(Photo credit: Suzanne Vinnik) Palm Beach Opera has announced its 2025 season. The season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” under the baton of Palm Beach Opera’s Ari Rifkin Music Director, David Stern. The title roles will be shared across performances. Friday/Sunday Long Long performs Romé alongside Amina Edris as Juliette. Eric Taylor and Lydia Grindatto will each make their {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to broadcast Verdi’s La Forza del Destino” on Dec. 7, 2024, continuing its tradition of showcasing opening night on Rai1 and Radio3. The performance will also broadcast on ARTE in France and the French-speaking countries in Europe and out of Europe; in Germany and German-speaking countries, ČESKÁ TELEVIZE in The Czech Republic, RSI in Switzerland, {…}
The Arena di Verona has announced its 2025 season. Verdi’s “Nabucco” will get a new production. Stefano Poda will direct the new production. Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Youngjun Park, Luca Salsi, and Igor Golovatenko lead the cast that includes Anna Pirozzi, Maria José Siri, Anna Netrebko, and Olga Maslova as Abigaille, Francesco Meli and Galeano Salas as Ismaele. The cast is rounded out by Roberto {…}
(Credit: Teatro Real, Royal Opera House/Bill Cooper/Salzburg Festival) With the year coming to an end, four major Italian opera houses are set to open their 2024-25 seasons. As customary the Italian opera calendar opens in late November or early December. So here is a look at what to expect from these four famed theaters. Teatro La Fenice The Venice Theater {…}
On Nov. 29, Arte.de is set to present the Teatro Alla Scala’s Homage to Puccini gala. The concert will be filmed by Rai Cultura cameras and will also be broadcast on Rai Radio 3. Riccardo Chailly will conduct the evening which will feature soloists Mariangela Sicilia, Jonas Kaufmann, and Anna Netrebko. The first part of the concert will feature Puccini’s {…}
(Credit: Bernd Uhlig) In a new interview, Jonas Kaufmann is speaking out against the Anna Netrebko boycotts. Speaking with Blick ahead of his concert in Lucerne at the KKL, where Netrebko’s concert was canceled, Kaufmann said the bans were “short-sighted.” He also praised the soprano, stating, ” She is undisputedly one of the most talented artists we have. And it {…}
(Credit: Olga Rubio Dalmau) Anna Netrebko is headed to Regensburg. The Mittelbayerische announced the news noting that the famed soprano will sing a concert on July 27, 2025 alongside Yusif Eyvazov. The evening will be held at the Thurn and Taxis Castle Festival in Regensburg’s St. Emmeram Castle and will include music by Giacomo Puccini. The duo will sing arias {…}
NHK Classic is set to broadcast “La Gioconda” on Oct. 28, 2024 from the Teatro San Carlo. The Japanese broadcasting company announced the news via social media. The recording which was made in April 2024 stars Anna Netrebko in the title role, Jonas Kaufmann as Enzo, Eve-Maud Hubeaux as Laura, Ludovic Tézier as Barnaba, Ksenia Nikolaeva as La Cieca, and {…}
(Credit: Olga Rubio Dalmau) Anna Netrebko is set to be present a concert at the Sala Principal del Teatro Nacional de Santo Domingo on Feb. 6, 2025. The Soprano will perform alongside the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and conductor Maestro José Antonio Molina. Tenor Martin Muehle will accompany her in music by Cilea, Verdi, and Puccini. The concert will feature arias, {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) On. Oct. 20, 2024, My Opera is set to stream the Puccini Gala from the Teatro Real de Madrid. The gala which took place on Sept. 5, 2024, featured Anna Netrebko alongside Yusif Eyvazov, Daria Rybak, Cristian Díaz, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso, Pablo García-López and Jerôme Boutillier. Denis Vlasenko conducted the Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real. The evening celebrated arias and {…}
“Puccini: Love Affairs” is Sony Classical’s response to the marketing of the centenary of the Lucchese composer’s death. Sadly, instead of a complete opera recording, it is yet another compilation (in the fullest sense!) of familiar duets, and an aria from “Tosca” and “La Bohème” each. Jonas Kaufmann – its titular singer – represents the main selling point. The German {…}