The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced that it will stream all three productions from the 2024 season. The streams will be on the company’s Donizetti OperaTube. The first stream of the season will be “Don Pasquale“ conducted by Iván López-Reynoso and directed by Amélie Niermeyer. The cast includes Roberto de Candia, Giulia Mazzola, Javier Camarena, and Dario Sogos. Streaming Date: Nov. 22, {…}
The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced that there was a 13 percent increase in attendance for its 50th anniversary season breaking past season records. The festival also added that there was a 20 percent increase in ticket income. In a statement, GTMF Executive Director Emma Kail said, “Our record-breaking attendance and ticket sales reflect the caliber of the Grand {…}
The Arena di Verona has announced that it has broken records following the 2024 season. The company said that the 101 Arena di Verona Opera Festival closed after three months with 50 performances and an income of 33,620,000 euros. The figure was higher than last season when teh company celebrated its 100th anniversary. The company also said that there were {…}
The Darbar Festival has announced its 2024 season. The festival, which will take place between Oct. 24 to 27, is the world’s largest festival of Indian classical music outside India. The festival presents the finest international and U.K. Indian classical musicians at the Barbican Centre. Here are the Vocal highlights. Shalmalee Joshi is the foremost disciple of Pt. Ratnakar Pai, is an {…}
Ireland’s Sligo Baroque Music Festival has announced its 2024 program. The festival will be held from Sept. 27 to Sept. 29, 2024. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the vocal performances. For Culture Night in collaboration with The Hawk’s Well Theatre, the festival will present a special free concert featuring mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty in a {…}
The Vicenza in Lirica Festival has unveiled its 2024 edition. The season kicks off with a performance of Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” starring Claudia Pavone, Ekaterina Gubanova, Bryan Lopez Gonzalez, and Riccardo Zanellato. Benedikt Sauer conducts the Orchestra dei Colli Morenici. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2024 Filomenta Fittipaldi and Manuel Epis are the soloists in “W Puccini.” Alessandro Marini accompanies them at {…}
The Park Avenue Armory has announced its fall 2024 recital series. The season opens with Beverly Sills Award-winning soprano Leah Hawkins with pianist Kevin Miller exploring her personal journey of self-acceptance and identity. They will perform works by Poulenc and Lili Boulanger as well as a collection of folk songs from various cultures. Performance Dates: Sept. 13 & 15, 2024 Tenor Karim {…}
The Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña has announced its 2024 season. Celso Albelo, Miren Urbieta- Vega, Massimo Cavalletti, Helena Abad, Manuel Mas, and Simón Orfila star in Puccini’s “La Boheme.” José Miguel Pérez- Sierra conducts the production by Danilo Coppola. Performance Dates: Sept. 8-10, 2024 Javier Franco and José Ramón Martín perform in recital. Performance Date: Sept. 15, {…}
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its Fall 2024 season from September to December. Opera Teresa Iervolino leads Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Matteo D’Apolito, Patrick Kabongo, William Hernandez, and Marco Filippo Romano. Ginaluca Capuano conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-27, 2024 Daniele Gatti conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Carolina López Moreno, Piero Pretti, Vincenzo Costanzo, Marvic Monreal, and Nicola Alaimo headlining the cast. {…}
Finger Lakes Opera has unveiled its 2024 summer festival. The festival opens with a Juneteenth Celebration that features the Mount Olivet Sanctuary Choir with Wings of Praise Flag Ministry and FLO singers that are part of the cast for its world premiere this season. Performance Date: June 14, 2024 Then comes “Out Loud at the Mag” with the 2024 Young Artists. {…}
The Teatro delle Muse in Ancona has announced its 2024 season. Ernesto Petti, Rebeka Lokar, Nicola Ulivieri, Alessandro Scotto Di Luzio, and Irene Savignano star in Verdi’s “Nabucco.” György Győriványi Ráth conducts the production by Mariano Bauduin. Performance Dates: Oct. 25 & 27, 2024 Renata Scotto’s production of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Myrtò Papatanasiu, Giuseppe Infantino, Manuela Custer, and {…}