Aleksandra Kurzak, Atalla Ayan, Aleksandra Olczyk & Sebastian Catana Lead Polish National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

The Polish National Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. New Opera Productions The first new production is Krzysztof Penderecki’s “The Black Mask” directed by David Pountney. Bassem Akiki conducts a cast that includes Jacek Laszczkowski, Natalia Rubiś, Katarzyna Drelich, Anna Lubańska, Szymon Rona, and Wojtek Gierlach. Performance Dates: Nov. 22-29, 2024 Ill-starred love is also the theme of Łukasz Godyla’s “Wòlô bòskô.” The cycle of {…}

Aug 21, 2023

Aigul Akhmetshina, Danielle de Niese & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Glyndebourne Festival’s 2024 Season

The 2024 Glyndebourne Festival has been announced celebrating its 90th season. The season will open with a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” directed by Diane Paulus in her Glyndebourne directorial debut. Music Director Robin Ticciati and conductor Anja Bihlmaier will share conducting duties with two casts. The first cast will include mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb in the role of Carmen and {…}

Dec 19, 2022

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: The Magic Flute

(Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) During the holiday season, the Met’s annual presentation of a family-friendly, abridged version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” sung in English is a treat for the young and the young-at-heart. The show’s runtime is shy of two hours, and the Julie Taymor production, though getting a bit dated, offers plenty of spectacle and goofiness to {…}

Feb 16, 2022

Polish National Opera to Present Semi-Staged ‘Rigoletto’

The Polish National Opera is set to present a semi-staged production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” Following the cancellation of “Carmen” due to COVID-19, the company will go ahead with performances. The company stated, “despite the COVID-19 absences within our team, we have decided to go ahead with the upcoming run of ‘Rigoletto’ in a semi-staged version.” The sumptuous scenery for the {…}

Apr 25, 2020

Erwin Schrott, Catherine Foster & Gabriela Scherer Highlight Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2020-21 Season

Credit: Uwe Arens/Dario Acosta/Tatyana Vlasova The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring eight new productions, the Ring Cycle and a number of important revivals. Here is a look. Premieres Konrad Junghänel conducts a new production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Tilo Nest directing. Ioan Hotea and Antonio Garés share the role of the count while Silvia {…}

Feb 17, 2020

Teatro Real de Madrid 2019-20 Review: Die Zauberflöte

(Credit: Javier del Real) The Teatro Real de Madrid kicked off 2020 with a revival of the successful production of “Die Zauberflöte” by Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade-Paul Barrit, which was last seen in 2016. The staging is meant as an homage to silent movies and there are no sets, just a big white screen very close to the edge {…}

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