The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its streaming program for the last week of the year. The week begins with Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” from a 2018 performance starring Natascha Mair and Robert Gabdullin. Streaming Date: Dec. 29, 2020 A 2015 showcase of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” will be presented. The production stars Daniela Sindram, Ileana Tonca, Michaela Schuster, Adrian Eröd, {…}
Opernhaus Zürich has announced digital concerts entitled “Digital Opernhaus” It begins with Fabio Luisi conducting Violinist Augustin Hadelich and the Philharmonia Zürich in a program that includes Johannes Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Schubert’s Symphony No. 4. Streaming Dates: Dec. 12-20, 2020 Anna Bonitatibus will perform with young artists from the International Opera Studio including Erica Petrocelli, Lina Dambrauskaité, Luca Bernard, {…}
(Credit: Örjan Jakobsson) The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced a cast change for its upcoming recital “Donne disprezzate.” The theater announced that mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg will replace Anna Bonitatibus, who was forced to cancel due to laryngitis. Hallenberg is a well-known baroque singer who has performed at the Theater an der Wien, BBC Proms, LA Philharmonic, and Palau de {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring four operatic productions and numerous recitals and concerts. Opera Carlos Chausson, Joan Martín-Royo, Anicio Zorzi Giustaniani, Sara Blanch, and Francisco Escala star in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Corrado Rovaris conducts the production by Laurent Pelly. Performance Dates: Oct. 12-19, 2019 Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” follows with Gregory Kunde and Nancy Fabiola Herrera starring {…}
Five new DVDs are set for release this week. They include four rarely performed works and one of the most popular operas in the repertoire. Here is a look. Das Wunder Der Heliane Naxos is set to release Korngold’s rarely performed opus, which was recorded at the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2018 festival season. The acclaimed performance stars American soprano Sara Jakubiak, {…}
OperaVision will present a live stream of Handel’s “Agrippina” from The Grange Festival on June 6, 2019. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1 p.m. EDT and 10 a.m. PST for the start time. It will be available for repeat viewings on Opera Vision until Dec. 12, 2019. The opera features Ashley Riches, Anna Bonitatibus, {…}
Is it possible to create a first-rate theatrical experience when staging an opera in which the composer has not yet found his feet? The question is asked in response to the Donizetti Opera Festival’s decision to mount a production of “Enrico di Borgogna,” the composer’s second complete opera and the first of his works to be given a staging premiered {…}