The National Symphony and the Kennedy Center have reached an agreement to not furlough its musicians after weeks of discussions due to the musicians being laid off. In a statement Deborah Rutter said, “After several days of collaborative discussions, Kennedy Center leadership and the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) have reached a new agreement, a significant step in {…}
The Bregenz Festival in Austria issued a statement regarding its 2020 summer season noting it was still set to continue as planned. In a press release the festival said, “As things stand at present, the Bregenz Festival should go ahead as planned from July 22 to August 23 2020. As last year’s production, ‘Rigoletto,’ is returning for its second run {…}
(Photo:Richard Boll) The Greek myth of Arianna (Ariadne in English) is a story rich in strong and contrasting emotions, for she is a woman who experiences love in extremis, and pays the price of loving the wrong man, Theseus, with whom she flees her home and betrays her family, only to be abandoned by him on the island of Naxos. {…}
(Credit: Jamie Pham) The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus is launching its first-ever online music education program for more than 400 choristers. The program is hosted on the add Seesaw and allows for direct communication between teachers, conductors, and choristers with lessons, rehearsals, and practice plans, among other items, made available to the chorus members. Moreover, the organization is hosting regular {…}
Tenor Robert Andreozzi died on March 30, 2020 at the age of 87. The tenor, who was born in La-Seyne-sur-Mer, France in 1932, studied at the conservatories in Toulouse and Paris. He made his professional debut in 1960 at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris and later made his debut at the Opéra-Comique where he went on to be a prominent {…}
The American Symphony Orchestra is launching ASO Online in collaboration with Bard’s Fisher Center. The streaming service kicked off with the 2019 production of Korngolds “Das Wunder der Heliane. The opera was conducted by Leon Botstein and starred Ausrine Stundyte, Alfred Walker, Daniel Brenna, Jennifer Feinstein, Nicholas Brownlee, David Cangelosi, Nathan Berg, Scott Conner, Michael J. Hawk, Derek Taylor, Kevin {…}
Opera San José has announced that it will be streaming its 2011 production of “Idomeneo” starting on April 18, 2020. The stream will be available via the company’s official website through May 18, 2020. The production, which was made possible by a collaboration with the Packard Humanities Institute, featured a cast of 73 singers, 41 chorus members, 14 ballet dancers, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced Week 5 of its nightly streaming service. For the first time in this programming, the company has allowed the fans to select one performance to be showcased. This week’s winner, scheduled for Friday April 17, 2020 will be Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Here are the rest of the operas set for next week’s streaming service. Monday, {…}
(Photo by © Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano | Teatro alla Scala) It’s Monday, which means a lot of companies are re-upping their streaming services and offering up a completely new slate. Over the last few weeks, we have been emphasizing operas you should see over the weekend, but in reality that is just cutting down on the multitude of {…}
(Credit: © Tato Baeza) The Palau de les Arts is set to continue its streaming with Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The Ring Cycle will kick off on April 6 with Das Rheingold at 6 p.m. followed by “Die Walküre” on April 8 and “Siegfried” on April 10. The Ring comes to end on April 12 with “Götterdämmerung.” The famed produced by {…}
The Sofia National Opera has announced its Easter programming beginning on April 10. The streaming platform will celebrate good Friday April 10 with Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. On Saturday, April 11, Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin will be streamed followed by the ballet “Don Quixote” on Easter April 12. BNT 2 will also stream “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on April 12. {…}