Sonya Yoncheva has canceled her performances of Bellini’s “Norma” at the Bayerische Staatsoper. The soprano announced that due to pregnancy she would not be able to perform the role. She stated, “With deep regret I have to renounce from Norma at the Bayerische Staatsoper on June 30 and July 3. I’m now in my 7th month and considering the extreme {…}
The Santa Fe Opera has announced the members of its 2019 Season Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians. The season’s program is comprised of technicians, designers, and craftspeople from across New Mexico, the wider United States, South America, England, and China. This year the 78 individuals who were selected, were picked from a pool of more than 900 applicants through a {…}
Opera North has announced that Garry Walker will take up the position of music director designate. He will join the artistic management alongside general director Richard Mantle and director of planning Christine Jane Chibnall and will conduct two operas and several concerts during each season. In a press release, Walker said, “I’m hugely honored to become music director of Opera North, {…}
Three major releases are set for this week including two major box sets from one important artist and another of a major work. The Jonas Kaufmann Collection Arthaus is set to release a collection of three DVDs starring Jonas Kaufmann. The box set will include performances of “Fidelio,” “Nina,” and “Il Ritorno d’Ulisse” from Opernhaus Zurich. Artists in the box {…}
Mariss Jansons has canceled all his summer performances in order to rest his health. The Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphoniker announced that the conductor on the advice of his doctors has to take a break in order to recover from health issues. As a result, he has canceled all performances scheduled from June to August. The performances he has been forced to cancel include {…}
Opéra Grand Avignon has announced its 2019-20 season. Opera The opera season will kick off with a new production o Offenbach’s “La Périchole,” directed by Eric Chevalier. Marie Karall stars in the title role, alongside Pierre Derhet as Piquillo, Philippe Ermelier as Viceroy of Peru, Enguerrand de Hys as Don Pedro of Panatellas, and Ugo Rabec as Don Pedro of {…}
The Gothenburg Opera has announced that Henning Ruhe will be its new Artistic Director for Opera and Drama. He is slated to take up the position on Jan. 1, 2020 and will start full time with the company during that ensuing summer. Ruhe studied at the University of Music Franz Liszt, where he won a number of awards as a {…}
(Credit: Yasuko Kageyama / Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) What is it about “Tosca” that seems to provoke the most conservative impulses? It’s hard to think of another opera that, in the little more than a century since its premiere, has been so widely and frequently performed, yet in a spirit not of renewal or discovery, but of replication. Even “Parsifal,” {…}
(Credit: ©Miguel Lorenzo y Mikel Ponce) The opera season of Valencia finished with the tragic and romantic “Lucia di Lammermoor,” which was receiving just its second run of performances in the opera house’s 14-year history. This time around it featured an adequate cast, an inspiring production, and a passionate reading of the score by Roberto Abbado. A Gloriously Rich Production… It {…}
The Orquesta Cuidad de Granada has announced its 2019-20 season. For this article, we will only focus on vocal highlights. Maria Katzarava takes on the title role in Alberto Garcia Desmestres’s “Juana sin Cielo.” Desmestres conducts the work. Performance Dates: Nov. 15 & 16, 2019 Handel’s Messiah takes the stage for the holiday season with soloists Jone Martinez, Federica Carnevale, {…}
The Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria has announced its 2019-20 season. For this article, we will only showcase vocal concerts. Here is a look. Gunther Herbig conducts Estefania Perdomo in Mateo’s Cantata and Brahms Symphony No.1. Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2019 Ana María Martinez and Joel Prieto star in Noche Espanola with Karel Mark Chichon conducting. Performance Date: Dec. 13, {…}
