The Metropolitan Opera has announced the cast for its 2020-21 opening night production of Verdi’s “Aida.” In a New York Times articles, Peter Gelb announced that Anna Netrebko, Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczala, and Ludovic Tézier will star in the leading roles of “Aida.” The general manager also noted that the new production by Michael Mayer “will be as epic and grand as {…}
The Metropolitan Opera revealed its 2019-20 season on Wednesday afternoon. Among the major announcements were the company’s schedule for its ever-popular Live in HD slate. Here is a look at the list of performances that will be broadcast to audiences around the world. Worthy of note is that of the 10 productions set to screen in cinemas, three will be {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2019-20 season with five new productions, a New Year’s Eve gala, and a recital. Here is a look at what to expect. New Productions The season opens with Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” in a new production by James Robinson. The production stars Eric Owens and Kevin Short sharing the title role of Porgy and {…}
The Semperoper Dresden has announced its slate for 2019-20, which will include seven new productions to go along with 23 revivals. New Productions Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims” is directed by Laura Scozzi with a cast that includes Elena Gorshunova, Maria Kataeva, Tuuli Takala, Iulia Maria Dan, Taylor Stayton, Edgardo Rocha, Georg Zeppenfeld, Maurizio Muraro, Martin-Jan Nijhof, Christoph Pohl, Tilmann {…}
Yusif Eyvazov has revealed that he and his wife Anna netrebko are planning to sing “Tristan und Isolde.” In an interview with Forum Opera the tenor was asked about whether or not he would be singing Siegfried. In his response, he said “Anna and I are planning to sing ‘Tristan und Isolde’ but not ‘Siegfried.’ This is not, for now, {…}
On Feb. 28, 2019, Anna Netrebko will return to the Wiener OpernBall. The soprano will perform alongside her husband Yusif Eyvazov and it will mark her third time performing at the famed ball. The soprano is scheduled to perform Arditi’s “Il bacio” and “O Soave Fanciulla” from Puccini’s “La Boheme.” Meanwhile Eyvazov will perform at the ball for the first {…}
PBS will showcase the Live in HD broadcast of “Aida” from the Metropolitan Opera as part of its Great Performances Series on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. The broadcast, the first to showcase a performance from the 2018-19 season, will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT and features Anna Netrebko in Verdi´s famed opera. The performance also featured Anita Rachvelishvili as {…}
The Met Opera will continue its Live in HD series this Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 with a performance of Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time, will showcase star soprano Anna Netrebko in the title role; this is the second HD transmission for the diva. This will be the Russian diva’s 15th Live in HD broadcast; {…}
This review is for the performance on Jan. 4, 2019. They say three times is a charm but in the case of the Metropolitan Opera, it took four tries to finally put on a production worthy of its legendary stature in the opera world. After three lackluster new productions, the company has finally hit a high note with Sir David McVicar’s 2010 {…}
On Dec. 31, 2018, the Metropolitan Opera will celebrate the New Year’s with a new production of Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” with the opera making a return for the first time since 2009. This time, Sir David McVicar will bring his acclaimed production from the Royal Opera House with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala. The duo will reunite at the Met for {…}
Olga Peretyatko and Yusif Eyvazov have announced that they will join Andrea Bocelli and Anna Netrebko in a summer concert. The two will join the superstars in a concert on June 4, 2019 at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. It will mark the first collaboration between Netrebko and Bocelli since the 2008 Classical Brit Awards. It will also mark the {…}
