https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-2023-review-falstaff/
(Photo: © Ruth Walz) A couple of weeks ago, I had a lovely conversation with one of the dramaturgists of Salzburg Festival’s production of Verdi’s “Falstaff.” He pinpointed how strange it is for a dramaturg to hear that the staging for this production did not work, but the music did. To him, music and theater are part of the same {…}
https://operawire.com/obituary-bass-baritone-robert-hale-dies-at-90/
Bass-baritone Robert Hale has died at the age of 90. Born on August 22, 1933, in Kerrville, Texas, Hale spent his childhood in Louisiana before moving to Oklahoma City, where he attended high school and college. He attended Bethany-Peniel College where he graduated from in 1955 with a Bachelor’s in Music and then completed his Master’s at the University of {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-nicholas-brownlee/
This week the Santa Fe Opera is set to open a new production of Wagner’s early work “Der Fliegende Holländer” with a cast of superstars and rising stars. Among the cast is Nicholas Brownlee, who is singing the title role and making his role debut. Brownlee has been a mainstay at the Santa Fe Opera since his debut in 2015 {…}
https://operawire.com/teatro-nacional-de-sao-carlos-review-2022-23-il-trovatore/
(Photo: ©António Pedro Ferreira) An exciting production of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” closed the 2022-23 season of Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos this past week, bringing a fitting conclusion on a high note to the challenging tenure of Elisabete Matos as the Artistic Director of Portugal’s premier opera house. Rendered in a lively staging by Stefano Vizioli, Maestro António Pirolli {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-mark-s-doss/
(Credit Fabrizio Sansoni) This week the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to open a new production of Janáček’s “From the House of the Dead” which will also mark the company premiere of the famed work. For this momentous occasion, the company has lined up a cast of veterans and rising stars including Mark S. Doss. Doss will return to the {…}
https://operawire.com/keitaro-harada-awarded-2023-sir-georg-solti-conducting-award/
(Photo credit: Masatoshi Yamashiro) Internationally recognized conductor Kietaro Harada was awarded the 2023 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Harada is the Associate Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Music and Artistic Director of Savannah Philharmonic where his contract was just renewed through the 2026 -27 season. Harada and the Solti Foundation have an established relationship as he has {…}
https://operawire.com/ammodo-docs-to-explore-digital-convergence-for-in-between-realities-documentary/
On April 7, 2023, Ammodo Docs will present Michel van der Aa’s documentary “In Between Realities.” Directed by Carin Goeijiers, this multidisciplinary work explores themes of the digital age, along with questions on the border between human consciousness and machines. The work comes as part of Ammodo Docs, a series of short documentaries about innovators of arts and science, with {…}
https://operawire.com/tamara-wilson-ryan-speedo-green-gustavo-dudamel-lead-la-philharmonics-2023-24-season/
LA Philharmonic has announced its 2023-24 season, which will celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary at Disney Hall. Special guest singers join Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil to celebrate iconic protest music by Latina artists with “Canto en resistencia.” Silvana Estrada is the soloist. Performance Dates: Nov. 9-12, 2023 Esa-Pekka Salonen leads Los Angeles Master Chorale in Salonen’s “Karawane” and {…}
https://operawire.com/channa-malkin-to-make-debut-with-joven-orquesta-barroca-de-andalucia/
Dutch soprano Channa Malkin will make her debut with the Joven Orquesta Barroca de Andalucía on Dec. 23, 2022. The concert will feature a program made up of works Händel and Vivaldi. Audiences will hear excerpts from “Messiah,” “Orlando,” and “Giulio Cesare” from the former and passages from “Arsilda” and “La Fida Ninfa” from the latter, among others. Salvador Vázquez {…}