(Credit: Elena Nezenceva) Kristine Opolais has canceled tonight’s performance of “Tosca” at the Royal Opera House. The soprano announced via social media that she was ill and would not be able to sing. The soprano stated, “Dear friends, I am sorry to let you know that I have to cancel tonight’s performance of ‘Tosca’ at the Royal Opera House and apologize {…}
(Photo: Johan Persson) Welsh National Opera’s imaginative and ambitious summer program of operas, exhibition, and talks, under the banner headline of “Freedom,” is dedicated to exploring the theme of human rights. Four operas were scheduled, all of which focused on an individual who sought to protect, release or comfort a prisoner or someone under threat. In Menotti’s “The Consul,” it {…}
(Credit: Joe Ritter, courtesy of Utopia Opera) This week Iain Bell and Mark Campbell’s new opera “Stonewall” makes its world premiere at the New York City Opera, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Riots at the Stonewall Inn. The opera has a particular significance as it will continue the New York City Opera’s annual pride initiative by showcasing operas with LGBT themes. {…}
Audiences will get a chance to see the Vienna State Opera’s production of Puccini’s “Tosca” via the company’s live stream service this Sunday, June 23, 2019. The iconic opera will star Nina Stemme in the title role with Piotr Beczala as Cavaradossi. Carlos Alvarez rounds out an all-star cast that will be conducted by Marco Armiliato. Margarethe Wallmann directs. The {…}
Verdi’s “Otello” will be live streamed via the Vienna State Opera’s live streaming service on June 20, 2019. Verdi’s final tragedy will star Aleksandrs Antonenko in his signature role alongside soprano Olga Bezsmertna with Vladislav Sulimsky as Iago. Myung-Whun Chung will conduct a production that will be directed by Adrian Noble. The stream kicks off at 4 p.m. local time {…}
OperaVision will present a live stream of Mozart’s “L’Oca del Cairo, Ossia Lo Sposo Deluso” from the Hungarian State Opera on June 21, 2019. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1 p.m. EDT and 10 a.m. PST for the start time. It will be available for repeat viewings on Opera Vision until Dec. 20, 2019. {…}
In Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1881 operetta “Patience,” the Oscar Wilde parody character Reginald Bunthorne boasts “I do not care for all one sees – that’s Japanese.” At the end of the Victorian era, the Land of the Rising Sun was an object of immense curiosity all over Western Europe and it seemed no occidental nation was immune to the craze {…}
(Credit: Photo by Victor Santiago) Soprano María José Siri has canceled her upcoming performances of “Manon Lescaut” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The soprano made the announcement via social media, noting that she was struggling with Tracheitis. “Dear friends, due to a strong Tracheitis I had to cancel tonight’s performance of “Manon Lescaut” at the @deutsche_oper Berlin. I am so {…}
The Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos has canceled its production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The theater announced that due to a strike announced by the CENA-STE – Trade Union of Exhibition, Audiovisual and Musician Workers, the entire run of performances were canceled. The theater will return tickets to ticket holders. The run of performances was set to star Natalia Tanasii, Susana Gaspar, Dmytro {…}
The Opera National de Paris is set to present Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” live in cinemas. The company is set to present the work on June 21 all over Europe and on June 23, 2019 through Feb 2, 2020 in encore presentations. The new production by Ivo Van Hove is set to star Étienne Dupuis in the title role, Ain Anger as Commendatore, Jacquelyn {…}
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center in Boston is set to showcase a series of performances of Rachel Portman’s increasingly popular “The Little Prince.” Performances are set to take place at Faneuill Hall’s Great Hall on June 20 and 22, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. The opera will be directed by NEMPAC’s artistic director Alexandra Dietrich with Dr. Tiffany {…}