The Nevill Holt Festival has announced its 2024 schedule. The season will open with a new production of Mozart’s iconic opera “The Magic Flute” featuring The Britten Sinfonia. The new production will see a cast of the UK young opera singers. The opera stars Nazan Fikret, Jonathan Eyers, Allen Michael Jones, Jasmine Flicker, Olivia Warburton, and Simon Sumal. Melly Still {…}
The 75th Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts has been announced featuring chamber, orchestral and vocal concerts. Here is a look at the vocal events. Gweneth Ann Rand, Simon Lepper, and Rachel Jones perform Messiaen’s “Harawi – Chant d’amour et de mort.” Performance Date: June 8, 2024 Rt Revd Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich preacher, Aldeburgh {…}
The Gobierno de Aragón in Spain has announced the 2024 Lírica and Danza season. Originally scheduled for 2023, the new season will feature three operas. The first work will be “El Hilo Rojo” which will be presented by Tanzensemble Pfalztheater Kaiserlauten at the Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza. Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2024 Bernstein’s “West Side Story” will follow at {…}
The Macerata Opera Festival has announced its 2024 season, which will be dedicated to Giacomo Puccini and will celebrate its 60th anniversary. The season will open with Puccini’s “Turandot” starring Olga Maslova (Turandot), Angelo Villari (Calaf), Ruth Iniesta (Liù), Antonio Di Matteo (Timur), Lodovico Filippo Ravizza (Ping), Paolo Antognetti (Pang), and Francesco Pittari (Pong). The opera will be performed with {…}
The Festival Verdi has announced its 2024 season. The festival will take place in Parma and Busseto from Sept. 21 and Oct. 21, 2024. Opera The season opens with the Verdi Street Parade at the Parma, Centro storico and Oltretorrente. Performance Date: Sept. 21, 2024 Verdi’s “Macbeth“ will be presented at the Teatro Regio di Parma in its French version {…}
The Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2024 season featuring pop, opera, and orchestra concerts. Here is a look at the operatic offerings this summer. Claire Antoine, Héloïse Poulet, and Léo Vermot-Desroches perform in recital alongside Kira Parfeevets. Performance Date: July 21, 2024 Aleksandra Kurzak leads Puccini’s “Tosca” in a concert performance alongside Roberto Alagna and Bryn Terfel. The Orchestre Philharmonique {…}
Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival has announced its 2024 slate. First up is Porpora’s “Ifigenia in Aulide.” The new production by Max Emanuel Cencic will be conducted by Christophe Rousset and stars Jasmin Delfs, Lena Belkina, Max Emanuel Cencic, Dennis Orellana, Vince Yi, and Daniel Giuliani. Performance Dates: Sept. 5 – 15, 2024 Jakub Jósef Orlinski appears in performance with Il Pomo {…}
(Credit: © SF / Peter Rigaud) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2024 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Opera Strauss’ “Caprricio” is set to be performed in concert form with Elsa Dreisig and Bo Skovhus as Countess and Count. The cast also includes Sebastian Kohlhepp (Flamand), Konstantin Krimmel (Olivier), Mika Kares (La Roche), Ève-Maud Hubeaux (Clairon), {…}
City Lyric Opera has announced its Spring 2024 season. First up is “Lifting Voices” featuring soprano Amanda Simms. The program features music by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov and Black composer HT Burleigh. Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2024 Next up is “The Languages of Love,” featuring baritone Sejin Park and pianist Hyemin Jeong. Performance Date: Feb. 10, 2024 Sopranos Abagael Cheng {…}
The London Handel Festival has announced its 2024 season featuring Handel-inspired performances and events. The festival be held between March 14 and April 20, 2024. The opening concert will be “Esther HWV 50” at St George’s, Hanover Square. Performance date: March 14, 2024 Handel and the Human Voice will present a Singing Workshop at Grosvenor Chapel. Performance Date: March 16, {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced its summer 2024 season, the first curated by new General and Artistic Director Mary Birnbaum. “This season pays homage to Saratoga Springs’ history as a pleasure-seeker’s paradise, racing, and betting destination while looking to the future by pushing the definition of what opera can be – and how it can be made – forward,” said Birnbaum {…}
