The Salzburg Festival has announced that the Würth Group has become the festival’s next main sponsor. The Group takes on the role for three years, starting next season. “We are very grateful and honestly touched that Professor Reinhold Würth and the Würth Group have now more than doubled their contributions, which were already generous. Our intense conversations have shown that {…}
The Festival de Beaune has announced that it will dedicate this year’s edition to Jodie Devos, who died in June. The festival will be held between July 5 and 28 and will pay tribute to the soprano on July 21 with a special evening led by the Festival team, Stéphane Fuget, and the musicians of Les Epopées. Devos was due {…}
Ivan van Kalmthout’s contract as the artistic director of Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon has been terminated. The Board of Director confirmed the news in a statement. The statement added, “The artistic activity of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, namely the preparation and presentation of the 2024-2025 season, will continue with the greatest serenity, fulfilling its respective public service {…}
Latvian conductor Ainars Rubikis has been named the Generalmusikdirektor of Staatstheater Kassel starting during the 2025-6 season. Rubikis was the General Music Director of the Komische Oper Berlin and was responsible for the musical fortunes of one of the country’s most renowned opera houses. Rubikis is already known to the orchestra of the Staatstheater Kassel from a previous collaboration. In {…}
The Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 season has been announced. Riccardo Frizza conducts Puccini’s “La Faniculla del West” with Paul Curran directing. Carmen Giannattasio, Angelo Villari, and Claudio Sgura star. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-30, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Giovanni Sala, and Lucas Meachem headline Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Daniel Oren conducting a production by Jacopo Spirei. Performance Dates: Feb. 20-25, {…}
(Image courtesy of Norbert Meyn) On June 10, 2024, Austrin-born British conductor Michael Graubart died at the age of 93. Bon on Nov. 26, 1930, Graubart was born into an Austrian-Jewish family and his family escaped to the U.K. following the murder of his uncle Richard Graubart. He went on to study physics at the University of Manchester University and {…}
After announcing the cancelation of “Asunción” a few weeks back, Long Beach Opera has announced its replacement in the form of “Bye Bye Butterfly.” The experimental work by Pauline Oliveros will take place at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in Downtown LA on July 20 and 21, 2024 and features Habin Kim, Kathryn Shuman, Laurel Irene, Leela Subramaniam, and Orson {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia is set to present Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The opera, which will be presented between July 12 and 14, is set to star Julia Muzychenko and Eliana Piedrahita in the title role. They will be joined by Paolo Fanale as Alfredo and Fabián Veloz as Germont. The cast will be rounded {…}
The Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski will become the Orchestra’s next Music Director, beginning in the 2026-27 season. He will succeed Jaap van Zweden and Peltokoski will hold the title of Music Director of the HK Phil for a four-year term, after serving as Music Director Designate during the {…}
The Cincinnati Opera concludes its 2024 Summer Festival with the highly anticipated world stage premiere of Paul McCartney’s “Liverpool Oratorio” at Cincinnati’s historic Music Hall. The classical piece features music and lyrics by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis with all new sets, costumes, lighting, staging, and choreography. The “Liverpool Oratorio” will star Andrew Owens, Jacqueline Echols McCarley, Kayleigh Decker, Kevin Short, {…}
The Teatro Mssismo di Palermo has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” which will be performed for the first time in Palermo. Omer Meir Wellber conducts the opera in a production by Barbora Horáková. Performance Dates: Nov. 24-Dec. 1, 2024 Mario Martone directs Verdi’s “Otello” with a cast that includes Yusif Eyvazov, Nicola {…}
