Hamburg State Opera 2017-18 Season To Include Angela Gheorghu, Jonas Kaufmann, Kristine Opolais And Olga Peretyatko

The Hamburg State Opera has announced its 2017-18 Season with six new productions and four productions in the opera stabile series. New Productions The company will first present a new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” with Achim Freyer directing. Kent Nagano leads an international cast that includes Andreas Schager in the title role and Wolfgang Koch as Amfortas. The production opens Sept. 16. {…}

Feb 22, 2017

San Francisco Opera Announces Its 2017 Summer Season Featuring Three Classics

The San Francisco Opera’s summer season will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love,” a social movement that emerged in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood during the summer of 1967 with three operatic gems that explore the theme of love in its many guises. The company will also returns to the home of the San Francisco Giants for the eleventh “Opera at {…}

Feb 7, 2017

Palau de les Arts 2016-17 Preview: Marina Rebeka, Placido Domingo and Arturo Chacon-Cruz Lead a Star-Studded ‘La Traviata’

This week the Palau de les Arts will continue its season with a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” Directed by filmmaker Sofia Coppola, the production comes from the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Marina Rebeka takes on the title role after having it performed at the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera, the Latvian National Opera, the Bavarian {…}

Jan 22, 2017

Breaking News: Arturo Chacon-Cruz Replaces Jean-Francois Borras in Monte Carlo

Arturo Chacon-Cruz will sing the role of Des Grieux in Massenet’s “Manon” at the Opera de Monte Carlo. The tenor is replacing Jean-Francois Borras, who is ill. The opera premieres today and it marks the second replacement in a cast that was supposed to include Sonya Yoncheva in the lead role. Chacon-Cruz will sing alongside Anne-Catherine Gillet in the title role. {…}

Jan 17, 2017

Breaking News: Arturo Chacon-Cruz To Sing ‘Werther’ At the Grand Theatre Liceu

Arturo Chacón-Cruz will perform the tittle role of Massenet’s Werther tonight at the Liceu. The Mexican tenor will replace Jose Bros, who is ill. The Mexican tenor is making his debut at the prestigious Grand Theatre Liceu, in a role he has already sung around the world. Chacon-Cruz is currently rehearsing a new production by Sofia Coppola of Verdi’s ‘la {…}

Dec 13, 2016

Arturo Chacon-Cruz and Davinia Rodriguez to Inaugurate the Teatro del los Mochis in Sinaloa

On Dec. 14 Mexican tenor Arturo Chacon-Cruz and Spanish soprano Davinia Rodríguez will inaugurate the Teatro Ingenio de los Mochis in Sinaloa. The new theater will be dedicated to promoting the best of theater, opera and the arts in Sinaloa. According to Chacon-Cruz, the program will include music from Puccini and Verdi. However, he did add that the program will also {…}