Cape Town’s Opera UCT is set to present “The Tales of Hoffmann” this September. The work opens on Sept. 8 and runs through the 10th at the Pam Golding Theater at the Baxtor. The opera stars Luvo Maranti and Makudu Senaoana in the title role. As Nicklausse, audiences will see Christine Bam. Zizipho Funzo and Nontobeko Bhengu interpret Antonia, while {…}
The independent, community-focused radio network All Classical Portland celebrates its 40th birthday by announcing a rebrand. Its new logo and visual language were created in partnership with London-based boutique creative consultancy Hyper Beau. The President and CEO Suzanne Nance shared this in a press release stating, “We are honored to be recognized as a leader in public media, for high {…}
Credit: Danylo-Bobyk The Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) has announced its London debut concert to be held at Cadogan Hall on Oct. 15, 2023. The Canada-based organization will present the works of three 2022 AMP Laureates, Iman Habibi (Laureate, 2022 Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music), Aharon Harlap (Laureate, 2022 Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music), and Rita Ueda (Laureate, 2022 Azrieli Commission {…}
Photo credit: Tove Falk Olsson In the summer of 2024 the Court Theatre of Drottningholms will present Jean-Baptiste Lully’s grand French opera “Armide.” Musical director and conductor Francesco Corti leads the French creative team in the first staging of a Lully opera at Drottningholm. Florent Siaud directs, Natalie Van Parys serves as choreographer, and the set and costume designer is {…}
The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced cast changes for several productions. The company said that for its production of Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail,” Oleksiy Palchikov will sing the role of Belmonte replacing Dovlet Nurgeldiyev. Meanwhile, the role of Publio in Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” will be performed by Han Kim instead of David Minseok Kang. Finally, during the {…}
OPERA America has announced the inductees of its Opera Hall of Fame Class of 2023. The inductees include Arts Administrator and producer Michael Bronson, Arts Leader and Administrator Wayne S. Brown, composer and teacher Anthony Davis, arts funder and advocate Susan Feder, trustee and philanthropist Frayda B. Lindemann, baritone Sherrill Milnes, and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. “The contributions to the {…}
The Defiant Requiem Foundation is set to present the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s “they burn, the fires of the night: lamentations from the ashes” on Oct. 25, 2023 at the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College in New York City. The work will feature mezzo-soprano Leah Wool and baritone David Kravitz. Also on the program are works by composers {…}
The Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra have voted to authorize a strike in the event that negotiations with the Philadelphia Orchestra Kimmel Center, Inc. for a new collective bargaining agreement break down. The vote, which was held on August 19, saw 95 percent of participating musicians vote in favor of authorizing the strike. The union called the vote as POKC has {…}
The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced several cast changes for its 2023-24 season. For its production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” Kieran Carrel will take over the role of Almaviva in place of Matthew Newlin on Sept. 6, 9, and 29,2023. Meanwhile, on Dec. 31, Kangyoon Shine Lee will take over the role of Almaviva in place of Matthew Newlin. {…}
(Photo: © SF/Marco Borrelli) It is always good when a song recital does not include the usual suspects of the Lieder repertoire (you know who they are). This is nothing against “Die schöne Müllerin” or “Dichterliebe.” However, Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniušas’s recital was exciting because it featured Rachmaninoff songs, along with some small pieces by Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov for {…}
Lucas Meachem is an American, Grammy Award winning baritone whose compelling lyric baritone voice and dramatic interpretations have led him to the world’s most important operatic stages. He was discovered by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, with the encouragement of tenor Paul Groves, after he sang a karaoke stint in Paris. Graham persuaded William Mason, the then director general of the Lyric {…}
