The Gibralfaro de Málaga Castle will be the site of a production of Händel’s “Acis and Galatea” on July 11, 2024. Headlining the work will be soprano Channa Malkin as Galatea with tenor Juan de Dios Mateos as Acis. Malkin has appeared with such organizations as the Dutch National Opera and Rotterdam Opera Days. She is set for performances in {…}
The Waterperry Festival has announced its 2023 lineup. The ten-day festival, which runs Aug. 11-20, features something for everyone, from children’s shows to grand operas. Here’s what’s in store for audiences. The festival will unveil a new production of “Carmen,” directed by Anna Morrissey and featuring Samantha Price in the title role, Xavier Hetherington as Don José, Matthew Durkan as {…}
Radio France has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is a look. Operas Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les sortilèges” spotlights Jodie Devos, Clara Guillon, Adèle Charvet, Marie Lenormand, Élodie Méchain, Antoine Normand, Régis Mengus, and Paul Gay. Mikko Franck conducts. Performance date: Oct. 1, 2021, Philharmonie de Paris {…}
Tri-Cities Opera has announced the premiere of “Acis and Galatea.” The company has reimagined the Handel work to film in collaboration with the Annapolis Opera. The film will premiere on May 14 and will be streamed on-demand through May 23. Filmed in various locations, the production features a wedding, dueling guitars, and underscores the resilience of love in the face {…}
(Art by Zuleyka V. Benitez, used with permission from Haymarket Opera Company) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted {…}
(Credit: Anna Cillan) They say people tend to see what they want, but the tremendous professionalism of the team at Haymarket Opera convinces me that what I see is real. No matter how anxious we all are feeling these days, and how often the authorities and our own industry disappoint us, when I see people doing their job so brilliantly, {…}