(Credit: © Heather Elizabeth Media) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its production of “Faust.” The company noted that Nicole Car will sing the role of Marguerite. Car took to social media and posted a picture stating “Jump in” and said, “Hi everyone! I’m heading to Munich for ‘Faust’ tomorrow night! It’s a production by Lotte de {…}
Anne Hathaway is revealing that for her acclaimed performance in “The Odyssey,” she took inspiration from Maria Callas. During the premiere of the film, the actress said, “I thought a lot about Greece and I was thinking about somebody who’s mythic to me in my own life is Maria Callas, and I was just thinking like okay if this film {…}
Incantare will join a roster of soloists and the Schola Ecclesia to perform Monteverdi’s “Vespers of the Blessed Virgin” on August 14 and 15 at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, Massachusetts. The solo lineup includes sopranos Andréa Walker and Katelyn Grace Jackson, mezzo soprano Kristen Dubenion Smith, countertenor Nicholas Garza, tenors Andrew Fuchs, Steven Soph, and Oliver Mercer, {…}
Eastman School of Music has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Baritone Joshua Conyers and sopranos Nicole Cabell and Kiera Duffy, joined by Eastman students, present “In Plain Sight: The Black Anthology,” a program drawn from the Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers. The work premieres at Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall before a repeat {…}
The Bach Society of Saint Louis will present four main concerts in its 86th season. The Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra open the season with Haydn’s “The Creation,” sung in English. Soloists soprano Nola Richardson and baritone Paul Max Tipton return, joined by tenor Brian Giebler in his debut with the Society. Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2026 The annual Christmas {…}
Piotr Beczała has canceled two upcoming performances. The Polish tenor took to social media to announce he would not be performing on July 24 at the Bayerische Staatsoper and 25 at the Bayreuth Festival. The tenor said, “Dear friends, I am very sorry to announce that tomorrow’s performance of Faust at the Bayerische Staatsoper as well as the concert at {…}
(Photo: G Schied) Händel’s “Alcina,” first performed in London in 1735 and based on episodes from Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso” (1532), ranks among the composer’s supreme achievements. Far more than a succession of dazzling da capo arias, it is a profound meditation on love’s capacity to delude, possess and ultimately destroy. On the enchanted island of the sorceress Alcina, men who {…}
Bella Voce has announced its 2026-27 season, celebrating Artistic Director Andrew Lewis’s 20th season. The season opens with “How to Fold the Wind,” a program of contemporary works featured throughout Lewis’s tenure, including Caroline Shaw’s “How to Fold the Wind,” a Bella Voce co-commission, and Veljo Tormis’s “Curse Upon Iron,” alongside new works by Ed Frazier Davis, Matthew Recio, and {…}
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Carnegie Hall+ has announced that it will present two free outdoor film screenings this August in the open air at the Public Square & Gardens at Hudson Yards in New York City. The first screening will be at Hudson Yards featuring “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci” from the salzburg Easter Festival. The recording features Jonas Kaufmann joined by the Staatskapelle Dresden, {…}
On July 22, Aprile Millo made a small appearance on The View. At the beginning of the show, Host Joy Behar presented Aprile Millo saying, “There is a real opera singer in our audience, Aprile Millo.” Behar then asked Millo to stand up with Millo saying,”No that’s okay.” Behar went on to joke, “She’s so tired from singing she can’t {…}