Kristian Benedikt, Asmik Grigorian & Francesca Sassu Highlight Lithuanian National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

The Lithuanian National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season. Here is a look at the operas and operettas for the upcoming season. Opera Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena“ opens the season with Sesto Quatrini and Ričardas Šumila conducting. Francesca Sassu and Joana Gedmintaitė headline the cast in the title role, with Raffaella Lupinacci, Justina Gringytė, and Eglė Šidlauskaitė as Giovanna, Tadas Girininkas {…}

Jun 8, 2020

Angel Blue & Stephanie Blythe Lead San Diego Opera’s 2020-21 Season

The San Diego Opera has announced the 2020-21 season featuring six productions. Main Stage The season opens with Keturah Stickann’s production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Angel Joy Blue stars in the title role with Joshua Guerrero as Rodolfo, Andrea Carroll as Musetta, Alexander Birch Elliot as Marcello, and Scott Sikon as Beniôt/Alcindoro. Valerio Galli conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 24-Nov. 1, {…}

Jun 5, 2020

Jennifer Rowley, Patrizia Ciofi & Karine Deshayes Headline Opéra de Marseille’s 2020-21 Season

Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2020-21 season featuring seven operas and a number of concerts. Misha Didyk stars in Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” with Barbara Haveman, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Marion Lebegue, Alexander Kasyanov, and Serban Vasile. Lawrence Foster conducts Olivier Py. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-9, 2020 Roberto Rizzi Brignoli conducts Nicola Berloffa’s production of Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” with Silvia Tro {…}

Jun 5, 2020

Opera Colorado Postpones ‘The Shining’

Opera Colorado has announced that it will postpone the opening of its 2020-21 season. In a press statement the company announced, “in order to safely welcome you back to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, we have taken the bold step of moving our fall, season-opening production of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s ‘The Shining’ to the final two weeks of {…}

Jun 4, 2020

Aleksandra Kurzak, Piotr Beczala & Ewa Vesin Highlight Polish National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Martyna Gallaweb/Jean Baptiste Millot) The Polish National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring four new productions and a number of international stars. For the purposes of this article, we are only focusing on opera and vocal performances. Premieres Ho-Yoon Chung stars in the title role of Massenet’s “Werther.” The new production will be directed by Willy Decker and {…}

Jun 3, 2020

Anna Pirozzi, Ainhoa Arteta & Ekaterina Semenchuk Highlight Bilbao Opera’s 2020-21 Season

The Bilbao Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five productions with four Italian works and one French opera. Here is a look at what the Spanish season will offer. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” with Paolo Bordogna, Sabina Puértolas, Renato Girolami, Juan José de León, Pietro Spagnoli, and Marina Viotti. Christophe Rousset conducts the production {…}

Jun 3, 2020

Sunyoung Seo, Patricia Petibon, Natalie Dessay & Jakub Józef Orliński Star in Opéra de Dijon’s 2020-21 Season

The Opéra de Dijon in France has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five operas and a number of concerts. Here is a breakdown of the season. Opera Zemlinsky’s “Görge le rêveur” is set to be conducted by Marta Gardolińska in a production by Laurent Delvert. Peter Wedd, Helena Juntunen, Susanna Hurrell, Andrew Greenan, Piotr Lempa, Allen Boxer, Alexander Sprague, Wieland Satter, Piotr {…}

Jun 2, 2020

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, Lead Teatro Real’s 2020-21 Season

The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced the 2020-21 season featuring premieres, new productions and some of the greatest stars in the world. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Lorenzo Passerini conduct a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera“ directed by Gianmaria Aliverta. The production stars Michael Fabiano and Ramón Vargas as Riccardo, Anna Pirozzi and Tatiana Serjan as Amelia, Artur {…}

Jun 1, 2020

Elina Garanča, Ailyn Pérez & Lawrence Brownlee Headline Teatro San Carlo di Napoli’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Chris Singer/ Paul Schirnhofer/DG/ Shervin Lainez) The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2020-21 season which will be the first under superintendent Stéphane Lissner. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a new production by Emma Dante. Selene Zanetti stars as Mimì with Damiana Mizzi as Musetta, Stephen Costello in his house debut as Rodolfo, {…}

Jun 1, 2020

Manfred Honeck & Matthias Goerne Highlight Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season featuring some of the top soloists in the world. For this article we will highlight the vocal performances. The first vocal performance of the season will be Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. Manfred Honeck conducts the performance with the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Youth Chorus, Duquesne University Voices of Spirit, Grove {…}

May 28, 2020

Elina Garanca, Heartbeat Opera Headline The Broad Stage’s 2020-21 Season

The Broad Stage in Los Angeles has announced its 2020-21 season, which will be the company’s first under Artistic and Executive Director Rob Bailis. The season will feature a wide array or unique works and artists, but for the purposes of this article, our focus will be on operatic and vocal performances. The season will launch outdoors in fall 2020 {…}