Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Sir Bryn Terfel & Pretty Yende Headline Carnegie Hall’s 2019-20 Season

Carnegie Hall has announced its 2019-20 season! The 2019-20 season will honor the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with over 35 performances celebrating the composer’s work and impact and will be dedicated to violinist, educator, and activist Isaac Stern, 2020 marking the centenary of his birth. We will focus primarily on vocal performances in this season announcement. Orchestras The first {…}

Jan 28, 2019

Christian Gerhaher, Christine Goerke & Susan Graham Highlight Lincoln Center Great Performers 2019-20 Season

Lincoln Center Great Performers Has Announced its 2019-20 Season, which will include several vocal performances. Kicking off the Art of the Song series, baritone Christian Gerhaher, the “foremost lieder singer of our time,” is set to perform with pianist Gerold Huber at Alice Tully Hall. The program of this all-Mahler recital includes “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen,” songs from “Des Knaben {…}

Jan 27, 2019

Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming & Matthew Aucoin Headline LA Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The LA Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring six new productions, two company premieres, and one world pmiere. Here is a look at what to expect. Main Stage Barrie Kosky directs the first production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” in 25 years. Marina Costa-Jackson makes her LA Opera debut in the title role with Saimir Pirgu as Rodolfo. Erica Petroelli, {…}

Jan 25, 2019

Pretty Yende, Leah Crocetto, Patricia Racette Among Major Stars Of Dallas Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The Dallas Opera has announced its 2019-20 season and it features some of the most diverse programming of any season announcement to date. The proceedings kick off with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The classic opera will feature Paolo Fanale, Andrea Carroll, Markus Werba, Olga Pudova, and Morris Robinson, among others. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the score in a production originally directed {…}

Jan 25, 2019

Mozart, Bizet & Tom Cipullo Dominate Kentucky Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The Kentucky Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring four operas in new productions. The season will also include two company premieres. Here is a look! Bizet’s “Carmen” opens the season with a cast that includes Elise Quagliata in the title role, Dominic Armstrong as Don José, Richard Ollarsaba as Escamillo, and soprano Emily Albrink as Micaëla. Conductor Joseph Mechavich {…}

Jan 25, 2019

Cecilia Violetta Lopez, Michael Chioldi, Kang Wang Headline Austin Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The Austin Opera has announced its 2019-20 season which will include a new opera and two classics of the standard repertory. “Next season continues the excellence that our audiences have come to expect—pairing beautiful productions of classic works with the thought-provoking voices of the new masters of 21st-century opera,” said Annie Buridge, General Director & CEO of Austin Opera in {…}

Jan 24, 2019

Sondra Radvanovsky, Ana María Martínez & Christine Goerke Headline Lyric Opera Of Chicago’s 2019-20

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2019-20 season featuring 10 productions, including four new productions and the Ring Cycle in its entirety. The season will also include one special concert event and one important recital, among other projects. Here is a look at what audiences should expect. Main Stage The season opens with a revival of Rossini’s “Il {…}

Jan 22, 2019

Nadine Sierra, Brian Jagde & Franco Fagioli Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring seven new productions and two new revivals. There will also be a notable company premiere with many rising and established stars taking the stage. Main Stage The 2019–20 season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” in a new production by Jean-Louis Grinda. The opera returns after a 31-year absence with {…}

Jan 21, 2019

Bryn Terfel, Michelle DeYoung & Mark S. Doss Headline Welsh National Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, which is set to include two new productions and three revivals. The season will run from Sept. 21, 2019 through May 9, 2020. WNO’s season begins with a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” The autumn cast will star Virginie Verrez in the title role, Dimitri Pittas as Don José, Phillip Rhodes {…}

Jan 14, 2019

Ellie Dehn, Jennifer Johnson Cano, 21st Century Opera Dominate Arizona Opera’s 2019-20 Season

Arizona Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, which will feature a number of modern works and two major classics. The season opens in September with the world premiere of the Taliesin West version of “Shining Brow” by librettist Paul Muldoon and composer Daron Hagen. The work will be conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya with Chas Rader-Shieber directing the production. Among the {…}

Jan 2, 2019

Costa-Jackson Sisters, Wallis Giunta Among Major Highlights of Seattle Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The Seattle Opera is the first major opera company to announce its 2019-20 season, which will feature five operas and a special concert. Productions Verdi’s “Rigoletto” will open the season in August with a cast that features Lester Lynch and Giuseppe Altomare in the title role. Madison Leonard and Soraya Mafi take on Gilda while tenors Yongzhao Yu and Liparit {…}