Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear a new “Winterreise” recording, a compilation album, a new song cycle, and a masterwork. Schubert: Winterreise Deutsche Grammophon releases Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide’s latest album, which completes the recordings of Schubert’s three big song cycles. {…}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performance. Andris Nelsons conducts the opening night concert with Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger as well as Susan Graham and Keila Wakao. The program includes music by Carlos Simon, Ravel, Canteloube, Saint-Saens, and Ravel. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2024 Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler’s {…}
On March 14, 2024, Andrè Schuen will perform at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía alongside the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. The program will be Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn.” Conductor Anna Sułkowska-Migoń leads the performance. The concert will also include Richard Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll.” The showcase comes a season after the baritone performed Brahms’ cycle “Die schöne Magelone,” {…}
The Salzburg Easter Festival has announced its 2025 season. Modest Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina” will be directed by Simon McBurney and will showcase the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. It will be presented in a version of the unfinished work based solely on the testimonies left behind by Mussorgsky. Performance Dates: TBA Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. {…}
The Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Palau 100 Sarah Connolly jons Anima Aeterna Brugge and Pablo Heras-Casado for Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder.” The program also includes music by Bruckner. Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2024 Philippe Herreweghe leads a program that includes pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, Collegium {…}
Barcelona Obertura has announced its 2024 Spring Festival. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances. Teodor Currentzis leads MusicAeterna in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. Performance Date: March 11, 2024 Fleur Barron headlines a program featuring music by Ravel, Montsalvatge, and Raquel García-Tomás. Ludovic Morlot conducts the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Performance Date: March 15, 2024 Harry Bicket leads The English Concert {…}
The Gramophone Magazine has announced the 2023 award nominations. For the purposes of this article, we will only highlight the opera and vocal nominees. The opera nominees are Meyerbeer’s “Robert Le Diable” with Chœur de l’Opera National de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, and Marc Minkowski (Bru Zane), Puccini’s “Turandot” with the Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia {…}
Opus Klassik Awards have announced the 2023 winners. The Female Singer of the Year was awarded to Asmik Grigorian for her debut album “Dissonance,” while the Male Singer of the Year saw Jakub Józef Orliński recognized for his CD release “Farewells.” Conductor of the Year went to Jakub Hrůša for “Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1” while Composer of the Year was given {…}
Austria’s Schubertiade has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Hohenems Soprano Nikola Hillebrand and pianist Helmut Deutsch will perform works by Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Strauss. Performance Date: April 28, 2024 Bass David Steffens and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz will take on music by Schubert, Brahms, and Strauss. Performance Date: April 29, 2024 Tenor Mauro Peter joins {…}
The Sinfónica de Galicia has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances. Carlos Mena and Javier Fajardo will lead a Schubert and Brahms program which will be conducted by Lucas Macías. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2023 Javier Franco performs Duran alongside conductor Víctor Pablo Pérez. The program also includes Schumann’s Symphony No. 3. Performance Date: Nov. 23, 2023 {…}
The Konzerthaus Berlin has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Martin Lehmann conducts Bach’s “Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 (Teile I-III)” with soloists Marie Luise Werneburg, Henriette Godde, Eric Stoklossa, and Julian Orlishausen. Performance Dates: Dec. 1-3, 2023 Joana Mallwitz conducts a program of music by Brahms Beethoven, and Mahler with soloists Andre Schuen, Bomsori Kim, {…}