Anna Netrebko, Charles Castronovo, Elīna Garanča & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2021 Season

(Credits: © Dario Acosta / Charles Castronovo official website / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website / Kristian Schuller/Decca) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2021 edition, featuring 8 operas and numerous concert performances. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will feature Mika Kares as Il Commendatore, Nadezhda Pavlova as Donna Anna, Michael Spyres in the role of Don Ottavio, Federica Lombardi as {…}

Nov 3, 2020

Juan Diego Flórez, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Aida Garifullina, Sondra Radvanovsky Headline Vienna State Opera’s New Streaming Slate

The Vienna State Opera has announced that it will resume the streaming of opera performances via its online platform. The company will kick it off with a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” from Oct. 2, 2019 featuring Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Valentina Nafornita, Rafael Fingerlos, and Peter Rose, among others. Simone Young conducts. Streaming Date: Nov. 4, {…}

Oct 25, 2020

Wiener Staatsoper Makes Masks Mandatory During Performances

(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that it will make face masks mandatory during performances starting Oct. 25, 2020. Upon reopening in September, spectators were allowed to take their face masks off when seated. The management’s decision of the Wiener Staatsoper comes one day after Austria logged its biggest daily number of new COVID-19 cases. The country reached {…}

Oct 23, 2020

Nicole Car Takes Over ‘Eugene Onegin’ At Wiener Staatsoper

(Credit: Yan Bleney) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Tamuna Gochashvili had to pull out of the production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” due to health reasons. As a result, Australian soprano Nicole Car will perform in her stead. The performance will mark Car’s return to the stage for the first time in eight months since the lockdown and it {…}

Aug 25, 2020

Salzburg Festival 2020 Review: Così Fan Tutte

(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) Who would have thought that an opera could be staged in just a few weeks? Probably the fastest production in the world was the minimalist, but extremely lively production of Mozart’s opera “Così Fan Tutte” staged at this summer’s Salzburg Festival. The tension of times – pandemic, anniversary, unexpected project, opportunity to return to work, new roles, {…}

Aug 4, 2020

Deutsche Grammophon Signs Exclusive Contract with Andrè Schuen

Deutsche Grammophon has signed an exclusive agreement with Andrè Schuen. The announcement coincides with the baritone’s appearance as Guglielmo in “Così fan tutte” at the Salzburg Festival. The company announced that Schuen will debut on the yellow label with Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin” set for release next spring, in time for his scheduled performances of the work in Germany, Austria, {…}

Jul 31, 2020

Salzburg Festival 2020 Preview: Christof Loy & Conductor Joana Mallwitz Talk ‘Così fan tutte’

(Credit: SF/ Anne Zeuner) Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera “Così fan tutte” will make its way onto the big stage of the Grosses Festspielhaus at the Salzburg Festival 2020 starting on August 2, 2020. Given the complex nature of things due to continued concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the production was a daunting task for everyone, primarily the director Christof {…}

Jun 29, 2020

Golda Schultz, Brenda Rae, Christian Gerhaher Headline Schubertiade’s 2021 Season

The Schubertiade has announced its 2021 season which features performances from April through October 2021. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. It all kicks off with a concert of arias and duets by Schubert. Golda Schultz, Sophie Renner, Martin Mitterrutzner, Björn Bürger, and Daniel Heide. Performance Date: April 29, 2021 Tenor Christoph Prégarden {…}

Jun 24, 2020

Ailyn Pérez, Golda Schultz, Étienne Dupuis, Adela Zaharia Headline New Productions Added to Bayerische 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Askonas Holt /Gregor Röhrig / Julien Fauguere / Chris Singer) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a major change to its 2020-21 season, adding several productions to the slate. New Productions The company will world premiere “7 Deaths of Maria Callas” on Sept. 1, 2020. The opera had previously been slated to have its first performances at the tail-end of {…}

May 26, 2020

Saimir Pirgu, Andrè Schuen Headline New National Theatre, Tokyo’s Streaming Options in June

(Image Source: New National Theatre Tokyo Official Website) The New National Theatre, Tokyo has announced its streaming program for the month of June. It all kicks off on June 5 with Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with a cast that includes Sava Vemic, Steve Davilim, Yoko Yasui, Masako Hayashi, Andrè Schuen, Kane Kushima, and Tadahir Masujima. Roland Böer conducts. The performance will {…}

May 6, 2020

Anja Petersen & Christina Landshamer Lead Bamberg Symphony’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Marco Borggreve/Rudiger Schestag) The Bamberg Symphony in Germany has announced its 2020-21 season. For this article we have highlighted the vocal performances. Jakub Hrůša conducts Anja Petersen in Herrmann and Suk alongside the Berlin Philharmonic. The performance is part of the Musikfest Berlin. Performance Date: August 31, 2020 Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Brahms Deutsche Requiem with Christina Landshamer and Andrè {…}

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