The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its Oct. 8 performance of “Eugene Onegin.” The Barcelona theater said, “In today’s performance of ‘Eugene Onegin’, the tenor Josep Bros plays the role of Vladimir Lenski, replacing Alexey Neklyudov.” Bros is currently performing the role of Lenski in the second cast of “Onegin.” He is a well-known Catalan {…}
The Berlin State Opera has announced a cast change for its Oct. 8 performance of “Don Carlo.” The company said that Yusif Eyvazov will be performing the title role in the last performance of Don Carlo replacing Stefan Pop. Eyvazov is currently in the middle of a run of “Aida” in Berlin and is set to perform “Manon Lescaut” at {…}
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra and members of the Curtis Opera Theatre will open the 2023–24 season on October 22 at 7 p.m. at Verizon Hall, Kimmel Cultural Campus, with a tribute to composer Richard Strauss entitled ‘Spectacular Strauss.’ Curtis’ young musicians will showcase their talent, led by conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Micah Gleason. Nézet-Séguin holds the position of music director {…}
On Saturday, November 18, 2023, at 5 p.m., the early music ensemble the Sebastians and the Yale Voxtet will unite for a special performance at the Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church in New York City. The ensembles will present “Voices of Versailles,” spotlighting French baroque vocal music with a particular focus on composers Jacquet de La Guerre and Charpentier. Jacquet de {…}
The LA Opera has announced a cast change for its performance on Oct. 7, 2023, of “Don Giovanni.” The company said Tiffany Townsend will be stepping into the role of Donna Elvira in Isabel Leonard’s place for this evening’s performance of “Don Giovanni.” This marks the second performance Townsend performed following the Oct. 4 performance where she also replaced Leonard. {…}
Photo credit: Colin Miller Winners of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023 have been announced. This article only features winners of vocal-related works. Soprano Dame Felicity Lott took home the Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring her performance career and discography of more than 100 recordings. French soprano Véronique Gens was awarded Artist of the Year and the won the Voice and Ensemble {…}
The acclaimed play about Maria Callas, “Master Class” by Terrence McNally, returns to Cape Town Opera after Pieter Toerien’s recent sold-out seasons. The play will take place at the Toyota US Woordfees in Stellenbosch and is scheduled from October 7-10, 2023, at the Adam Small Auditorium. Directed by Magdalene Minnaar and with musical direction by José Dias, the production stars {…}
The Santa Fe Opera’s “The Pueblo Opera Program: And What Could Be Next” has been selected for the 2023 Santa Fe International Film Festival. The film, which was selected from amongst 3,800 submissions from 101 countries, will be screened at the Center for Contemporary Arts Cinema on Oct. 22, 2023 at 10 a.m. local time. It will be featured in {…}
(Credit: Maddy Lucas) Denmark’s Den Jyske Opera has named a new Opera Director. Anne Barslev will take on the position on May 1, 2024 and will replace Philipp Kochheim, who resigned from the company after 7 years in office. Barslev will be in charge of the artistic management and work alongside director Claus Pettersson, who is in charge of the {…}
The Royal Danish Theatre has extended Director Kasper Holten’s contract until 2027. Holten first took the position at the age of 26 before leaving to work for the Royal Opera House from 2011 to 2017. He was named Director of the Royal Danish Theatre in 2018 following his departure from the Royal Opera. Holten is currently the Chairman of the {…}
The English National Opera has announced a cast change for its performance of “Peter Grimes” on Oct. 6, 2023. The company said, “Unfortunately, Gwyn Hughes Jones has not yet fully recovered and is unable to perform in ‘Peter Grimes’ tonight. Therefore the role of Peter Grimes will be performed by John Findon and the role of Bob Boles by Adam {…}