https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-eliza-bonet/
This week, Opera Southwest will make history with its production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” The opera, which is one of the most popular in the repertoire, will be performed in a Spanish version translated by Eduardo de Bray that premiered in Barcelona in 1890. The new production in New Mexico will mark the U.S. premiere of the version with Eliza Bonet {…}
https://operawire.com/central-city-opera-postpones-festival-preview/
Central City Opera has postponed its 2024 festival preview. The event, originally scheduled for April 27, 2024, will be canceled due to severe weather. The organization will reschedule the event for a later date in May. The company did note that it will still hold its Festival Preview at The Muse in Lafayette on Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m. {…}
https://operawire.com/northern-ireland-opera-announces-cast-for-eugene-onegin/
The Northern Ireland Opera has announced the Principal Cast and Creatives in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The opera, which will be performed in September in Belfast, will be directed by the renowned national opera company’s Artistic Director Cameron Menzies. Conductor Dominic Limburg will lead the performance with a cast that includes Mary McCabe, Carolyn Dobbin, Sarah Richmond, Jenny Bourke, Yuriy Yurchuk, {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-forward-festival-2024-review-oedipus-rex-antigone/
One of the main events at this year’s Opera Forward Festival in Amsterdam was a Sophocles-inspired double bill featuring Stravinsky’s 1927 work “Oedipus Rex” and the world premiere of Samy Moussa’s new composition “Antigone.” Although neither piece is defined as an opera as such, both sit comfortably at home within the repertoire. “Oedipus Rex” is described as an opera-oratorio and {…}
https://operawire.com/halo-presents-its-first-commissioned-work-singers-stanzas/
Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera (HALO) gives the world premiere of its first commissioned work, “Singers & Stanzas,” at the Dock Street Theatre on May 4, beginning at 2 p.m. Lowcountry poets Marcus Amaker, Evelyn Berry, Abby Duran, and Brittany Porcher, and composer Laura Jobin-Acosta were commissioned to create four new songs on the theme of love. Together they {…}
https://operawire.com/obituary-german-baritone-gunther-leib-dies-at-96/
On March 3, 2024, German baritone Günther Leib died at 96. Born on April 12, 2024 in Gotha, Leib studied violin at the age of seven and continued his studies following World War II at the State Conservatory in Erfurt.He began his career as a violinist in 1949 with the Gotha Municipal Orchestra but eventually obtained an interest in opera {…}
https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-2023-24-review-fire-shut-up-in-my-bones/
Perhaps it was the eclipse, an event typically devoid of human influence, yet on the evening of April 8, 2024, it seemed to cast an otherworldly aura over Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons’ production of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” The production premiered at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2019 before moving to the Met to sold-out audiences {…}
https://operawire.com/obituary-german-baritone-gerd-feldhoff-dies-at-92/
(Credit: © Harry Groner) On April 4, 2024, German baritone Gerd Feldhoff died at the age of 92. Born on Oct. 29, 1931, in Cologne, he went on to study at the North West Music Academy in Detmold. He made his debut in Essen in 1959 as Figaro in “Le nozze di Figaro” and went on to perform with the {…}
https://operawire.com/athlone-artists-adds-kara-goodrich-to-roster/
Athlone Artists has added soprano Kara Goodrich to its roster of artists. The soprano has performed with such companies as Opera Philadelphia, Utah Festival Opera, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and Upper Dublin Choristers. She also placed as finalist or took home the top prize in a number of major competitions including the Barry Alexander Vocal Competition, the Giulio Gari Competition, {…}
