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Opéra de Lille Announces 2024-25 Season

The Opéra de Lille has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Nicola Porpora’s “Polifemo” will feature Kangmin Justin Kim, Marie Lys, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Delphine Galou, José Coca Loza, and Florie Valiquette. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the production by Bruno Ravella. Performance Dates: Oct. 8-16, 2024 Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “David et Jonathas” will star Petr Nekoranec, Gwendoline Blondeel, Jean-Christophe Lanièce, Lucile Richardot, Étienne Bazola, {…}

Joyce El-Khoury, Adam Smith, Karine Deshayes & Sally Matthews Lead Opéra de Rouen Normandies 2024-25 Season

The Opéra de Rouen Normandie has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Joyce El-Khoury stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside Adam Smith, Alisa Kolosova, Adolfo Corrado, and Nikoloz Lagvilava. Pierre Bleuse conducts the production by Philipp Himmelmann. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 5, 2024 Sally Matthews, John Findon, Paula Murrihy, and Caroline Wettergreen headline Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Ben Glassberg. The production {…}

Streaming Platform Stage + Releases New Recordings From Anna Netrebko, Nadine Sierra & Elīna Garanča

Deutsche Grammophon’s streaming platform Stage + has released new recordings from Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča and Nadine Sierra. The platform released a 2019 recording of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” from the Arena di Verona starring Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Dolora Zajick, and Luca Salsi. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts the Franco Zeffirelli production. The platform also released a 2021 recording of Verdi’s {…}

Perform America to Present Cincinnati Youth Choir, Young Naperville Singers & the Allegro Choirs of Kansas City in ‘Songs from the Heartland: Youth Supporting UNICEF’

(Photo: ©Steve Ziegelmeyer) The Cincinnati Youth Choir, Young Naperville Singers and the Allegro Choirs of Kansas City will join forces to present “Songs from the Heartland: Youth Supporting UNICEF” on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. at National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. The event is presented by Perform America. The ensembles, which last performed together at Carnegie Hall back in {…}

Pegasus Opera Company & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to Present ‘Windrush, The Journey’

Pegasus Opera Company is joining forces with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to present “Windrush, The Journey.” The event, which is set for May 31 and June 1, 2024, will feature scenes from Joseph Bologne’s “L’Amant Anonyme.” Additionally, there will be a performance of Richard Thompson’s “Aspects of Othello & Desdemona” as well as scenes by Des Oliver and Edson {…}

Canadian Opera Company Announces the Return of ‘Musical Flights’

(Photo credit: Gaetz & IMG Artists) This summer, the Canadian Opera Company will once again present “Musical Flights,” the company’s casual community concert series. Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio will perform a program of operatic showstoppers that preview the COC’s upcoming productions of “Nabucco,” “Faust,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “Eugene Onegin.” A variety of Broadway hits including selections from “Oklahoma!,” {…}

Robin Davis Appointed General Music Director in Bielefeld

British conductor Robin Davis has been appointed as the next General Music Director in Bielefeld. According to a report, the search committee is said to have submitted a corresponding proposal to the city council. Davis is the first Kapellmeister at the Salzburger Landestheater and first Kapellmeister at the Theater Lüneburg, Kapellmeister and Assistant to the Generalmusikdirektor in Oldenburgisches Staatstheater and {…}

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