(© Semperoper Dresden/Matthias Creutziger) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that starting on May 18, the company will be presenting a virtual exhibition dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz.” The exhibition will showcase several prominent productions of the famed work, leading up to a stream of the company’s newest production of the opera on June 18, 2021, the anniversary {…}
(Credits: Michael Cooper / Boston Symphony Orchestra official website / Jiyang Chen / Fay Fox OperaVision has announced, in collaboration with Opera Europa, Opera America, Ópera Latinoamérica, and Opera For Peace, the final program for the big World Opera Day Celebration concert on Oct. 25, 2020. The concert is structured in four acts, in four different time zones. The first {…}
(Credit: Uwe Arens) The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is set to present a concert staging of “Elektra” on March 18 and 21, 2020 at Pool and Birmingham. The concert, which will be led by Kirill Karabits, Chief Conductor of the orchestra, will feature British soprano Catherine Foster in the title role. “I’m absolutely thrilled to have been invited by Bournemouth Symphony {…}
The Festival d’Opéra de Québec has announced its slate for 2019. The big story revolved around the company’s new production of Richard Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer,” in a co-production with The Metropolitan Opera and the Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam. The festival assembled an international cast that includes Canadian baritone Gregory Dahl in the title role, German bass Andreas Bauer Kanabas as {…}