(Credit: Javier del Real) Mexican tenor Javier Camarena really needs no introduction. As one of the foremost tenors in the world, he has become a fixture at all the major opera houses. However, he has forged a particularly unique one with the Teatro Real de Madrid where audiences have witnessed some of his biggest triumphs. He performed the now legendary {…}
Ópera en Cine is set to present Verdi’s “I Masnadieri” from the Teatro alla Scala. The opera will be presented throughout Spain starting Jan. 16 in such cities as Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia, Zaragoza. Earlier in October the production was shown on Rai5 in Italy. ”I Masnadieri” was presented at the Teatro alla Scala this past summer in a new {…}
Puccini is one of opera’s most iconic composers. Born on Dec. 22, 1858, he would go on to be well-regarded as a strong melodist and even more potent dramatist. The vast majority of his operas are a major part of the standard repertory, including “La Bohème,” “Tosca,” and “Turandot.” For this week’s quiz, we take a look at Puccini’s output. {…}
(Provided by Zoran Todorovich ) Zoran Todorovich was never going to be an opera star. The tenor, who was born in 1961 during golden years of former Yugoslavia, grew up with a non-musical family. “I was very happy to have wonderful parents and to grow up in a family full of love,” he told OperaWire in a recent interview. “Growing {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl/Karen Almond-Metropolitan Opera/Ken Howard-Santa Fe Opera/ Gianfranco Rota-Donizetti Opera) We hope that the end of your 2019 is a prosperous one and that the start of 2020 is even better. As we look forward to the next calendar year, we are taking some time to reflect on the opera performances that defined 2019 for many of us. As {…}
Kanye West is set to present his second opera “Mary,” staged in an aquatic arena in Miami earlier this month, at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center in New York City. The opera, in which West paints himself silver and re-enacts the nativity, is set to feature West’s Sunday Choir and will be directed by the rapper’s longtime collaborator Vanessa {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has confirmed that it will be reviving Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” during the 2021-22 season. Moreover, the company is offering some lucky fans with an opportunity to get early tickets for the production. “The response to this fall’s new production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten was so overwhelming that we’ve decided to bring the opera back during the 2021–22 {…}
The Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present “The Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Agrippina’” on Jan. 20, 2020. The event will feature a discussion between Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb and many of the key production and cast team members for the forthcoming rendition of Handel’s famed work. There will also be performances of the sections from the opera, which {…}
The Florida Grand Opera is set to open its 2020 slate with a production of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The famed opera will open on Jan. 18, 2020 in a gala performance that will celebrate the company’s 79th anniversary. The opera will be conducted by Ramón Tebar and directed by E. Loren Meeker. In the title role, audiences will get a {…}
American Lyric Theater will shine a spotlight on new opera via the InsightALT Festival on Feb. 22-23, 2020 at The Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York City. The festival will present three new operas in development under the Composer Librettist Development Program. The first of these works is “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Fallen Giant,” a comic mystery {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Few sopranos have defined the last decade the way that Bulgarian diva Sonya Yoncheva has. Since her major victory at the Operalia Competition in 2010, Yoncheva has become a household headliner at all the major opera houses around the world. But what has arguably distinguished the soprano over these past few years has been her willingness to {…}