The Opéra de Dijon is launching a streaming platform showcasing operas every Saturday. It all starts with Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” on April 4 followed by Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” April 11. On April 18 “El Prometeo” by d’Antonio Draghi will be streamed. On April 25 Sacrati’s “La Finta Pazza” will be shown and on May 2 “Les Boréadesde by Rameau will broadcast. {…}
The Staatsoper Unter Den Linden has announced its 2020-21 season, which features eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres Barbara Wysocka directs Francesconi’s “Quartett” with Daniel Barenboim conducting Mojca Erdmann and Thomas Oliemanns. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-18, 2020 Mozart’s “Mitridate, Re di Ponto” is set to be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Satoshi Miyagi. Pene Pati, Julie Fuchs, {…}
The Festival Castell de Peralada is set to streams on its webpage festivalperalada.com. Starting April 3, the festival will showcase recent three performances for free. The performances that the festival will offer include “Combattimento,” by Monteverdi. Joan Anton Rechi directs the production with Fausto Nardi conducting. The performance comes from 2016. There will also be a 2016 performance of Puccini’s “Turandot” {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville has rescheduled the zarzuela “El barberillo de Lavapiés” for the 2020-21 season. The zarzuela was suspended due to the coronavirus COVID-19 and is now set to be presented on Sept. 1 and 2, 2020. The co-production with the Teatro de la Zarzuela is set to be directed by Alfedo Sanzol and is set {…}
The Finnish National Opera is set to offer a number free performances on their platform Stage 24, including ballet and opera from the last few years. Among the operas that are being offered include “Tosca” starring Aušrinė Stundytė and Andrea Carè, “The Flying Dutchman” with Camilla Nylund and Johan Reuter, “Don Giovanni” with Tuomas Pursio, “La Bohème,” “Djurens planet,” and {…}
San Francisco Opera has kicked off its “Opera is ON” online project aimed at providing respite to all those engaged with social distancing throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. As such, the company has a series of programs that it will be sharing via all of its social media platforms including the company’s official blog. Among the projects it is sharing are {…}
The Vienna State Opera has announced its slate of video streams over the next two weeks. Below is a breakdown of all the performances it will be showcasing. You can watch the streams here at the company’s official website. 3 April 2020: Le nozze di Figaro (performance of 25 November 2014) conductor: Sascha Goetzel | director: Jean-Louis Martinoty with Luca Pisaroni (Conte d’Almaviva), Olga {…}
Opera Arias is organizing a takeover festival showcasing a number of opera stars in their living rooms. The festival will be held every Saturday and will begin with Brian Jagde on April 4. He will be followed by Spanish tenor and rising star Pablo Garcia-Lopez on April 11. On the third week of April Jennifer Rowley will take over on {…}
The New York Philharmonic will be broadcast Act one of Wagner’s “Die Walküre” on April 2 at 7:30pm. The broadcast, which is set to be shown on Facebook, stars Heidi Melton as Sieglinde, Simon O’Neill as Siegmund, and John Relyea as Hunding with Jaap van Zweden. The performance comes from the 2017-18 season, a showcase during which OperaWire noted, “Jaap {…}
(Credit: Lena Kern/Sonya Garza/Yan Bleney) With the opera world as we know it going silent, opera houses have begun streaming performances from their archives. Companies have released dress rehearsals, archival audio, and in many cases launched streaming services that show off today’s greatest performers. It’s been, in many ways, a group effort to keep opera fans continuously entertained in this {…}
“Opera Meets Film is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will hone in on a selection or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perceptions of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Akira Kurosawa’s {…}