Opera Breve will open its 2016-17 season with Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on December 8. The opera will star Gary Ramsey, a baritone who is best known for his interpretation of Don Alfonso in Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” at the Loft Opera and Bonnie Frauenthal, a soprano who was recently praised in La Scena Musicale for her role {…}
Over the last few years, we have become increasingly impassioned by this wondrous art form called opera. Despite being seen by many as a dying art form, we firmly believe that opera is in fact, not necessarily taking a U-Turn back to a golden age, but making a sharp left turn in a new direction. A direction that like many {…}
Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s management has announced that the Russian baritone has canceled his debut at the Bolshoi Opera. The statement noted, “Having sung four very successful performances of La Traviata in Vienna, Dmitri is back in London. Following an MRI scan, Dmitri has been advised by his doctors to remain in London for further treatment and rest. As a result, Dmitri {…}
Jonas Kaufmann has announced, via his official website, that he will not be singing at the annual Nobel Prize ceremony scheduled for Dec. 8, 2017. The cancellation is the latest in a series from the German tenor who announced two months ago that he had to go into vocal rest due to a haematoma caused by medication. “Dear Friends, I’m so sorry {…}