Menu

59 search results for…

News

Alice Coote, Elizabeth Llewellyn & Anna Denisova Lead Opera North’s 2022-23 Season

https://operawire.com/alice-coote-elizabeth-llewellyn-anna-denisova-lead-opera-norths-2022-23-season/

Opera North has announced its 2022-23 season with eight productions. The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Anna Denisova, Nico Darmanin, Oliver Johnston, Stephen Gadd, and Damiano Salerno. Jonathan Webb and Manoj Kamps conduct the production by Alessandro Talevi. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Nov. 17, 2022 “Orpheus After Monteverdi” is set to star Kezia Bienek, Jasdeep Singh Degun, Amy Freston, Ustad Shahbaz Hussain, Supriya {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera North 2021 -22 Review: Alcina

https://operawire.com/opera-north-2021-22-review-alcina/

(Photo: James Glossop) In the early 1730s the newly established The Opera of the Nobility succeeded in displacing Handel from London’s King’s Theatre, causing him to relocate to the recently built Covent Garden, a theatre furnished with the latest stage machinery, a chorus and dance company. The composer’s response to his new circumstances was to compose a run of successful {…}
News

Danielle De Niese, Anna Dennis, Anthony Gregory, Bethany Horak-Hallett Headline London Händel Festival 2022

https://operawire.com/danielle-de-niese-anna-dennis-anthony-gregory-bethany-horak-hallett-headline-london-handel-festival-2022/

(Credit: Frances Marshall) The London Händel Festival has announced its 2022 lineup, which will be entitled “New Beginnings.” For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances only. Opening Night will feature Laurence Cummings leading the Academy of Ancient Music and the National Youth Choir of Great Britten as well as the Chamber Choir {…}
News

Cincinnati Opera & 90.9 WGUC to Present Encore of ‘Hallelujah Handel’

https://operawire.com/cincinnati-opera-and-90-9-wguc-to-present-encore-of-hallelujah-handel/

Cincinnati Opera and 90.9 WGUC will present an encore broadcast of “Hallelujah Handel,” a four-part radio series hosted by Evans Mirageas, the Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera. The series explores the life and work of composer George Frideric Händel and will be broadcast over four successive Tuesday evenings beginning on Nov. 30, 2021, at 9 p.m. Each {…}
News

Emily D’Angelo, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies & I Fagiolini Headline St. Martin-in-the-Fields Spring 2022 Season

https://operawire.com/emily-dangelo-lucy-crowe-sophie-bevan-iestyn-davies-i-fagiolini-headline-st-martin-in-the-fields-spring-2022-season/

St. Martin-in-the-Fields has announced its Spring 2022 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on soley vocal performances. Soprano Natalya Romaniw and pianist Iain Burnside will initiate the new ENO in the Fields program, a collaboration with the English National Opera. Performance Date: Feb. 12, 2022 I Fagiolini will take on baroque music for multiple choirs {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

International Handel Festival Göttingen 2021 Review: Ariodante

https://operawire.com/international-handel-festival-gottingen-2021-review-ariodante/

(Photo: Theodore da Silva) Just behind Göttingen train station is the Lokhalle, a large industrial building built between 1917 and 1920, which until 1976 was used for repairing locomotives, when it was closed and sold for development. Fortunately, it was not demolished along with the other buildings on the site. Instead, it was converted into an events center which, among {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

International Handel Festival Göttingen 2021 Review: Rodelinda

https://operawire.com/international-handel-festival-gottingen-2021-review-rodelinda/

(Photo: Alciro Theodore da Silva) The relationship of art to society is a complex and ever-changing one. At times it is used to support the dominant values of the elite as was the case with the 17th and 18th century baroque, whilst during other periods, it sets itself up in opposition to society, underpinned by varying degrees of revolutionary intent. {…}
News

Toby Spence, Eric Greene & Chrystal E. Williams Lead Opera North’s 2021-22 Season

https://operawire.com/toby-spence-eric-greene-chrystal-e-williams-lead-opera-norths-2021-22-season/

Opera North in the United Kingdom has announced its 2021-22 featuring new productions and several classic works. The season launches with Bizet’s “Carmen“ conducted by Garry Walker and Anony Hermus. The production will open the Autumn season at Leeds Grand Theatre and will also be performed as part of the Winter season. The cast includes Chrystal E. Williams as Carmen, Antoine {…}
News

St. John’s Smith Square and Tenebrae Announce Virtual Holy Week Festival 2021

https://operawire.com/st-johns-smith-square-and-tenebrae-announce-virtual-holy-week-festival-2021/

St. John’s Smith Square and Tenebrae have announced the online Holy Week Festival 2021, featuring choral music written for Lent and Easter. The festival will run from March 28 (Palm Sunday) to April 5 (Easter Monday). The concerts will be free to watch, though donations are encouraged, and will be available to watch for 30 days after airing. Founded in {…}

Links

Social

Contact

Opera is thriving. And OperaWire came about as a desire to take in as much of it and allow the passionate fan base access to everything this wondrous art form has to offer on a daily basis.

© Copyright 2026 OperaWire
Site by Lenny's Studio