The Opera Naples has announced its 2019-20 season featuring young rising stars, star series concerts, and three productions. The season opens with a recital starring acclaimed soprano Jennifer Rowley. Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2019 The Opera Naples Academy will give a fall Concert showcasing its young and upcoming singers. Performance Date: Nov. 21, 2019 Puccini’s “La Bohème” gets a revival with a cast {…}
This week’s picks center on a lot of rare operas by many of the top independent opera companies around the U.S. Here are the best operas to kick off your summer with. Soldier Songs – Alamo City Opera David T. Little’s “Soldier Songs” is gaining increased popularity and audiences will get a chance to see why on Saturday and Sunday. {…}
Elina Garanča has postponed upcoming concerts due to an injury. The mezzo-soprano noted via social media that she has been forced to postpone in Graz and Vienna due to an accident. “Dear Friends—with much regret and literally with great pain, I have to postpone my next week of concerts in Vienna and Graz. I had an accident on Monday evening {…}
This weekend will showcase a number of stars in role debuts, new productions and one dynamic duo reteaming for a classic masterpiece. Take a look at our recommendations. La Soto del Parral – Teatro Cafam, Colombia Luis Fernando Pérez conducts the masterful zarzuela by Reveriano Soutullo and Juan Vert. The work, which is being presented in co-production with el Ministerio de Cultura de {…}
Eva Kleinitz, director of the Opéra National Du Rhin has died. The administrator, who took over the opera company on Sept. 1, 2017, was born in Langenhagen and went on to study musicology, psychology and Italian literature at Saarland University. She went on to write her thesis on the opera “Francesca da Rimini” by Riccardo Zandonai and graduated in 1998. Before {…}
Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed, and Mark Campbell’s “As One” is set for a major run in New York this weekend. Among the performers in the two casts will be baritone Michael Kelly, who will perform the role of Hannah Before. Kelly is an avid performer of contemporary works, having performed in world premieres by Matthew Aucoin, David Del Tredici, Mohammed {…}
Oper Köln has announced its 2019-20 season. Premieres General Music Director François-Xavier Roth will lead the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln during performances of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” directed by Patrick Kinmonth. The cast will feature KS Peter Seiffert/Heiko Börner as Tristan, Karl-Heinz Lehner as König Marke, Ingela Brimberg as Isolde, Samuel Youn/Kostas Smorginas as Kurwenal, John Huezenroeder as Melot, Claudia Mahnke as {…}
British conductor Harry Ogg is set to join the Welsh National Opera this Summer as WNO Associate Conductor in collaboration with the Donatella Flick-LSO Conducting Competition after reaching the final of the Competition in London in 2018. In a press statement, Ogg said, “I’m over the moon to be taking up this position with WNO. Having worked here on two {…}
Opera Ithaca has announced that Benjamin Robinson will become the company’s Artistic Director beginning with its 2019-2020 season. Currently, Artistic Director of Raylynmor Opera in Keene, New Hampshire, a position he will retain, Robinson is also an educator as he Lectures in Voice at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work for Opera Ithaca, a {…}
The Mirjam Helin Competition has announced its 2019 winners. Stefan Astakhov of Germany and Johanna Wallroth of Sweden took home first place in the male and female categories. Both winners received a €30,000 prize to help excel their careers. The second prize winners were Rodrigo Sosa Dal Pozzo and Olga Cheremnykh taking home €20,000. In addition, Sosa Dal Pozzo won €3,000 for the {…}
The Dallas Opera has announced the names of the 12 distinguished professionals (six conductors, three administrators, and four American observers) selected to participate in the fifth annual residency of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera. The six conductors selected include Tiffany Chang (USA), Jiannan Cheng (China), Tamara Dworetz (USA), Marta Kluczyńska (Poland), Madeline {…}