https://operawire.com/la-opera-to-offer-free-simulcast-for-don-giovanni/
The Los Angeles Opera will present a free simulcast of “Don Giovanni” on Sept. 23, 2023. Kicking off at 6 p.m. local time, audiences will be able to check out the opera on LED screens at La Mirada Community Regional Park and the Santa Monica Pier. This is the 10th “Opera at the Beach” simulcast to Santa Monica Pier and {…}
https://operawire.com/real-orquesta-sinfonica-de-sevilla-announces-2023-24-season/
The Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla has announced its 2023-24 season featuring three vocal performances. Bryndis Gudjonsdottir leads the New Year’s Concert conducted by Lucas Macias. Performance Date: Jan. 3, 2024 Alisa Kolosova and perform Mahler and Bruckner. Performance Date: April 11 & 12 2024 Darrell Ang conducts a program of music by Zemlinsky, Canteloube, and Hierro. Soprano Meigui Zhang {…}
https://operawire.com/bbc-cardiff-singer-of-world-announces-2023-participants/
The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World has announced the 2023 participants. The competition will showcase 16 singers from around the world competing for the top prize. The singers are Simone McIntosh (Canada), HuHe Gala (China), Meigui Zhang (China), Julieth Lozano Rolong (Colombia), William Thomas (England), Adolfo Corrado (Italy), Beomjin Kim ( South Korea), Sungho Kim (South Korea), Beth Taylor {…}
https://operawire.com/renee-fleming-isabel-leonard-ana-maria-martinez-rusell-thomas-lead-la-operas-2023-24-season/
LA Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Lucas Meachem, Guanqun Yu, Isabel Leonard, Anthony León, Craig Colclough, Meigui Zhang, Alan Williams, and Peixin Chen star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” James Conlon conducts Kasper Holten. Performance Dates: Sept. 23–Oct. 15, 2023 Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will star Emmett O’Hanlon, Isabel Leonard, Edgardo Rocha, Paolo Bordogna, and Luca Pisaroni. Louis Lohraseb conducts {…}
https://operawire.com/julia-bullock-kate-lindsay-nicole-cabell-hera-hyesang-park-jnai-bridges-headline-tanglewood-festival-2023/
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the Tanglewood Festival 2023 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. The Knights, under Eric Jacobsen, will present a new work by Chris Thile, who will also be the vocal soloist, as well as Jessie Montgomery’s “Source Code.” Performance Date: June 29, 2023 Nicholas {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-2022-23-review-orpheus-and-eurydice/
San Francisco Opera outdid itself with Christoph Willibald Gluck’s 18th century masterpiece, “Orpheo ed Euridice.” An absolute gem, the opera was the piece de resistance of the season. The cast, the set, the music, all in a new production by director Matthew Ozawa and conducted by acclaimed early music interpreter Peter Whelan in his American opera stage debut. Rena Butler made {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-announces-cast-change-for-orfeo-ed-euridice/
San Francisco Opera has announced a cast change for its Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice.” The company said Meigui Zhang will make her role debut as Eurydice, replacing Christina Gansch who is expecting her second child and has withdrawn from the production. Zhang made her company debut this past summer as Dai Yu in Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang’s “Dream {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-2021-22-review-dream-of-the-red-chamber/
(Credit: Cory Weaver) Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang’s “Dream of the Red Chamber,” abundant with beauty, color, sound, and light, lifts the original tale from the 18th century novel by Cao Xueqin by setting it into a Buddhist/Confucianist perspective. Thus, while we recognize familiar societal obstacles that thwart Bao Yu and Dai Yu from their particular happiness and discover {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-to-present-dream-of-the-red-chamber/
San Francisco Opera is set to present Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang’s “Dream of the Red Chamber. The opera, which is set to be presented from June 14 to July 3 at the War Memorial Opera House, is a musical retelling of the 18th-century novel by Cao Xueqin, one of China’s literary masterworks. The opera, which will be directed {…}