(Credit: Opera Bałtycka official website) Gdańsk’s Opera Bałtycka has announced that it was forced to cancel the premiere of Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” on Oct. 3, 2020, after one member of the chorus tested positive for COVID-19. “Opera Bałtycka, acting in accordance with the recommendations of the County Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, maintains all the possible safety rules for its employees, {…}
(Credit: Ray Burmiston/Decca Classics) “I hope that we will be more grateful for the fact that we get to do what we do, that we can sit next to each other in a concert hall and have some more respect for others when they’re not feeling great or are down. We need to come out of this pandemic more supportive {…}
Glyndebourne has announced its fall and winter programming, which wil be presented before a live audience as the organization reopens its doors to the public. Opening the season will be “In the Market for Love,” a new staging of Offenbach’s “Mesdames de la Halle” done by Stephen Plaice, and conducted by Ben Glassberg, Principal Guest Conductor for the Glyndebourne Tour. {…}
(Credits: Michal Novak / Gran Teatre del Liceu official website / Marc Sala Facebook Page / CLB Management official website) Orquesta Sinfónica Camera Musicae has announced that it will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 “Choral,” on Sept. 20 and 21, 2020. The performance on Sept. 20 will be held at the Kursaal de Manresa, while the presentation on {…}
(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berlin / Klaus Frahm) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced new plans for its big premieres during the incoming 2020-21 season. In an official statement, Berlin’s largest opera house said that productions of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” and Beethoven’s “Fidelio” had been postponed until the 2022-23 season, due to the far-reaching consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The {…}
(Credits: © Johannes Ifkovits / © A. Karnaushenko / Hilbert Artists Management GMBH official website / © Wiener Staatsoper GmbH / Michael Pöhn) The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has announced that it will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 on Sep. 14, 16 & 17, 2020. The special performance on Sep. 12, 2020 has been reserved for the {…}
(Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Mayor of Granada and President of the Granada Consortium for Music Luis Salvador has announced that he conductor and oboist Lucas Macías Navarro has been appointed the new Artistic Director of Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Lucas Macías Navarro holds the position of Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Oviedo Filarmonía. Macías Navarro has performed with such orchestras {…}
(Credits: Karina Schwarz/DG / Merri Cyr / Elena Cherkashyna / Marco Borggreve) The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has announced that it will stream a special concert on September 27, 2020. The concert will be realized in collaboration between Gran Teatre del Liceu and Monasterio de Montserrat. The performance will feature the voices of mezzo-soprano Elina Garanča, soprano Nadine {…}
(Credits: Oper Leipzig official website / Emelie Kroon / Den Norske Opera official website) A concert performance of the first Act of Wagner’s epic opera “Die Walküre” will take place at Den Norske Opera in Oslo, on September 10 & 13, 2020. The concert will star tenor Michael Weinius in the role of Siegmund, soprano Elisabet Strid as Sieglinde, and {…}
(Credits: Cross/Staatstheater Cottbus official website / Hupfeld/Staatstheater Cottbus official website) The Staatstheater Cottbus has announced its incoming 2020-21 season, featuring several new operatic productions and orchestral works. Here is the look. Premieres – Musiktheater Cottbus The Musiktheater Cottbus will present several new productions. The cast has been announced for the first production of the season, with other casts set to {…}
(Credits: Sigtryggur Ari Jóhannsson / Sim Canetty-Clarke / Victoria Cadisch) The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that it will present 13 full-length concerts from September 30 to December 30, 2020. The concerts will be filmed live and will be broadcasted on the Marquee TV. All the concerts will be free to access for 7 days after the original broadcast date. {…}