(Credit: The Verdi Chorus) The Verdi Chorus is set to present “Songs of Fantasy” on Feb. 1, 2020 at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica, California. The performance will feature music from “The Magic Flute,” “L’Elisir d’Amore,” “Peter Pan,” and “Candide” with the Chorus’ Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum leading the performance. The Fox Singers, the professional {…}
(Credit: Keith Necaise) Director Jennifer Williams is set to lead a new production of Strauss’ “Four Last Songs” at The Alchemical on Jan. 15, 2020. The production will feature soprano Cristina Bakhoum Sanchez with Sara Chiesa performing a piano arrangement of the work by Bakhoum Sanchez. The set will be designed by Jungah Han with Asa Benally designing the costumes. {…}
On Dec. 15, 2019, The Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on this season’s run of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Julie Taymor’s family-friendly production continues to be a visual and musical delight that, while abridged, makes for a strong concentration of the work. Under the baton of Lothar Koenigs, Sunday’s cast of artists was comprised of a fine mix of new {…}
Vallejo Community Arts Foundation will present “Three Tenors! – The Next Generation,” on February 1, 2020, spotlighting tenors Pene Pati, Alex Boyer, and Christopher Oglesby. The event will take place at the Empress Theatre in Vallejo, California. The event will feature a rich program consisting of popular arias, from “Aida,” “Rigoletto,” “La Traviata,” “Tosca,” “Turandot,” “La Bohème,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “L’Elisir {…}
(Image Provided American Opera Projects) The American Opera Project has been awarded five grants intent on helping shape its vision under the leadership of General Director Matt Gray and Artistic Director Mila Henry. In sum, the grants total over $500,000. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a $300,000 multi-year grant to develop American Opera Project’s training and workshop programs such {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver) The Portland Opera is set to present mezzo-soprano Camille Sherman live in concert as part of its 2020 Resident Artist Series. The recital is set for Jan. 14, 2020 at the Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum. Shermann, who is in her second year as a resident artist with the company will be accompanied by Chorus {…}
Update: Irina Lungu will appear in these performances. The original story follows. Soprano Anita Hartig has announced that she will cancel her three upcoming performances of “La Bohème” at the Wiener Staatsoper due to illness. “Dear friends,” the soprano wrote on her social media accounts. “Unfortunately, I have to cancel my 3 upcoming performances of La Bohème at the Wiener Staatsoper. {…}
(Credit: Matthew Placek) Anthony Roth Costanzo has stepped into tonight’s performance the “Messiah” with the New York Philharmonic, replacing countertenor Iestyn Davies, who is ill. Costanzo joins a cast of singers that include tenor Joshua Ellicott, bass-baritone Dashon Burton, and soprano Louise Alder. Harry Bicket conducts the performance, which also features the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus under the direction {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) The Musco Center for Performing Arts has announced that Quinn Kelsey will star in “Roberto Devereux in Concert” on Feb. 25, 2020. Kelsey is stepping into this performance, as well the LA Opera production, in lieu of Plácido Domingo’s exit. Kelsey joins a cast that includes Davinia Rodriguez in her role debut as Elisabetta, {…}
The Buxton International Festival has announces its 2020 season. For the purposes of this article we will only focus on the opera and oratorio performances announces for the festival. The operatic offerings begin with Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago” which will star Nico Darmanin, John Irvin and Catherine Carby. Jacopo Spirei directs the production conducted by Adrian Kelly. Performance Dates: {…}
Eva-Maria Westbroek has canceled her participation in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo’s upcoming production of Wagner’s “Parsifal.” The soprano announced that due to family reasons she would have to bow out from the production. As a result, Catherine Hunold will takeover the role of Kundry. She joins a cast that includes Tómas Tómasson, Alexei Tanovistsky, John Relyea, Thomas Gazheli, and {…}