(Credit: Catherine Ashmore) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its June 16 performance of “La Traviata.” The company announced that Plácido Domingo will sing the role of Giorgio Germont replacing George Petean. Domingo will join a cast that includes Ailyn Pérez in the title role and Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the production. Domingo is {…}
Naxos UK has announced that it will now be distributing recordings from the Bayerische Staatsoper. This news follows the Bayerische Staatsoper’s recent revelation that it would be launching its own record label, BSOrec. Per a press release, all global physical and digital distribution of the recording label will be operated by NAXOS Music Group. BSOrec’s first recording will be Kirill {…}
The International Opera Awards have announced its 2021 winners with Teatro Real, Robert Carsen, Lise Davidsen and Javier Camarena taking top awards. The Teatro Real took home the top award for Opera Company of the year. The company was one of the few companies in the world to continue performing throughout the pandemic and produced the historical production of “La {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that it will reopen on May 13. The theater announced that COVID-19 incidence levels are low enough to reopen and as a result, audiences will be able to experience the first act of “Die Walkure” live. The concert, which will also be streamed on the company’s streaming platform, will star Jonas Kaufmann, Lise Davidsen, and {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that it will stream a performance of the first act of Wagner’s “Die Walkure.” The company will stream the act on May 13 and will star Lise Davidsen as Sieglinde, Jonas Kaufmann as Siegmund, and Georg Zeppenfeld as Hunding. Asher Fisch will conduct the concert performance. The stream was added after the company canceled its {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced the launch of a new record label entitled Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings. The company will launch its label in May 2021 in order to document the company’s excellence, versatility, and tradition. The first album to be launched by the label will be Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerische Staatsorchester’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. The recording {…}
(Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Bayerische Staatsoper has canceled the run of Verdi‘s “Falstaff” which was set to be performed between May 16 and May 22, 2021. The opera was supposed to star Boris Pinkhasovich as Ford, Bogdan Volkov as Fenton, Kevin Conners as Dr. Cajus, Olga Bezsmertna in the role of Mrs. Alice Ford, Emily Pogorelc as Nannetta, {…}
(Credit: Wolfgang Runkel) (UPDATE: While the following theaters are not performing for live audiences, they are streaming live concerts from various platforms. For more information, check out our streaming section of OperaWire.com) The Oper Frankfurt and Staatsoper Stuttgart have announced that they will extend the closure until at least June 2021 due to the worsening epidemiological situation in Germany. Meanwhile, {…}
(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced that it will remain closed until at least June 2021 due to the current epidemiological situation in Germany. “Performances will be canceled in all the state theaters of the federal state of Hessen,” said the opera house in the statement on its official website. The opera house also stated that {…}
(Photo Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that it will expand COVID-19 testing strategies for the artists and all employees of the house. Two rapid antigen tests per week will be at the disposal of all employees on a voluntary basis. These tests come as a supplement to the already existing scheme of regular RT-PCR COVID-19 {…}
(Credits: Monika Höfler / Fritz Beck) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that it will live stream Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari and Enrico Golisciani’s intermezzo in one act “Il Segreto di Susanna.” The showcase will star baritone Michael Nagy and soprano Selene Zanetti. Yoel Gamzou will conduct the production by Axel Ranisch. The presentation will be available for viewing on the STAATSOPER.TV on {…}