France has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five operas and several recitals and concerts. Opera Paul Daniel conducts a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” by Pierre Rambert. Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Elbenita Kajtazi alternate the role of Violetta with Benjamin Bernheim and Kevin Amiel as Alfredo and Lionel Lhote and Anthony Clark-Evans as Germont. {…}
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf has announced the first three months of its 2020-21 season featuring chamber operas, among other works. Here is a look at the schedule. The season opens with Comedian Harmonists in concert with Cornel Frey, Jussi Myllys, Luis Fernando Piedra, David Fischer, Florian Simson, Sander De Jong, Dmitri Vargin, Jake Muffett, Günes Gürle, Sami {…}
Opera Omaha has announced that it will receive $200,000 in Grant Funding for its Holland Community Opera Fellowship program from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town Grant and The Hearst Foundations. The Holland Community Opera Fellowship is a program that brings entrepreneurial artists to live and work in Omaha for two seasons while they collaborate with community leaders {…}
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program has announced that it will be offering online coaching and instruction for the students of the 2020 program, along with a series of public “master chats” with prominent industry professionals. The instructors for this year’s program include Lyric Opera of Chicago vocal coach Alan Darling, international director Chuck Hudson, {…}
(Credit: © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016) On June 27, 2020, Global Citizen and the European Commission will be partnering for a streamed event titled “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – The Summit & The Concert.” The event will raise funds in support of marginalized communities and those living in poverty as they battle with the coronavirus. This event will {…}
Michigan Opera Theatre has announced that it will receive $175,000 in grant rewards from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of its Home Digital programming campaign. Michigan Opera Theatre is but one of eight performing arts organizations to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the only opera company; this is also the first such {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The MET Orchestra has launched its fundraising initiative and will channel its energy into education and engagement through teaching and performing. The orchestra’s website has been redesigned and it is leaning on its 501(c)(3) status to accept donations for its musicians, which have been furloughed since April 1, 2020. The orchestra is using the {…}
The Teatro Massimo di Palermo in Italy has announced a revised September program. It all begins with Omer Meir Wellber conducting Schönberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw” and Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C major. Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2020 The second concert of the September season will be Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” arranged by Astor Piazzola with Omer Meir Wellber conducting {…}
Oper Frankfurt has announced revisions to its upcoming 2020-21 season. The company announced that its upcoming production of “Le Grand Macabre” by Ligeti will be postponed until the 2023-24 season and will instead be replaced by “The Medium.” The production will be conducted by Sebastian Weigle and directed by Hans Walter Richter. Performances begin on Sept. 13 and run through {…}
Famed countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo will be joining forces with several other artists for “MusicTalks Celebration of LGBTQ Composers” as part of the Refractions of Pride Festival. The event will take place on June 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. EDT. The concert will feature music by such composers as Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, Ethel Smith, Britten, and Caroline Shaw. Other artists involved {…}