The ABAO Bilbao Opera is set to open its 71st season with Bellini’s “I Puritani.” The production, which is set to run between Oct. 15 and 24 for four performances, will feature an all-star headed by Jessica Pratt and Xabier Anduaga. Andrzej Filończyk, Manuel Fuentes, Alejandro López, Josu Cabrero, and Laura Vila round out the cast. Giacomo Sagripanti is set {…}
Spain’s Ópera de Tenerife has announced its 2021-22 season featuring six operas. Miguel Ortega’s “La casa de Bernarda Alba” will be produced for the first time in Tenerife with Ortega conducting. Nancy Fabiola Herrera stars in the title role with Carmen Acosta, Beatriz Lanza, Marina Rodríguez-Cusí, Belén Elvira, Melody Louledjian, Luis Cansino, Carmen Mateo, and Marga Arnau. Silvia Paoli will {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta / Vienna State Opera) Let’s kick this off with arguably the most essential streaming from around the opera world that you can engage with this week. Several of opera’s prominent black artists have been very outspoken in recent weeks about the issue of racial injustice that has taken hold of the international conversation, and many others have {…}
The Bilbao Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five productions with four Italian works and one French opera. Here is a look at what the Spanish season will offer. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” with Paolo Bordogna, Sabina Puértolas, Renato Girolami, Juan José de León, Pietro Spagnoli, and Marina Viotti. Christophe Rousset conducts the production {…}
(Image Source: Palau de les Arts Official Website) The Palau de les Arts has announced its streaming program for the first half of June 2020. It all kicks off with Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” in a performance starring Franz-Josef Kapellman, Lance Ryan, Matti Salminen, and Jennifer Wilson. Streaming Dates: June 1-2 Manuel de Falla’s “La Vida Breve” takes over with Jorge de {…}