(Photo credit: Raftermen/courtesy of The Atlanta Opera) Atlanta Opera gave a skillful East Coast premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “The Shining.” As most are familiar with the plot of Stephen King’s 1977 novel, “The Shining,” from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film, I will not recount the storyline. However, it is important to mention the operatic version is based {…}
The Sapporo Symphony in Japan has announced a new Chief Conductor. In an official press release, the company said, “that due to the completion of the tenure of Mo. Matthias Bamert, Chief Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, as of March 2024, we will invite the following conductors.” As a result, the company named Elias Grandy as Chief conductor starting {…}
(credit: Luca Pezzani) On Oct. 6, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to present the first act of Wagner’s “Die Walküre” in concert form. The concert will mark the debut of Omer Meir Wellber with the company. The concert will be broadcast on Radio3 Rai. The concert will feature Stanislas de Barbeyrac who makes his role debut as Siegmund, {…}
The New York Festival of Song is set to present its annual NYFOS Next Festival with two performances. The first performance will take place on Oct. 15, 2023 and centers around the themes of frustrated communication, getting lost in translation, being misunderstood on purpose, and the tragedy and comedy of being known and unknown through language. The program features the {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a new cast change for its production of “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The company noted that Liv Redpath will replace Nina Minasyan in the role of Oscar. Redpath made her Met debut in 2021 with the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall. This season she is also set to perform Pamina in “The Magic {…}
(Photo credit: Michael Jones) Carlos Kalmar, the principal conductor and director of the orchestral studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music has been put on leave of absence for the remainder of the semester, per reports. The news comes after students protested the conductor. Per reports, students attended rehearsals without instruments while others sat in the audience to support their {…}
The Wiener Konzerthaus is set to present a gala entitled “O Sole Nostro” on Nov. 11, 2023. The gala will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ristorante Sole and the concert will benefit the St. Anna children’s cancer research. The evening will showcase some of the greatest opera singers in the world including Anna Netrebko, Antonino Siragusa, Boris Pinkhasovich, Camilla Nylund, Clemens Unterreiner, Dmitry Korchak, Fabio Armiliato, {…}
Grand River Opera is set to present “The Turn of the Screw” this October. The opera stars Joseph Adams, Emily Steers, Elizabeth Lepock, Simone Lemieux, Danielle Aprile, Alyssa Bartholomew, Darielle Chomyn, Alessia Vitali, Ken Chamberland, Marcel Van Helden, Jennifer Carter, and Cassandra Amorim. Kate Carver conducts and Anne Meighan directs. Charmaine Fopoussi will be the pianist. The opera will be {…}
Rider University is set to present “Harmonías Latinas: Celebrating Cultural Diversity in Song” as part of The Westminster Faculty Recital Series. The showcase will feature music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru sung in Spanish, Portuguese, and Quechua. The Vocalis Consort will be joined by such singers as Eugenia Forteza, Kelly Guerra, José Luis Maldonado, César Andrés Parreño, {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo has announced its 2024 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. The company will present “Così fan tutte.” Marcelo Lombardero directs a new production that is conducted by José Areán. Performance Dates: Feb. 21-25, 2024 The Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá wil present Mahler’s Third Symphony with Ksenia Leonidova as {…}
(source: San Francisco Symphony Official Website) The musicians and management of the San Francisco Symphony have ratified a two-year contract. The contract was ratified on Oct. 1, 2023, ending a labor struggle that began in November 2022 and since then teh San Francisco Symphony has been working without a contract. The new contract extends through November 2024. In a statement {…}
