The Royal Opera House Muscat is set to open its 2024-25 season with Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The opera will be performed on Oct. 3 and 5, 2024, and will showcase a stellar cast including Piotr Beczała and Elena Stikhina. They will be joined by LIAO Chaoyong and Agnieszka Rehlis. Hugo de Ana will showcase his production with the {…}
(Photo: (c) Andreas Etter) Gabriel Venzago will be the new chief conductor of the Mainz State Philharmonic Orchestra and General Music Director of the State Theater starting during the 2025-26 season. The announcement was made by the Ministry for Family, Women, Culture, and Integration of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate on Sept. 23, 2024. Venzago is represented by Harrison Parrot and {…}
(Credit: MetropolItan Opera / Ken Howard) WARNING: This review features explicit language. It also uses some variation of the word “frustrating” a lot. To use a line from the cathartic and sublime climax in Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s “Grounded” – “What the f*ck?” That quotidian expression perfectly encapsulates, in the context of the climax and at large, the frustration {…}
(Credit: Tam Photography) Montréal’s Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes has announced its 2024-25 season celebrating its 10th anniversary. The season opens with Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem in D minor. Conductor Francis Choinière leads soloists soprano Myriam Leblanc, mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy, tenor Andrew Haji, and baritone Geoffroy Salvas. Performance Dates: Nov. 15 & 16, 2024 The second concert {…}
NOTE: This concert was rescheduled for Oct. 6, 2024 due to weather conditions on the originally scheduled date. The article continues in its original form. Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble will present a unique concert experience as part of the ‘LUNGS’Harvest Arts Festival. The showcase will feature Boris Derow, Oleksandra Hrabova, Elizaveta Kozlova, and Jennifer Gliere as they present Ukrainian songs and {…}
La Grande Salle du 9e in Montréal will present “ArtChoral Romantique” on Oct. 1, 2024. The showcase will feature the ensemble ArtChoral, the PRIX OPUS Musical Event of the Year 2020 winner, performing works by Fauré, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Verdi, and Mendelssohn. The performance will last one hour and will be followed by a reception for all participants and audience members. Vocal soloists {…}
“Puccini: Love Affairs” is Sony Classical’s response to the marketing of the centenary of the Lucchese composer’s death. Sadly, instead of a complete opera recording, it is yet another compilation (in the fullest sense!) of familiar duets, and an aria from “Tosca” and “La Bohème” each. Jonas Kaufmann – its titular singer – represents the main selling point. The German {…}
(Credit: TACT Artists) Soprano Angelina Akhmedova has joined TACT Artists Management. Akhmedova is a rising star who has performed several roles at the Mariinsky Theatre, including Mimi in “La Bohème,” Liu in “Turandot,” Violetta in “La Traviata,” and the title role in “Iolanta.” From 2017 to 2021 she was a fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky {…}
On Sept. 25, 2024, Davide Massiglia will lead the Orchestra dell’Opera Carlo Felice in a concert entitled “A Bridge of Music-Genoa.” The concert will feature harpist Ieuan Jones and soprano Francesca Dotto at the Teatro Carlo Felice. The evening will feature the harp concerto by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, “Deità silvane” by Ottorino Respighi and Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 4. Dotto is a {…}
(Credit: Askonas Holt) The Dresdner Philharmonie has named conductor Miguel Sepúlveda as its inaugural Sir Donald Runnicles Fellow. The announcement was made after an intensive audition process. Sepúlveda’s two-year appointment will include assisting Runnicles on projects during the 2024-25 season as well as conducting concerts in 2025-26. In a statement, Runnicles said, “I am excited to have discovered Miguel Sepúlveda, who {…}
Grammy and Pulitzer award winning composer, Musical America Composer of the Year, Kevin Puts received the much coveted 1573 Award for Best Composer in Shanghai on September 17th. The award is sponsored by Luzhoulaojiao (literally the ancient cellars in Luzhou of Sichuan province), China’s famed liquor brand and manufacturer. The award ceremony took place at the Shanghai Symphony Hall. It {…}
