Željko Lučić, Anna Netrebko & Anja Harteros Lead 2023 International May Festival at Wiesbaden

The International May Festival has announced its 2023 season at the Staaststhater Wiesbaden. Opera Uwe Eric Laufenberg stars in “Flieg, Gedanke, auf goldenen Schwingen.” Performance Date: April 30, 2023 Elissa Huber, Aaron Cawley, Erik Biegel, and Fleuranne Brockway Leoš Janáček’s “Die Sache Makropulos” while Christopher Bolduc, Julian Habermann, Aaron Cawley, Ralf Rachbauer, and Darcy Carroll star in Janáček’s “Aus einem {…}

Apr 30, 2022

Wiener Staatsoper General Director Against Russian Ban, Stands With Anna Netrebko

During the Wiener Staatsoper’s press conference for its 2022-23 season, General Director Bogdan Roscic said he was not interested in banning Russian artists over the war in Ukraine. The General Director said that he believed that the audience was not interested in the conversation and added that the conversation was only being had with a small group of people stuck {…}

Apr 6, 2022

Editorial: Diva In The War

Photo: Juilian Hargreaves Since the end of February 2022, in statements made by several artist or theaters, we have kept reading something along the lines of: “Art must be separated from politics.” It is an encouraging and probably fair point, but can it be, especially, when we talk about opera? Today, when we enjoy a performance worth hundreds of thousands {…}

Aug 27, 2021

Elīna Garanča, Adriana González & Leonard Bernstein Headline New CD/DVD Releases

This week, audiences will get to hear the second solo recital album by one of today’s rising stars, one of the greats mezzos of today performing Wagner, and a remastering of a historical recording. Here is a look at the new releases of the week. Wesendonck Lieder C Major releases Elīna Garanča’s Wesendonck Lieder record live from the 2020 Salzburg {…}

Nov 21, 2020

Anna Netrebko to Return to Mariinsky Theatre

The Mariinsky Theatre has announced that Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo will perform in November and December. The theater noted that Netrebko will appear in performances of “Il Trovatore” on Nov. 29 and “Eugene Onegin” on Dec. 7, while Domingo will perform in “Nabucco” on Dec. 10. Valery Gergiev will conduct on all three evenings. The performance of “Onegin” will be performed {…}

Sep 11, 2020

Anna Netrebko Postpones Mariinsky Theatre ‘Eugene Onegin’

(Credit: Guergana Damianova) Anna Netrebko has canceled her upcoming performance of “Eugene Onegin” at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The soprano, who tested negative for COVID-19, stated, “Dear Petersburgers! In connection with the latest events related to COVID-19 and the cancellation of the Bolshoi performance (thank God, all my tests are negative), but I am retiring for a week {…}

Jul 9, 2020

Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov to Perform in Teatro Massimo’s Summer Festival

(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) The Teatro Massimo di Palermo has announced that Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will perform in the company’s “Sotto una Nuova Luce” summer festival. The two superstars will perform on August 12, 2020 and will showcase works by Verdi, Cilea, Dvořák, Giordano, and Bizet. Michelangelo Mazza will conduct the performance, which is scheduled to be held at {…}

Mar 9, 2020

Anna Netrebko Headlines Salzburg Osterfestpiele’s 2021 Season

The Salzburg Easter Festival has announced its 2021 festival with a number of great artists and one major new operatic production. For this article we will only focus on the vocal selections. For the entire program click here. Christian Thielemann conducts a new production of Puccini’s “Turandot” with Yona Kim directing. Anna Netrebko sings the title role with Yusif Eyvazov {…}

Jun 28, 2019

Anna Netrebko & Maria Guleghina & The Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend – International Edition

This weekend will be dedicated to favorites with some of the biggest singers performing signature roles. Turandot – Teatro Colón, Argentina Maria Guleghina stars in the title role of Puccini’s final work. The soprano appears alongside Verónica Cangemi, Kristian Benedikt, and legendary bass James Morris. Christian Badea conducts. Les Huguenots – Semperoper Dresden, Germany Venera Gimadieva and Jennifer Rowley make their highly anticipated {…}

May 24, 2019

Nadine Sierra, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Rachel Willis-Sorensen Highlight Opera De Bordeaux’s 2019-20 Season

The Opéra de Bordeaux has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions, great stars and a number of acclaimed recitals. Eric Cutler and Adam Smith share the title role in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Jessica Pratt singing the four heroines, Nicolas Cavallier as the four villains, and Aude Extrémo as Nicklausse. Marc Minkowski conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 1, 2019 Marianne Crebassa {…}

Apr 29, 2019

10 Must See Operas For The Summer Season 2019[International Edition]

As the 2018-19 season comes to an end, we start to look at the summer festival season where the big stars and anticipated productions are set to make waves. With a ton of selections to choose from, we eventually whittled it down to the 10 Must-See productions that cannot be missed this summer. Take a look. 10. Il Trovatore – Arena {…}

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