The Board of the Nederlandse Reisopera has announced that a new joint directorship will be at the helm starting Sept. 1, 2024. The company noted that British Director Sam Brown and current interim Director Rudy van Wijk will take on the duties of Artistic Director and Managing Director respectively. In a statement Peter van Laarhoven, Chair of the Supervisory Board said, {…}
One of the most beloved opera personalities Giovanna Lomazzi has died. The Teatro Sociale di Como AsLiCo announced Lomazzi’s death. Throughout her lifetime, Lomazzi was part of the AsLiCo family and vice president of the organization since 2000. For many years she was the president of the jury of the Concorso AsLiCo which has seen numerous rising stars. She also collaborated with {…}
The Dallas Opera and WRR 101.1FM have announced that they will partner again this year to broadcast the four mainstage productions from TDO’s 2023/2024 Season on the Concert Hall program. The series will begin on July 22 with “Tosca” starring Ewa Płonka as Tosca, Jonathan Burton as Cavaradossi, and Gihoon Kim as Scarpia. Then on On August 12, “The Diving {…}
Experiments in Opera is set to present a world premiere production of its new opera, “Five Ways to Die,” at HERE from June 27-30, 2024. The work will feature a chamber ensemble of five instrumentalists and a cast of six singers in four short, interconnected stories featuring secrets, serial killers, magical portals and of course, death. “Five Ways to Die” {…}
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2024-25 season. Concerts The season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Jonathan Tetelman, Eleonora Buratto, and Ludovic Tézier. Daniel Harding conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 21-26, 2024 Semyon Bychkov conducts Bach’s “Mass in B Minor” with soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Catriona Morison, Benjamin Bruns, and Christian Immler. Performance Dates: Nov. 14-16, 2024 Dalia Stasevska {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024 Summer HD Festival. the company will present HD recordings on the Lincoln Center Plaza from August 23, through September 2. The free festival will feature ten screenings from the Met’s celebrated Live in HD series and will also include a special screening of the 1998 film “The Red Violin,” directed by François Girard {…}
Les Talens Lyriques, led by Christophe Rousset, has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the season. The ensemble heads to the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival to present “Ifigenia in Aulide” with Jasmin Delfs, Max Emanuel Cencic, Dennis Orellana, Olena Leser, Nicolò Balducci, and Daniel Giulianini. Giorgina Germanou directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 5-15, 2024 Then comes “Aroma di Roma,” {…}
The American Classical Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season which will feature one vocal performance. On Jan. 30, 2025, the ensemble, led by Thomas Crawford, will take on Bach’s “St. John Passion.” Vocal soloists include soprano Kristen Hahn, countertenor Reginald Mobley, and tenor-evangelist Jacob Perry. Additional soloists will be announced at a later date. They are joined by the ACO {…}
Ruth Reinhardt has been named the new Music Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School. Her appointment was announced on June 1 at the ensemble’s season-ending gala concert. Reinhardt has worked with such organizations as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the Helsinki Philharmonic, among many others. {…}
(Photo by Barbara Rigon) The Opéra National de Lorraine has announced that Giulio Cilona will be its next Principal Guest Conductor, starting during the 2024-25 season. Cilona is the Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and has led productions of such operas as “Turandot,” “La Bohème,” “Die Zauberflöte,” “Le Nozze di Figaro,” and “Il Triticco,” among others. This coming season, {…}
Opera Zuid has announced its 2024-25 season. The company will showcase the children’s opera “Goud!” Performance Dates: Oct. 8-Nov. 15, 2024 Then comes “Bluebeard’s Castle” starring Thomas Oliemans and Deirdre Angenent. Duncan Ward conducts a production directed by Kenza Koutchoukali. Performance Dates: Nov 1 – 10, 2024 “The Four Note Opera” will also be presented in co-production with De Nationale Opera and {…}
