https://operawire.com/obituary-maria-oran-has-died-at-74/
Soprano María Orán has died. The Spanish soprano born in Tenerife died on March 9, after a long illness. The recognized artist, who studied under Lola Rodríguez Aragón, went on to sing in many of the leading festivals in Spain as well as Portugal, Mexico, Belgium, France, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, and Israel. Throughout her career, she also worked with {…}
https://operawire.com/top-5-operas-to-see-this-weekend-2-2-4-diana-damrau-jonas-kaufmann-sonya-yoncheva-headline-concert-tours/
This weekend offers a variety of different options from the around the world. Among the choices will be concert tours as well as new productions and premieres. Lulu – Hamburg State Opera, Germany Grammy winner Barbara Hannigan continues her run in the title role of “Lulu,” Berg’s masterpiece. The production by Christoph Marthaler also stars Angela Denoke, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, and Sergei Leiferkus. {…}
https://operawire.com/placido-domingo-jonas-kaufmann-cecilia-bartoli-headline-salzburg-festival/
The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2018 summer festival. This season the festival will showcase eight operas in concert and staged performances. “Die Zauberflöte” will be the festival’s sole Mozart offering starring Matthias Goerne as Sarastro, Mauro Peter as Tamino, Albina Shagimuratova in the role of the Queen of the Night, Christiane Karg as Pamina, and Adam Plachetka as Papageno. Constantinos Carydis conducts Lydia Steier’s new production. {…}
https://operawire.com/joyce-didonato-jonas-kaufmann-matthias-goerne-among-echo-klassik-award-winners/
The annual ECHO KLASSIK Awards have announced their 54 awards in 22 categories. This year’s coveted Female and Male singer of the year awards went to Joyce DiDonato and Matthias Goerne. Other winners included Jonas Kaufmann, whose album “Dolce Vita” topped the charts in terms of sales and will be honored in the category of “Bestseller of the Year 2017.” {…}
https://operawire.com/hamburg-state-opera-2017-18-season-to-include-angela-gheorghu-jonas-kaufmann-kristine-opolais-and-olga-peretyatko/
The Hamburg State Opera has announced its 2017-18 Season with six new productions and four productions in the opera stabile series. New Productions The company will first present a new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” with Achim Freyer directing. Kent Nagano leads an international cast that includes Andreas Schager in the title role and Wolfgang Koch as Amfortas. The production opens Sept. 16. {…}
https://operawire.com/weekend-preview-international-217-19-jose-cura-stars-as-wagners-tannhauser-and-anna-netrebko-continues-in-il-trovatore/
It’s the weekend and that means there is a lot to see around the world. For opera goers the houses will offer lots of Puccini, Verdi and Mozart. There will also be Rossini, Berg and Janáček for the most adventurous opera lovers. Check it out! Austria At the Wiener Staatsoper audiences will be able to hear two of the most popular {…}
https://operawire.com/arte-to-broadcast-teatro-la-fenices-new-years-concert-conducted-by-fabio-luisi-starring-john-osborn-and-rosa-feola/
On Jan. 1 Fabio Luisi, one of the leading conductors of Italian operas, will lead the New Year’s concert from the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The first part of the concert will include Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and will be followed by an intermission. The second part will be dedicated to great operatic repertoire and will include soprano Rosa Feola {…}
