On August 25 and 27, the Luglio Musicale Trapanese will present a production of “Don Pasquale” at the open-air Theatre Giuseppe Di Stefano. The production will star Federico Longhi in the title role in a revival production by Pier Francesco Maestrini. The production will also star Francesca Benitez as Norina, Patrick Kabongo as Ernesto, and Alessio Arduini as Malatesta. The {…}
(Credit: Christoph Köstlin/Javier del Real/Chris Singer) (Artcle In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic) The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2021-22 Season featuring new productions, revivals and Opera Stabile. Here is a look at what audiences can expect. Premieres Bernhard Lang’s “Playing Trump” will star Donatienne Michel-Dansac. Performance Dates: August 20-25, 2021 Daniele Finzi Pasca directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les {…}
The Festival Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Italy has announced its 47 edition with the theme “Fiat lux.” The festival which will be held between July 17 and August 5 will feature international stars from around the world. Operas Haydn’s “The Creation” will be conducted by Fabio Luisi and will feature Vassily Solodkyy, Alessio Arduini, Jan Antem, and Sabrina Sanza. Fabio {…}
(Credits: Kristin Hoebermann / © Wiener Staatsoper GmbH / Michael Pöhn / Zemsky Green Artists Management / ©©alikhan photography) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that will be presented on its streaming platform over the next week. All broadcasts begin at 7 p.m. CET. First up is a production of “Don Pasquale“ with Michele Pertusi, Valentina {…}
(Credits: David Agassi / Johannes Ifkovits / Deniz Saylan / Sony Classical / Wiener Staatsoper official website) Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. First up is Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Marina Rebeka, Juliane Banse, and Benjamin Bruns. Ádám Fischer conducts {…}
It turns out that despite some progress, we are in for a sustained lockdown period to start 2021. But what we are also seeing from opera companies is greater flexibility and creativity on the streaming front. That is on full display in this week’s edition of our top 10 operas to stream with a bevy of new short opera films, {…}
The Wiener Staatsoper has announced this week’s streaming series. The week begins with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” from 2018 starring Isabel Leonard, Maxim Mironov, Alessio Arduini, and Luca Pisaroni. Streaming Date: Jan. 5, 2021 Dvořák’s “Rusalka” follows with Tomáš Hanus conducting the production from 2020. The opera stars Piotr Beczała, Olga Bezsmertna, Jongmin Park, Elena Zhidkova, and Monika Bohinec. Streaming Date: Jan. {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced its January streaming program. The month will begin with a recital by Markus Werba accompanied by Michele Gamba. The program will be dedicated to Robert Schumann. Streaming Date: Jan. 4, 2021 The month continues with Lorenzo Viotti conducting the La Scala orchestra in a program featuring Brahms Symphony No. 3 and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7. {…}
The Teatro Massimo di Palermo in Italy has announced a revised September program. It all begins with Omer Meir Wellber conducting Schönberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw” and Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C major. Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2020 The second concert of the September season will be Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” arranged by Astor Piazzola with Omer Meir Wellber conducting {…}
The “Teatro Digitale” dell’Opera di Roma is set to continue this week with several new streams. It all begins on June 22 with a production of Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” with conductor Daniel Oren leading Mauro Bolognini’s production. The cast includes Raina Kabaivanska, Mikael Melbye, Silvano Pagliuca, Daniela Mazzuccato, Luca Canonici, Andrea Snarski, Maurizio Scarfeo, Angelo Degl’Innocenti, Scilly Fortunato, Fernando {…}
(Credit: Forster) OperaVision will finish off its presentations of the Mozart and Da Ponte trilogy live from La Monnaie with “Don Giovanni” on March 24, 2020. The opera stars Björn Bürger, Simona Saturová, Sophia Burgos, Alessio Arduini, Lenneke Ruiten, Juan Francisco Gatell, Alexander Roslavets, and Iurii Samoilov. Antonello Manacorda conducts the famed masterpiece in a production designed by Rick Martin {…}