Omer Meir Wellber to Become Hamburg Staatsoper General Music Director and Chief Conductor

https://operawire.com/omer-meir-wellber-to-become-hamburg-staatsoper-general-music-director-and-chief-conductor/

Omer Meir Wellber will become Hamburg Staatsoper‘s General Music Director and Chief Conductor of Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra, beginning with the 2025-26 season, and will succeed Kent Nagano. Dr. Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media while introducing Wellber at City Hall, said, “With Omer Meir Wellber, we have been able to win an outstanding artistic personality for the cultural city {…}

News, Streaming

Pretty Yende, Lise Davidsen, Maria Agresta Headline Royal Opera House’s 2023 Stream

https://operawire.com/pretty-yende-lise-davidsen-maria-agresta-headline-royal-opera-houses-2023-stream/

The Royal Opera House has announced its streaming slate to kick off 2023. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. The company is set to stream Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Pretty Yende, Stephen Costello, and Dimitri Platanias. The work features Richard Eyre’s classic production. Streaming Date: Jan. 19, 2023 Next up {…}

News

Jonas Kaufmann, Pretty Yende, Benjamin Bernheim, Russell Thomas Nominated for International Opera Awards

https://operawire.com/jonas-kaufmann-pretty-yende-benjamin-bernheim-russell-thomas-nominated-for-international-opera-awards/

The Teatro Real de Madrid is set to host the 2022 International Opera Awards on Nov. 28, 2022. This is the first time in the awards’ history that they will be presented outside of the United Kingdom. “The International Opera Awards have always been international with winners from around the world as opera is one of the most international of {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2022 Review: Moïse et Pharaon

https://operawire.com/festival-daix-en-provence-2022-review-moise-et-pharaon/

(Photo: Monika Ritttershaus) The initial impressions of the Aix-en-Provence festival’s production of Rossini’s “Moïse et Pharaon” did not bode well. Hearsay reports spoke of a modern day reinterpretation in which the focus was on refugees, and their life in the camps and the perils they face when crossing the Mediterranean. Productions which seek to politicize an opera, beyond that which {…}

News

Jeanine de Bique to Perform at Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer in the City’

https://operawire.com/jeanine-de-bique-to-perform-at-lincoln-centers-summer-in-the-city/

Jeanine De Bique is set to appear alongside the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra as part of Lincoln Center’s “Summer in the City” program at the end of the month. The soprano will perform Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” as well as arias from Mozart’s “Zaide” and “Don Giovanni.” The performance, slated for July 29 and 30, 2022, will include Beethoven’s {…}

Artist of the Week

Artist of the Week: Michele Mariotti

https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-michele-mariotti/

(Credit: ©Rocco Casaluci) This week the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence opened its 2022 edition featuring an array of repertoire and exciting productions. The festival will bring some of the most recognizable names in the operatic world as well as some of the best conductors and directors. On July 7, the company will open its new production of “Moïse et Pharaon” with Michele {…}

News

Nicole Car, Anna Pirozzi & Corinne Winters Lead Opéra de Lyon’s 2022-23 Season

https://operawire.com/nicole-car-anna-pirozzi-corinne-winters-lead-opera-de-lyons-2022-23-season/

The Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2022-23 season featuring opera, concerts, and ballet. here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Daniele Rustioni conducts the new production by David Hermann of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser.” The cast includes Simon O’Neill, Christoph Pohl, Robert Lewis, Pete Thanapat, Elena Guseva, and Irène Roberts. Performance Dates: Oct. 11-30, 2022 Massenet’s “Hérodiade” will be performed in {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Turandot, Cast B

https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-2021-22-review-turandot-cast-b/

(Credit: Metropolitan Opera / Marty Sohl) I could commence this review by going into the political implications and problematic circumstances surrounding this production, but another writer has already done an excellent job spotlighting all that. Instead, I am going to jump into the performance itself, the second in this run of the famed Puccini work and Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic and, {…}

News

Asmik Grigorian, Jessica Pratt, Corinne Winters, Bianca Andrew, Zanda Svede Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2022-23 Season

https://operawire.com/asmik-grigorian-jessica-pratt-corinne-winters-bianca-andrew-zanda-svede-headline-oper-frankfurts-2022-23-season/

Oper Frankfurt has unveiled its 2022-23 season which will include 11 new productions. New Productions The season opens with “Die Zauberflöte” as directed by Ted Huffman. Julia Jones and Simone Di Felice conduct casts starring Kudaibergen Abildin, Michael Porter, Hyoyoung Kim, Karolina Bengtsson, Danylo Matviienko, Domen Krizaj, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Kihwan Sim, Anna Nekhames, and Aleksandra Olczyk, among others. Performance {…}

90 search results for…

Omer Meir Wellber to Become Hamburg Staatsoper General Music Director and Chief Conductor

Pretty Yende, Lise Davidsen, Maria Agresta Headline Royal Opera House’s 2023 Stream

Jonas Kaufmann, Pretty Yende, Benjamin Bernheim, Russell Thomas Nominated for International Opera Awards

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2022 Review: Moïse et Pharaon

Jeanine de Bique to Perform at Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer in the City’

Artist of the Week: Michele Mariotti

Nicole Car, Anna Pirozzi & Corinne Winters Lead Opéra de Lyon’s 2022-23 Season

Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Turandot, Cast B

Asmik Grigorian, Jessica Pratt, Corinne Winters, Bianca Andrew, Zanda Svede Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2022-23 Season