Spain’s Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa has announced its 2023-24 season featuring three vocal performances. Here is a look at those concerts. Olesya Golovneva joins the orchestra for a concert of music by Verdi, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky. Erik Nielsen conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 19-20, 2023 Katharina Ruckgaber sings a Christmas concert with Daniel Squeo conducting music by Nino Rota, Poulenc, and Respighi. {…}
The Theater Dortmund has announced its 2023-24 season featuring new productions and concerts. Premieres Sergey Romanovsky, Sungho Kim, Jonathan Tetelman, Anna Sohn, and Zhala Ismailova lead a new production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The cast also includes Rinnat Moriah, Sooyeon Lee, Mandla Mndebele, Daegyun Jeong, Morgan Moody, Daegyun Jeong, and Denis Velev. Gabriel Feltz conducts the production by Gil Mehmert. {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four productions. The Boston Lyric Opera opens with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” featuring Karen Chia-Ling Ho, Alice Chung, Dominick Chenes, and Troy Cook. David Angus conducts the opera in a production by Phil Chan. Performance Dates: Sept. 14-24, 2023 David Angus conducts Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” in a production by Dawn M. Simmons. {…}
The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2023-24 season featuring premieres, revivals, and recitals. Premieres Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will be conducted by Michael Güttler and directed by Henriette Hörnigk. The cast will be led by Mirko Roschkowski, Marco Jentzsch, Klaus Florian Vogt, Heather Engebretson, Khatuna Mikaberidze, KS Thomas de Vries, Egils Silins, Young Doo Park, and Timo Riihonen. Performance Dates: Sept. 16, 2023-May {…}
Opera Orlando announced its 2023-24 season, entitled “All for Art.” The season opens with “Tosca” starring Eleni Calenos, Nathan Granner, and Daniel Scofield. Josh Shaw directs and Eiki Isomura conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 27 & 29, 2023 The season features “Frida” in a production by John de los Santos conducted by Jorge Parodi. The opera stars Cecilia Violetta López and {…}
Alabama-based Opera Birmingham has announced its 2023-24 season. It all kicks off with “The Billy Goats Gruff” which features scenes from works by Mozart, Donizetti, and Rossini. Performance Date: Oct. 7, 2023 Next up is “Sounds of the Season,” a holiday concert featuring the Opera Birmingham Studio and Opera Birmingham Chorus. Performance Date: Dec. 10, 2023 The company will then {…}
The Royal Opera House has unveiled its 2023-24 season. It all kicks off with a production of “Das Rheingold” directed by Barrie Kosky and conducted by Antonio Pappano. The opera stars Christopher Maltman, Christopher Purves, Sean Panikkar, Marina Prudenskaya, Kiandra Howarth, and Wiebke Lehmkulm. Performance Dates: Sept. 11 – 29, 2023 Next up is “La Forza del Destino” in a {…}
Ars Lyrica Houston has announced its 2023-24 season. The season kicks off with “Fallen Angels,” a concert featuring music by Carissimi, Purcell, and Vivaldi. Soloists include Nola Richardson, Jay Carter, Thomas O’Neill, and Enrico Lagasca. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2023 Next up is “Ecstatic Visions” featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki. The concert features music by Rameau, Schmeltzer, and Händel. Performance Date: {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced the programming for its 2023-24 Liceu+ slate. The company will live stream “Eugene Onegin.” The opera stars Svetlana Aksenova, Audun Iversen, and Alexey Neklyudov. Josep Pons conducts. Streaming Date: Oct. 8, 2023 / Special Edition in November 2023 Next up is “Antony and Cleopatra” with Julia Bullock and Gerald Finley. John Adams conducts. {…}
The Royal Danish Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring opera productions and concerts. Opera Bassem Samir Akiki conducts “Don Juans Inferno” with Fanny Soyer, Palle Knudsen, Damian Pass, Fredrik Bjellsäter, and Geoffroy Buffière. Performance Dates: April 20-May 9, 2024 Paolo Carignani conducts Verdi’s “Aida” with Anna Nechaeva, Miriam Clark, Nora Sourouzian, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Samuele Simoncini, Jens Søndergaard, Musa Ngqungwana, Kyungil Ko, and Daniel Giulianini. {…}
The Nashville Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four productions. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will star Jonathan Burton, Keri Alkema, Andrew Manea, Joseph Lim, and Anthony Ciaramitaro. John Hoomes directs and Dean Williamson conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 21 & 23, 2023 Michael Nyman’s “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” will star Matthew Treviño, Caroline Worra, and Tyler Nelson. John Hoomes directs and Dean Williamson conducts. {…}