https://operawire.com/artist-of-week-carmela-remigio/
Known as “Madame Mozart” and a passionate Bel Canto singer, Carmela Remigio has forged her career as one of the leading Italian sopranos of her generation. Not only has she sung a number of Mozart roles, but she has also taken on the challenges in the works of Verdi, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky. As a Bel Canto singer, she is {…}
https://operawire.com/q-a-yajie-zhang-on-the-world-premiere-of-orfeo/
What is it like to crossover from opera to rock music? Better yet,what it is like to fuse both genres into one score? That was the challenge mezzo-soprano Yajie Zhang had to face for the new opera “Orfeo” by Fay Kueen Wang and Zou Shuang. A classically trained performer, Zhang has steadily risen the ranks of the opera world performing {…}
https://operawire.com/composer-profile-saverio-mercadante-one-of-italys-overlooked-masters/
In his time, Saverio Mercadante, baptized on Sept. 17, 1795, was a well-known and well-liked composer. We don’t live in his time. The Italian maestro, born in Altamura, was even given the approval of Rossini and it was under the guidance of the Italian genius that Mercadante really started dedicating himself to writing operas. Rossini even invited him to Paris {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-malin-bystrom/
“Tosca” is probably the greatest diva in the opera canon. The role is so iconic that most sopranos dream of performing it at some points in their respective careers. The work combines rich music with one of the most suspenseful acts in all of opera. It gives opportunities to sopranos to show off their vocal fireworks as well as their {…}
https://operawire.com/cd-dvd-releases-week-of-sept-9/
As the holiday season approaches, a number of new releases will be available this week. Last week we saw the releases of new albums by Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, and the world premiere recording of Anton Rubenstein’s “Moses” and this week’s offerings include an homage to Dmitri Hvorostovsky, a new release for Jonas Kaufmann, a new collaboration between two major {…}
https://operawire.com/q-a-carmela-remigio-on-rinaldo-martina-franca-luciano-pavarotti/
OperaWire was lucky enough to catch up with the wonderfully talented soprano Carmela Remigio, during the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, where she sang Armida in Handel’s “Rinaldo.” Known as “Madame Mozart” in Italy, owing to her close association with Mozart’s operas, and especially “Don Giovanni,” her repertoire is, in fact, far wider. In 2019, she is scheduled {…}
https://operawire.com/interview-sesto-quatrini-on-his-conducting-style-career-ambitions/
Sesto Quatrini made his Italian debut, conducting Verdi’s “Un giorno di regno,” at the Festival della Valle d’Itria, July 20, 2017, a little over one year ago. Since then he has debuted at, amongst other venues, La Fenice and Verona. It has been a rapid rise for the young conductor who, at the age of 34, seems destined for the {…}
https://operawire.com/michael-spyres-cancels-at-choregies-dorange/
Michael Spyres has canceled his participation in Chorégies d’Orange’s upcoming production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The festival announced that due to health reason Spyres would not be able to sing the role of Count Almaviva on July 31 and August 4. As a result, Ioan Hotea, will replace the tenor. The Romanian tenor won the first prize in the {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-profile-hermann-prey-consummate-figaro/
Hermann Prey always seems to have a smile on in any photo that you might find of him. The lyric baritone, born on July 11, 1929, grew up in Germany and studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. In the early 1950s, he started singing recitals and would make his operatic debut at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden before heading {…}