The Portland Opera is set to host a special community recital featuring mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman in her first year as a resident artist with the company. Sherman is set to give a recital accompanied by Portland Opera’s Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nicholas Fox. Sherman made her Portland Opera debut this fall as Flora in Verdi’s “La Traviata” and will sing {…}
Les Théâtres De la Ville De Luxembourg has announced 2019-20 season, featuring eight productions. The season opens with Weber’s “Der Freishutz” with Laurence Equilbey conducting a production by Clément Debailleul & Raphaël Navarro. Tuomas Katajala sings the role of Max alongside Johanni van Oostrum, Chiara Skerath, Vladimir Baykov, and Christian Immler. Performance Dates: Oct. 6-8, 2019 Gustavo Gimeno conducts Michael Thalheimer’s production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” {…}
The Semperoper Dresden has announced two cast changes for the May 22 performance of ‘Don Giovanni.” First, the company announced that Iulia Maria Dan will sing Donna Elvira in the performance replacing Hrachuhí Bassénz, who is ill. The company also announced that Evan Hughes will sing Leporello in the performance replacing Markus Marquardt, who is also ill. Hughes recently performed George {…}
Jonas Kaufmann has withdrawn from two more performances of “Tosca” at the Opéra de Paris. The Paris Opera revealed that due to medical reasons, the tenor will not sing the May 25 and 29 performances. The company stated, “Jonas Kaufmann has not yet been given the clearance from his medical team to resume his professional activities. Unfortunately, he must, therefore, {…}
“How is he? How is his voice?” “How was it?” “Do you still like him singing?” I keep hearing these questions from everyone, every single day since I attended Rolando Villazón’s concert in Paris last week. The health issues that have plagued Rolando Villazón and his voice are very well-known around the world and they have been publicized throughout. And {…}
Opera Philadelphia is set to pay tribute to Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris next season. The conductor will celebrate his 20th anniversary with the company since making his house debut in 1999. The company will shine a spotlight on all the Music Director and all he has accomplished over the past two decades, showcasing his leadership in three contrasting {…}
The 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition, often called the “Olympics of Classical Music” will return on June 17 with a number of exciting changes. The competition will once again be featured on medici.tv, which will have a whopping seven different channels to broadcast the competition’s different sections as well as a breaking news station for viewers to be kept up to date {…}
The American director Peter Sellars will deliver the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Salzburg Festival on July 27, 2019. Sellars will deliver a speech entitled “Listening to the Ocean: Planetary Change and Cultural Action – The meaning and urgency of ‘ecological civilization’ in the next generation.” In a press release, Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler noted, “Peter Sellars {…}
Opera San José has announced its Resident Artists for the 2019-20 season. The roster will include Conductor / Chorus Master / Principal Coach Christopher James Ray, Sopranos Kerriann Otaño and Elena Galván, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Sanchez, and baritone Eugene Brancoveanu. They will join tenor Mason Gates. James will be returning to the company after having led “Pagliacci” and “Moby Dick” during {…}
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble kicks off June with more of its unique musical offerings. The company will showcase two chamber operas, including “From the Field” and “Artemisia.” The former centers on climate change in America, while the latter puts a spotlight on the tale of Italian 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi. In an interview with OperaWire, Artistic Director and violinist {…}
The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced that Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan will narrate performances of Bernstein’s “Candide.” The performances of Bernstein’s classic work will conclude the composer’s 100th-anniversary celebration and will be led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and a cast that includes Alek Shrader, Erin Morley, Denyce Graves, Kevin Vortmann, and Timothy McDevitt. Stage Director Kevin Newbury will set the production {…}