Finnish National Opera’s 2018-19 Season To Include Camilla Tilling, Olafur Sigurdarson & Rocío Pérez

The Finnish National Opera has announced its ambitious season featuring new operas, a number of new productions and revivals. It will also include a number of international opera stars as well as some of Finland’s top singers. Operas in Alphabetical Order Veronika Dzhioeva, Anna Danik, and Mika Pohjonen lead a revival of Verdi’s “Aida” with Patrick Fournillier conducting. Performance Dates: April 6–May {…}

May 3, 2018

Plácido Domingo To Receive Honorary Doctorate

Plácido Domingo will receive the Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music. The school announced that during the School’s 2018 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 11, Maestro Domingo would receive the honor alongside jazz great Paquito D’Rivera, conductor Bernard Labadie, pianist Robert McDonald (DMA’90), and founder and director of MSM’s Musical Theatre Program Luis Perez. Domingo, D’Rivera, Labadie, McDonald, and Perez join a {…}

May 3, 2018

Opera Babies – Phelim McDermott & Lliam Paterson’s ‘BambinO’ Comes to the Metropolitan Opera

How do you get new audiences into the opera house? That question has puzzled companies for years as they try every trick in the book to bring millennials into the opera house. The art form, seemingly, depends on it. But the Scottish Opera tried a new tactic a year ago, and it’s bearing some fruit. Why not start the exposure {…}

May 3, 2018

Opera Meets Film: A Look At Dreams Through Opera In ‘To Rome With Love’

“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment we will take a {…}

May 2, 2018

Teatro La Fenice 2017-18 Review – Signor Bruschino: Rossini Farce Gets Solid, If Not Overly Exciting, Revival

Over the course of three years, between 1810 and 1813, Rossini rushed off five farces and a two-act opera for the Teatro Moise in Venice, which, unfortunately, closed its doors in 1818, and was subsequently demolished, although not before serving time as a puppet theatre and then as the city’s first cinema. The theater may be gone and largely forgotten, {…}

May 2, 2018

Merola Opera Program To Present ‘Il Re Pastore’

San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program will continue its Star of Tomorrow program with Mozart’s “Il Re Pastore.” Performances will be conducted by Stephen Stubbs, a leading figure in the American early music scene and winner of a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2015 for Charpentier’s “La Descente d’Orphée Aux Enfers,” and will be directed by Tara Faircloth, who directed two {…}

May 2, 2018

Teatro Mayor To Present “Indigenismo”

Soprano Carolina Plata and pianist Luis Gabriel Mesa Martínez are set to bring their recital “Indigenismo” to the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo. The recital incorporates Latin American songs that use Indigenous elements. The program will include songs in Quechua, Náhuatl, Mapudungún and Spanish, which are composed during the 20th century. It will also feature composers from Perú, México, Bolivia, {…}

May 2, 2018

The Royal Opera & BP Big Screens Celebrate 30th Anniversary With ‘La Bohème’ & ‘Don Giovanni’

The Royal Opera House and BP will celebrate their 30-year partnership this summer with two opera screenings and one ballet. Now in its 30th year, the partnership between BP and the Royal Opera House will present a new production of “Swan Lake” on June 12, 2018 followed by Puccini’s “La Bohème” on June 26, 2018 and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on July {…}

May 2, 2018

On Site Opera Announces ‘Amahl And The Night Visitors’ For The Holidays

On Site Opera has announced it will present Gian Carlo Menotti’s holiday opera, “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” The opera will be presented at the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen on Dec. 6-8, 2018 in partnership with Breaking Ground, New York City’s largest provider of permanent supportive housing for the homeless. The performances will feature a chorus made up of community {…}

May 2, 2018

San Francisco Opera Guild Announces Opera Ball 2018 ¡Viva La Noche!

San Francisco Opera’s Opera Ball 2018: ¡Viva La Noche! has announced details. The San Francisco Opera Guild’s signature gala benefit will be presented in conjunction with the season-opening double bill of one-act operas, Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” It will be co-chaired by Shannon Cronan and Kathy Huber and features event design by J. Riccardo Benavides and a sumptuous dinner by McCalls Catering & Events. {…}

May 2, 2018

Jennifer Rowley Replaces Sonya Yoncheva In ‘Tosca’

Jennifer Rowley will replace Sonya Yoncheva in Puccini’s “Tosca” for concert performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The orchestra announced that “Rowley has graciously agreed to appear in the title role of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s upcoming performances of ‘Tosca.’” Yoncheva was originally scheduled to perform in the role but withdrew due to a double ear infection and had to continue treatment in {…}