https://operawire.com/staatsoper-hamburg-announces-schedule-change/
(Credit: Frances Marshall) The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced a schedule change for its” The Art Of.” The company said that on May 5, 2023, Thomas Hampson will be performing for Bryn Terfel and Terfel’s performance in Hamburg will take place in one of the next seasons and will be announced at a later date. Hampson is set to perform at the {…}
https://operawire.com/berlin-philharmonic-names-new-concertmaster/
Vineta Sareika-Völkner has won the audition for the position of first concertmaster with the Berlin Philharmonic. The news marks the first time a woman holds this position in the orchestra’s history. Sareika-Völkner is a Latvian violinist who studied at the Paris Conservatoire National under Gérard Poulet and at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium under Augustin Dumay. She has {…}
https://operawire.com/annalisa-stroppa-signs-with-new-management/
Annalisa Stroppa has signed with GM Art&Music for General Management. The Italian mezzo recently performed at the Donizetti Opera Festival and later performs the role of Suzuki in “Madama Butterfly” at the Bregenz Festival. She will also perform in a production of “La Gioconda” in Las Palmas, Spain. A graduate of the Conservatory of Brescia, she made her debut on {…}
https://operawire.com/diana-damrau-michael-spyres-veronique-gens-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/
With the year coming to an end, we bring you the last releases of 2022. Audiences will get a chance to hear a monodrama, a Christmas album, a solo album and rarities. Eternal Heaven Long-time musical partners Lea Desandre and Iestyn Davies present Thomas Dunford’s complete Handel program recorded with Ensemble Jupiter. Featuring Dunford on the lute, the new album {…}
https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-2022-23-review-aida/
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Thirty-four years ago, Sonja Frisell’s monumental “Aida” production premiered at the Met to tremendous success. Not only did it become one of the company’s most beloved productions due to its elegant and epic sets that recreated Egyptian architecture. The production had horses, large crowds of people, and extravagant costumes. It was what operagoers wanted {…}
https://operawire.com/hana-blazikova-alexander-chance-jun-suzuki-takaoki-onishi-to-headline-bach-collegium-japans-messiah/
The Bach Collegium Japan is set to present Händel’s “Messiah” at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Masaaki Suzuki will conduct the performance, which is set for Dec. 24, 2022, with such soloists as soprano Hana Blažíková, countertenor Alexander Chance, tenor Jun Suzuki, and baritone Takaoki Onishi. Blažíková has appeared regularly with the Bach Collegium Japan and has also performed with such {…}
https://operawire.com/golda-schultz-wins-bavarian-culture-prize/
(Credit: Dario Acosta) The 2022 Bavarian Culture Prize has been awarded to the South African opera singer Golda Schultz. In a statement regarding Schultz, Arts Minister Markus Blume said, “A fantastic firework of tones fills the stage when Golda Schultz sings.” The prize includes a value of 96,000 Euros. Schultz trained at New York’s Juilliard School and Bayerische Staatsoper’s Opernstudio {…}
https://operawire.com/dara-savinova-joins-svanholm-artists-management/
Mezzo-soprano Dara Savinova has joined the roster of Svanholm Artists Management. The mezzo is a former member of the International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich and of the Salzburger Festspiele’s Young Artist Project and is a rising star. The Estonian mezzo-soprano is set to return to the Royal Swedish Opera during the 2023-24 season. During the 2021-22 season she performed {…}
https://operawire.com/sinfonica-de-galicia-announces-new-music-director/
The Sinfónica de Galicia in Spain has announced a new Music Director. Inés Rey announced the news at the Palacio de la Ópera and noted that Roberto González-Monjas will be the Music Director for three seasons, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026. González-Monjas is the Music Director of the Orquesta del Musikkollegium Winterthur in Switzerland and is the Principal Guest Conductor of the {…}