The Regina Opera has released a full video performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The performance comes from the 2017 production and stars Sarah Moulton Faux in the title role, Heejae Kim as Alfredo, and Peter Hakjoon Kim as Germont. The video can be seen on the company’s website, www.reginaopera.org, or on its YouTube channel. The company announced that they may release new {…}
(Credit: Pedro Walter) Plácido Domingo has been hospitalized for COVID-19 in Acapulco, Mexico. The singer’s spokesperson released a message stating, “His condition is stable and he will remain in the hospital as long as the doctors find it necessary until a hoped-for full recovery.” Earlier this week it was reported that he had tested positive for COVID-19 stating, “I feel {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced the third and fourth week of streaming after a successful first two weeks. Week three will begin with Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” from the 2016-17 season. The production by Pierre Audi was conducted by Daniele Gatti and starred Andreas Schager and Rachel Nicholls. Streaming Date: March 31, 2020 The ballet “Carmen” from Jiří {…}
Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has launched a streaming service with some of its most popular opera and ballet performances, also known as the “Golden Collection,” on its official YouTube channel. The company will stream six performances from March 27 to April 10. Each performance will premiere at 7 p.m. Moscow time and viewers who subscribe to the channel will receive an {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / LA Opera) The LA Opera is looking to add to its current slate of online streaming by including performances of past productions. The company recently kicked off a series of Living Room Recitals with a number of young artists, but it will now start giving audiences opera showcases, starting with Bizet’s “Carmen” starring Ana María Martinez {…}
Legendary bass Luigi Roni has died at the age of 78 of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Born on Feb. 22, 1942 in Vergemoli, Tuscany, Italy, the bass studied at the Boccherini di Lucca as a bassoonist with Professor Cenni. However, he ended up studying voice with Adriana Pizzorusso and soon after, he made his debut in Spoleto as Mefistolfele in Gounod’s {…}
Tchaikovsky is undeniably one of the greatest composers of all time and there is no doubt that his two greatest operas are “Eugene Onegin” and “The Queen of Spades.” These two operas, which not only share a place at the top of the composer’s creative output, also happen to premiere on March 29. “Onegin” came first in 1879 before “Spades” {…}
(Credit: Gerard Collett) On the eastern side of the Cape of Good Hope, at the very tip of South Africa, sits Port Elizabeth, a city with a population just shy of one million people. The population size matters because it makes soprano Vuvu Mpofu one in a million, a ratio perhaps not unlike the shot she had at making it {…}
The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has launched a streaming platform showcasing opera for free. The platform, entitled “Opera at Home,” will update with new broadcasts every Saturday. The company is working alongside partner Oxymore Productions for this free stream. The company began its streaming with recent productions of “Anna Bolena” starring Olga Peretyatko; “Carmen” starring Nino Surguladze’; “Don Carlos” with {…}
In celebration of World Theatre Day, the Teatro de la Zarzuela is making 12 full recordings of recent performances available on its Youtube channel. Among the zarzuelas that will be available include “Katiuska” by Pablo Sorozábal with Ainhoa Arteta, Carlos Álvarez, and Jorge de León; “La casa de Bernarda Alba” by Miquel Ortega; “Cecilia Valdés” by Gonzalo Roig starring Elizabeth {…}
The National Sawdust is set to launch Live@NationalSawdust, a free digital platform. The new platform by the non-profit arts institution based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will release weekly videos of concerts from the past five seasons starting with performances from 2015. It will also showcase professional development programming, and will include fundraising efforts for the institution and the artists involved. Audiences {…}