Fleur Barron, Andrew Staples & Silvia Tro Santafé Lead ADDA Simfònica de Alicante’s 2024-25 Season

The ADDA Simfònica de Alicante has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Josep Vincent conducts “Carmina Burana” with soloists Sabrina Gardez, Rafael Quirant, and Milan Perisic. Performance Date: Dec. 1, 2024 Krešimir Stražanac, Hannah Morrison, Maarten Engeltjes, and Krystian Adam headline Händel’s “Messiah” with Frieder Bernius conducting. Performance Date: Dec. 20, 2024 Olivier Stech {…}

May 11, 2024

Lise Davidsen, Andrè Schuen, Fleur Barron & Michael Volle Lead Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” will be conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and star Mark Padmore, Camilla Tilling, Magdalena Kožená, Andrew Staples, Roderick Williams, and Georg Nigl. Performance Dates: Sept. 26 & 27, 2024 Sir Simon Rattle conducts music by De {…}

Mar 23, 2024

Filarmonica de Madrid Announces 2024-25 Season

La Filarmonica de Madrid has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe perform music by Bach. Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2025 Teodor Currentzis conducts MusicAterna in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Performance Date: March 26, 2025 Fleur Barron and Andrew Staples headline Mahler’s “Das lied von der Erde.” Daniel Harding conducts a {…}

May 28, 2023

Louise Alder, Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle & Siobhan Stagg Lead Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 Season

The Bavarian Radio Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances. Sir Simon Rattle conducts Haydn’s “The Creation” with Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Bruns, and Christian Gerhaher. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-24, 2023 Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Chorus perform Berio and Vito Zuraj. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2023 Constantinos Carydis conducts Louise Alder in a program {…}

Apr 21, 2023

Donizetti Opera Festival, Lisette Oropesa & Andrew Staples Among Premio Abbiati Winners

The prestigious Premio Abbiati has announced its 2023 winners. The awards, which are decided by critics, saw “La favorite” from the Donizetti Opera Festival win Best Production. Riccardo Frizza conducted and Valentina Carrasco directed. The Special award went to “Le Sonate per pianoforte di Salvatore Sciarrino alla Fabbrica del Vapore,” while the Premio “Roberto Masotti” went to Festival Aperto di {…}

Apr 3, 2023

Anna Netrebko, Peter Mattei, Juan Diego Flórez, Regula Mühlemann & Rolando Villazón Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2023-24 Season

The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Klaus Mäkelä conducts Orchestre de Paris with soloists Bertrand Chamayou, Olga Peretyatko, Pavel Petrov, Alexey Markov, and Bertrand Mandico. The program includes music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff. Performance Dates: Sept. 6 & 7, 2023 Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Mass in {…}

Mar 1, 2023

Tamara Wilson, Ryan Speedo Green & Gustavo Dudamel Lead LA Philharmonic’s 2023-24 Season

LA Philharmonic has announced its 2023-24 season, which will celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary at Disney Hall. Special guest singers join Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil to celebrate iconic protest music by Latina artists with “Canto en resistencia.” Silvana Estrada is the soloist. Performance Dates: Nov. 9-12, 2023 Esa-Pekka Salonen leads Los Angeles Master Chorale in Salonen’s “Karawane” and {…}

Jul 6, 2022

Teatro La Fenice 2021-22 Review: Peter Grimes

(Photo: Michele Crosera) Believing himself betrayed by either Ellen or the boy, Grimes is in a bad emotional and psychological state as he sits in his house when he hears the mob approaching, which causes him to flee. In this heightened state he drives the boy down the cliff, who falls to his death. The question which the director has {…}

Jun 13, 2022

Andrew Staples Leads Teatro La Fenice’s ‘Peter Grimes’

The Teatro La Fenice is set to present a new production of Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes.” Andrew Staples will lead the production in the title role while Emma Bell will sing the role of Ellen Orford and Mark S. Doss will sing the role of Captain Balstrode. The cast will be rounded out by Sara Fulgoni, Patricia Westley, Jessica Cale, Cameron Becker, Sion Goronwy, Rosalind {…}

Mar 30, 2022

Magdalena Kožená, Katarina Dalayman & Iwona Sobotka Lead London Symphony’s 2022-23 Season

The London Symphony has announced the first half of its 2022-23 Season featuring three vocal performances and world-class soloists. Here is a look at those three performances. Sir Simon Rattle, Anna Lapkovskaja, and Evgeny Kissin team up for Stravinsky’s Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 3 Performance Dates: Dec. 14 & 15, 2023 Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Brahms German {…}

Dec 29, 2021

Lucy Crowe, Barbara Hannigan, Andrew Staples & Magdalena Kožená Lead London Symphony Orchestra’s Second Half of 2021-22 Season

(Credit: © Ranald Mackechnie) The London Symphony Orchestra has announced the second half of its 2021-22 season at the Barbican and LSO St Luke’s, taking place between January and July 2022. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal works. Soprano Siobhan Stagg, the London Symphony Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra perform works by Julian Anderson, Mahler, {…}

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