https://operawire.com/obituary-legendary-soprano-lucine-amara-dies-at-99/
Legendary soprano Lucine Amara has died at the age of 99. The American soprano was born on March 1, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut but was raised in San Francisco. She went on to study at the San Francisco Community Music Center and sang in the chorus of the San Francisco Opera from 1945 to 1946. She made her concert debut at the {…}
https://operawire.com/vesselina-kasarova-appointed-professor-of-seoul-national-university/
Vesselina Kasarova has been appointed professor of the Vocal Music Department at the Seoul National University. The mezzo-soprano announced the news via social media stating, “A new era in my professional life. Vesselina Kasarova professor Seoul National University College of music.” The Bulgarian mezzo-soprano is one of the most recognized Bel Canto and Mozart interpreters of her generation having performed at the Wiener {…}
https://operawire.com/60th-international-competition-voci-verdiane-citta-di-busseto-announcess-2024-winners/
The 60th International Competition Voci Verdiane Citta’ di Busseto has announced the 2024 winners. The first place went to Korean soprano Jieun Choi while the second place went to the Greek soprano Maria Kosovitsa. The third soprano was awarded to soprano Iolanda Massimo and the baritone Shi Yan. According to the competition, over 3,000 spectators followed the final live streaming on {…}
https://operawire.com/robert-gleadow-christopher-purves-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences get to hear world premiere pieces, two complete operas, and a debut album by one of the most interesting ensembles today. Don Giovanni Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” recorded in November 2023 at the Royal Opera of Versailles features Robert Gleadow and {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-theatre-saint-louis-2024-review-julius-caesar/
(Photo: Eric Woolsey) For their 2024 mainstage summer festival season, Opera Theatre Saint Louis (OTSL) paired two fixtures in top-ten performance frequency, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Bohème,” with two exciting, less offered menu items. Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002) received just its fourth staging anywhere, while George Frideric Händel’s operatic capolavoro, “Julius Caesar” (“Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” 1724) {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-australia-2024-review-hamlet/
(Credit: Keith Saunders) It was commissioned by and premiered at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017. Then new cities followed suit every year (apart from the horrid COVID-infected era): Adelaide Festival (2018), a new production in Cologne, Germany (2019), the massive success at the Metropolitan Opera of New York (2022) and the Bavarian State Opera in München (2023). Finally, after seven {…}
https://operawire.com/louise-alder-joins-mwa-for-general-management/
Soprano Louise Alder has joined MWA for general management. Alder is currently starring as Cleopatra in David McVicar’s iconic production of “Giulio Cesare” at Glyndebourne Festival. She is well-known for having performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Glyndebourne Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper, Carnegie Hall, and the Wigmore Hall, where she held a widely acclaimed artistic residency in 2024. She {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-aryeh-nussbaum-cohen/
(Credit: Richard Hubert Smith) Last week, the Glyndebourne Festival opened its 2024 production of “Giulio Cesare,” a revival of a production by David McVicar. The production features a cast of rising stars and baroque specialists. Among them are Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen who is returning to the festival after his successful debut in Händel’s “Semele.” For his performances thus far he {…}
https://operawire.com/santa-fe-opera-announces-cast-change-for-la-traviata/
The Santa Fe Opera has announced a casting update for its production of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The company said Mexican baritone Alfredo Daza is set to make its house debut as Giorgio Germont in Louisa Muller’s new staging of “La Traviata,” a role he will also perform in the co-production at the Dallas Opera in the fall. He replaces Carlos {…}
