(Credit: Suzanne Vinnik) Rising star soprano Gabriella Reyes will be performing alongside the Montclair Orchestra on Sept. 22, 2019. The concert, which will take place at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, will feature the overture from Rossini’s “Semiramide,” Rimsky Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” and Behzad Ranjbaran’s “Songs of Eternity;” this latter selection will feature Reyes. The main theme of the concert is music {…}
Marcus L. Overton passed away on June 9, 2019 at the age of 75. The former production stage manager at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the general manager for the Ravinia Festival, succumbed to a long battle with kidney failure. A 54-year veteran in the world of performing arts management, he took on a wide range of art forms {…}
Opera Hong Kong is set to present the famed double bill of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” on August 25 and 25 at the Hong Kong City Hall’s Concert venue. The production will be showcased under the direction of Enrico Castiglione and maestro Gianluca Martinenghi. Castiglione is the Founder and Artistic Director of such events as the Taormina Opera Festival. Other {…}
Bass Joseph Rouleau has died in Montreal at the age on 90. He will be remembered for his long career at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, his large booming voice, his dedication to music education and for his staunch support of young singers’ career development. Born in Matane, Québec, Canada, in 1929, Rouleau studied voice in Montréal and Milan. {…}
(Credits: Modestas Endriuška) What do you think about “your Lithuanian” tenor Edgaras Montvidas? I think he’s a good singer, but actually, I don’t think much. I’ve seen him live only once in Faust. He was okay. But from a distance, he seems something more, or at least more interesting than just okay. Don Ottavio, Lensky, Werther, Edgardo, Anatol, Faust, Conrad, {…}
(Photo: Genevieve Girling) Chatsworth House, situated in England’s Peak District, and only a short drive from the spa town of Buxton, is one of Britain’s best known stately homes, renowned for its works of art, delightful architecture and landscaped gardens. It is the ancestral home of the Cavendish family, the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire. The family has had {…}
The Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of new productions. The season opens with Puccini’s “Turandot” starring Mlada Khudoley, Marcelo Puente, Desirée Rancatore, and Andrea Comelli. Nikša Bareza conducts the production by legendary soprano Katia Ricciarelli. Performance Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 8, 2019 Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts Katia Ricciarelli’s production of Verdi’s “Aida.” The opera will star Anna Litvinova, Gianluca Terranova, Anastasia Boldyreva, and Andrea Borghini. {…}
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced its 17th annual summer festival: Voices from the Tower. The upcoming festival will exclusively feature works composed by women. Among the performances featured this season will be the commissioned world premiere of “Princess Maleine,” by Whitney George with a libretto, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, by Bea Goodwin. This will mark the first {…}
For my voice, this role is perfect. The tessitura is better than Alfredo in “La Traviata” because it is higher and I have found it a natural fit and a continuation in my Bel Canto style.
The 18th Oxford Lieder Festival has announced its season with a program focused on storytelling and fairy tales, from Norse legend to the Brothers Grimm, from the Grim Reaper to Greek myth. The festival will open with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with Camilla Tilling and Neal Davies (Oct. 11) performing orchestral songs by Schubert and Grieg. The season {…}
(Credit: Opera National de Paris) What do you do when you have sung the title roles of “Madama Butterfly,” “Il Tabarro,” “Suor Angelica,” “Manon Lescaut” “Turandot,” and “Tosca,” six of the most challenging and iconic Puccini roles? You take on a lighter and popular work; “La Bohème.” After having sung these challenging roles, Hui He will make her role debut {…}
(Credit: Marica Rosengård) The 2020 Savonlinna Opera Festival has announced its season featuring several classics, from July 3 to July 31, 2020. Bizet’s “Carmen” opens the festival in a production directed by Marianne Mörck and conducted by Stephan Zilias. Ève-Maud Hubeaux and Tuija Knihtilä alternate in the title role, opposite Amadi Lagha as Don Jose. Aurora Marthens will sing Micaela {…}