This past summer, OperaWire published an interview with “Ellen West” headliner Jennifer Zetlan. When asked what she wanted audiences to take away from her experience with the opera, Zetlan’s replied that, to her, an extremely successful evening of live theater or opera was one in which the audience leaves feeling their soul touched, adding “… I hope our audiences will find themselves deeply moved {…}
(Credit: Robert Workman) Back in 2018 when Jonathan Tetelman made a surprise debut at the Tanglewood Festival, OperaWire wrote “we’ll all be hearing a lot more about him, and soon.” The tenor showed promise and immediately became a major tenor on the rise. Two years later, Tetelman has fulfilled that promise bringing his career to an international level with major {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six operas, including a double bill (this article will be update as casts are announced). The season is set to open with Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte.” Performance Dates: Nov. 3-7, 2020 The season will continue with Janáček’s masterpiece “Jenufa.” Performance Dates: Dec. 8-12, 2020 Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” {…}
(Photo Credit: Jochen Quast) The Opernhaus Düsseldorf, part of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, will need to be closed for five years for renovation, per sources on rp-online.de. Recent flooding in November has left the opera house damaged and revealed deep-seated structural faults, so analysis is taking place about the options for renovation. Specialists are now trying to determine what {…}
(Credit: Rosie Hardie) The Vienna State Opera will live stream Richard Strauss’ “Salome” on Jan. 24, 2020. Taking on the title role will be Lise Lindstrom with Waltraud Meier as her mother Herodias and Herwig Pecoraro as the villainous Herodes. As Jochanaan, audiences will see Michael Volle. Mikko Franck is set to conduct the production directed by Boleslaw Barlog. The {…}
Karen Slack will sing “On My Journey Now: Five Spirituals,” a world premiere by composer Nansi Carroll. The concert, presented with the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Music, will feature The Daedalus Quartet in the Harold Pince Theater at Annenberg Center on Jan. 25, 2020. The evening of music will explore migration through music, illustrating how centuries of cultural cross-pollination {…}
OperaVision will present Weinberger’s “Spring Storms” on Jan. 25, 2020 live from the Komische Oper Berlin. The opera will star Stefan Kurt, Alma Sadé, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Dominik Köninger, and Tansel Akzeybek. Jordan de Souza will conduct a production that will be directed by Barrie Kosky. The opera, by the Jewish-Czech composer, premiered in Berlin just 10 days after the Nazi {…}
(Credit: Paul Zinken/DPA) Baritone Philipp Jekal will replace Thomas Lehman for the two performances in the role of Count Yeletsky in the Tchaikovsky’s opera “The Queen of Spades” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, according to the official statement on the company’s website. Jekal will step in for performances on May 16 and May 23 and the baritone will join a {…}
We are back with the second in our word search series. For this edition, we will ask you to find the opera based on one clue – a major character from an opera. Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for {…}
(Credit & Sources: Angel Blue Official Website / Michael Spyres Official Website / Fay Fox) The Viennese Opera Ball is set to take place in New York City on Feb. 7, 2020. The annual white tie charity gala, which celebrates the cultural and economic relationships between Austria and America, connecting two continents, two cities and two centuries, is renowned for {…}
Twelve performers from the Young People’s Chorus of New York City will perform at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum on Jan. 23, 2020, commemorating 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. The event, which is organized by the World Holocuast Forum Foundation in cooperation with Yad Vashem and the President of the State of Israel, will take place at the {…}