The Indianapolis Opera is set to present Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni” starting on March 20, 2020. The opera will run for three performances through March 21 and 22 at “The Toby” Theater at Newfields. Eric McKeever will take on the title role with Kirsten Chambers taking on the role of Donna Anna. Ben Werley will be Don Ottavio {…}
(Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve) French conductor Ariane Matiakh has terminated her contract as the General Music Director of the Staatskapelle and Opera Halle. In a statement, the company noted, “Theatre, Opera and Orchestra GmbH Halle and Ms. Ariane Matiakh have agreed to cancel the contract of the General Music Director of the Staatskapelle Halle on 01.31.2929 at the request of {…}
(Credit: Louise Leblanc / Quebec Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Evgeny Nikitin will sing the title role in all performances of the new production of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer.” Nikitin made his Met debut in 2002 in “War and Peace” and has since performed in productions of “Elektra,” “Boris Godunov,” “Parsifal,” “Tristan Und Isolde,” and “Götterdämmerung.” He recently {…}
(Credit: Pedro Walter) The city of Tequila in Mexico is set to create a theater named in honor of Plácido Domingo. According to Codalario, the project will be created by Opera Studio Beckmann and, according to its general director Benito Rodriguez, the theater shall be ready in two to three years, with a hall for around 900 people. The Teatro {…}
The Houston Grand Opera has announced the finalists for the Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers’ Concert of Arias. The performance, which will take place on Feb. 7, 2020 at the Wortham Theater Center, is set to feature sopranos Tatiana Carlos, Murella Parton, and Rachel Shaughnessy; mezzo-sopranos Sun-Ly Pierce and Isabel Signoret; tenor Angel Romero; bass-baritone Laureano Quant; and bass {…}
(Credit: Image provided by Mid-Wales Opera) Mid-Wales Opera is set to present a tour of “The Marriage of Figaro” starting on Feb. 29, 2020 in Hafren, Newtown. The tour will take the company through Brecon, Mold, Bangor, and Newport, among other locations for a grand total of nine performances between Feb. 29 and March 28, 2020. The Mozart and Da {…}
(Credit: Michele Crosera) The Teatro La Fenice’s pairing of Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” and Samuel Barber’s “A Hand of Bridge” certainly made for an interesting and unusual double bill, although the relationship between the works was not immediately evident. This was recognized by the director Fabio Ceresa who explored possible connections, but finding none, opted to stage them as two distinct, {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) The Met has a long, celebrated history with the works of Verdi, Puccini, and Mozart. But not so much with Baroque composers. In the Met’s 140-year history, the company has only presented four operas by Handel (four and a half, if you count the pastiche “The Enchanted Island”). But that’s all slowly changing. The {…}
The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program is set to take place during the Central City Opera’s annual festival. For the upcoming edition, the 10-week program has selected 28 total participants, who will be cast in festival productions and obtain valuable training in performance and career management. Trainees will earn a salary with benefits and will be split into two tiers {…}
The Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York and Bare Opera will join forces for the fourth straight year to present “Love, Russian Style” at the Kosciusko Foundation on Feb. 10, 2020. The showcase, starring soprano Meryl Dominguez, tenor SungWook Kim, bass Paul An, mezzo-soprano Briana Hunter, and pianist Dina Pruzhansky, will be comprised of music by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, {…}
(Credit: © S. Vinnik Photography) The Washington National Opera’s is set to present Saint-Saëns’s “Samson and Delilah” in a new production. The production is set star J’Nai Bridges in her WNO and role debuts as Delilah and Roberto Aronica in his WNO debut. The cast will also feature rising star baritone Noel Bouley, who makes his WNO and role debut as the {…}