San Diego Opera Names New Artistic Administrator

https://operawire.com/san-diego-opera-names-new-artistic-administrator/

San Diego Opera has announced the appointment of Melody Moore as its Artistic Administrator. In her new role, the famed soprano will serve as an advisor to General Director David Bennett in casting decisions. Moore has performed with such companies as Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, and Washington National Opera, among others. “I am {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2022 Review: Dialogues of the Carmelites

https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-2022-review-dialogues-of-the-carmelites/

Remarkable. Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites” opened at the San Francisco Opera War Memorial Opera House for the first time since the 1980s. We were strangers as the curtain rose, far away in time and belief, conviction, and the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution. Yet we were also familiars, who knew in our hearts and minds the {…}

News, Streaming

Heidi Stober Leads San Francisco Opera’s ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’

https://operawire.com/heidi-stober-leads-san-francisco-operas-dialogues-des-carmelites/

(Photo : Vincent Pontet) San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Season is set to continue with Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” at the War Memorial Opera House. The production by Olivier Py, which is set to run between Oct. 15 and 30, will be conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim. The Poulenc opera will star Heidi Stober in her role debut {…}

News

Michael Fabiano, Julia Bullock, Karah Son, Pretty Yende, Nina Stemme Headline San Francisco Opera’s Centennial 2022-23 Season

https://operawire.com/michael-fabiano-julia-bullock-karah-son-pretty-yende-nina-stemme-headline-san-francisco-operas-centennial-2022-23-season/

San Francisco Opera has announced its 2022-23 season, which represents the 100th anniversary of the organization. To that effect, the company will aim to honor its history as just the third American opera company to ever reach the centennial milestone. The season will kick off with an “Opera Ball – The Centennial Celebration” which will feature such performers as Nadine {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘La Fanciulla del West’

https://operawire.com/cd-review-pentatones-la-fanciulla-del-west/

An aesthetic outlier in the grand tradition of Italian opera, “La Fanciulla del West” occupies a singular position both historically and within the growing catalog of Pentatone’s multichannel audio recordings. The Dutch label proposes two contrasting takes on Puccini’s tale of the Wild West; a remastered version of the DG classic (with Carol Neblett’s magisterial Minnie) and its most recent {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘Il Tabarro’

https://operawire.com/cd-review-pentatones-il-tabarro/

A cynical depiction of low-class misery and pessimistic determinism in the vein of Zola, “Il Tabarro” may read as a departure from the sympathetic backdrop of Imperial Japan, the mining camps of the western United States, or Bohemian Paris in the 1830s. Yet its musical ingredients leave plenty of room for the elatedness of Puccinian melodies and despite the unusually {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Brian Jagde, Juyeon Song, & Laura Strickling Headline New CD/DVD Releases

https://operawire.com/brian-jagde-juyeon-song-laura-strickling-headline-new-cd-dvd-releases/

This week audiences will experience a wide array of new releases from complete opera recordings to solo albums to rarely performed pieces. Here is a look. Il Tabarro After an acclaimed “Cavalleria rusticana” recording, PENTATONE, Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie release Puccini’s “Il Tabarro.” The new recording features Melody Moore as Giorgetta, Brian Jagde as Luigi, and Lester Lynch {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’

https://operawire.com/cd-review-pentatones-cavalleria-rusticana/

No doubt the legacy of “Cavalleria Rusticana” is reaching far back into the history of recording; from the 1909 version of the Odeon Orchestra to the milestones of the LP era. Its prominence has not even slowed with the advent of the compact disc or indeed the reprinting of forgotten lore, including the 1938 performance of Lina Bruna Rasa. One {…}

DVD and CD Releases

Nina Stemme, Brian Jagde & Anna Prohaska Lead New CD/DVD Releases

https://operawire.com/nina-stemme-brian-jagde-anna-prohaska-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/

This week as you continue at home, there are a number of new albums that you can check out. Here are the latest releases we recommend you listen to. Cavalleria Rusticana Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie present a new recording of Mascagni’s masterpiece. The new recording brings together an acclaimed group of soloists Melody Moore as Santuzza, Brian Jagde {…}

72 search results for…

San Diego Opera Names New Artistic Administrator

San Francisco Opera 2022 Review: Dialogues of the Carmelites

Heidi Stober Leads San Francisco Opera’s ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’

Michael Fabiano, Julia Bullock, Karah Son, Pretty Yende, Nina Stemme Headline San Francisco Opera’s Centennial 2022-23 Season

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘La Fanciulla del West’

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘Il Tabarro’

Brian Jagde, Juyeon Song, & Laura Strickling Headline New CD/DVD Releases

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’

Nina Stemme, Brian Jagde & Anna Prohaska Lead New CD/DVD Releases