Ainhoa Arteta, Ramon Vargas, Ismael Jordi & Saioa Hernández Lead Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2022-23 Season

The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2022-23 season. Zarzuela The season opens with “La Celestina” by Felip Pedrell. The concert version will star Ketevan Kemoklidze, Miren Urbieta Vega, Andeka Gorrotxategi, Juan Jesus Rodriguez, Simon Orfila, and Sofia Esparza. Guillermo García Calvo conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 9 & 11, 2022 Barbieri’s “Pan y toros” will be conducted by Guillermo García {…}

May 25, 2022

Ian Bostridge, Carmela Remigio & Benjamin Appl Lead Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano’s 2022-23 Season

The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano has announced its 2022-23 Season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Ian Bostridge and Michele Mariotti team up for a Mahler program. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 16, 2022 Giovanni Veneri conducts the 15oth anniversary concert of the corpo nazionale degli alpini. Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2022 Verdi’s Requiem will {…}

May 24, 2022

Tineke Van Ingelgem, Leonardo Capalbo & Rafael Fingerlos Lead Opera Vlaanderen’s 2022-23 Season

Belgium’s Opera Vlaanderen has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the opera productions and recitals the season will offer. Opera Kurt Weill’s “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny” will be conducted by Alejo Pérez and Ivo Van Hove. Leonardo Capalbo, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Katharina Persicke, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Bongani Justice Kubheka, James Kryshak, Thomas Oliemans, Frederick Ballentine, and Marcel Brunner star. Performance Dates: Sept. 9 {…}

May 23, 2022

The Royal Opera House Announces ‘Biggest Cinema Season Ever’ in 2022-23

The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced its cinema slate for the 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only spotlight the opera productions. The first performance will be presented live while the second date will feature an encore retransmission. Kicking off the “biggest Cinema Season ever” for the company will be “Madama Butterfly. Screening Dates: {…}

May 23, 2022

Catherine Hunold, Alessio Arduini & Anaïk Morel Lead Opéra De Saint-Étienne’s 2022-23 Season

France’s Opéra De Saint-Étienne has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the operatic productions and the concert performances. Opera Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem is set to be conducted by Giuseppe Grazioli. Clémence Barrabé, Anne-Lise Polchlopek, Sébastien Droy, and Guilhem Worms star. Performance Date: Sept. 29, 2022 Giuseppe Grazioli conducts Mozart’s “Le Nozze {…}

May 22, 2022

Marina Costa-Jackson, Michelle Bradley, Stephanie Blythe, Maria Katzarava, Teresa Alzadon Headline San Diego Opera’s 2022-23 Season

San Diego Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. Kicking things off will be the world premiere of “El ultimo sueño de Frida y Diego” by Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz. The work will star Guadalupe Paz, Maria Katzarava, and Alfredo Daza. Lorena Maza directs while Roberto Kalb conducts. “Frida Kahlo has been a hero since my girlhood. Before I {…}

May 22, 2022

Raquel Lojendio & Javier Franco Highlight Orquesta de Extremadura’s 2022-23 Season

Spain’s Orquesta de Extremadura has announced its 2022-23 season featuring two operatic performances and vocal highlights. Here are just the vocal performances for the season. Wagner’s “Parsifal” will star Christopher Ventris, Allison Cook, Derek Welton, and Noel Bouley. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts. Performance Date: Jan. 26, 2023 Raquel Lojendio and Javier Franco star in Menoitti’s “The Telephone” and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s “Il Segreto di Susana.” Andrés {…}

May 21, 2022

Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala & Sarah Connolly Highlight Staatskapelle Dresden’s 2022-23 Season

The Staatskapelle Dresden has announced its 2022-23 season with many vocal highlights. Here is a look. Philippe Herreweghe conducts Dorothee Mields, Sophie Harmsen, Alex Potter, Reinoud Van Mechelen, and Krešimir Stražanac in Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Performance Dates: Feb. 13 & 14, 2023 Christian Thielemann and Diana Damrau team up for an evening of Richard Strauss. Performance Dates: April {…}

May 21, 2022

Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Julia Kleiter & Sabina Puértolas Orquesta & Coro Nacionales de España’s 2022-23 Season

The Orquesta and Coro Nacionales de España have announced their 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The season opens with György Ligeti’s Requiem and Richard Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie conducted by David Afkham with soloists Jenny Daviet and Barbara Kozelj. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-25, 2022 György Ligeti’s Atmosphères and Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum and {…}

May 21, 2022

Bryn Terfel, Adela Zaharia, Benjamin Appl, Jennifer Johnston, Katerina Kneziková Headline Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s 2022-23 Season

(Image Source: Domingo Hindoyan Official Website) The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on classical vocal performances. The Opening Concert will feature soprano Katerina Kneziková in a performance of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Domingo Hindoyan will also conduct Janácek’s Sinfonietta. Performance Dates: Sept. 17, 2022 Soprano Katie Coventry and {…}

May 21, 2022

Lise Lindstrom, Anush Hovhannisyan & Raehann Bryce-Davis Lead Royal Danish Opera’s 2022-23 Season

The Royal Danish Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring operatic productions, musicals and concerts. Opera i Roskilde will feature Sine Bundgaard, Hanne Fischer, Niels Jørgen Riis, and Magnus Berg. Performance Date: July 31, 2022 “Papageno og Papagena” will be performed by pianist Kristoffer Hyldig and soloists Julie Meera Albertsen and Frederik Rolin. Performance Dates: Sept. 10-Nov. 6, 2022 Steven Moore conducts Stefan {…}