The Festival de Torroella de Montgrí in Girona, Spain has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Sunhae Im, Núria Rial, Xavier Sabata, and Juan Sancho star in Händel’s “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.” Dani Espasa conducts. Performance Date: August 3, 2024 William Christie conducts Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” with Paulina Francisco, Georgia {…}
Programming for the 2024 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music has been announced. This article only features vocal performances. First up is a workshop for the upcoming performances of Giacomelli’s “Cesare in Egitto.” Soloists include Arianna Vendittelli, Emőke Barath, Filippo Mineccia, Margherita Maria Sala, Valerio Contaldo, and Federico Fiorio. Ottavio Dantone conducts the Accademia Bizantina. Performance Date: July 27, 2024 (Tyrolean {…}
Spain’s Festival Internacional Santander has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Aida Garifullina opens the season with James Gaffigan conducting a program of Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. Performance Date: August 3, 2024 Lucia Caihuela and Il Fervore perform baroque works. Performance Dates: August 4 & 5, 2024 Sondra Radvanovsy and Jonathan Tetelman perform a {…}
The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Jonathan Nott conducts pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Ernst Senff Chor Berlin choir in works by Missy Mazzoli, Peter Eötvös, and Charles Ives. Performance Dates: Sept. 7 & 8, 2024 Jakub Józef Orliński is joined by Aleksander Dębicz, Wojciech Gumiński, Marcin Ułanowski, and Mateusz {…}
The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Orchestre de Paris Klaus Mäkelä conducts music by Beethoven, Peteris Vasks, and Tchaikovsky. Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2024 Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts a program of music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Alexandre Tcherepnine. Golda Schultz stars. Performance Date: Oct. 9, {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Staatsoper Stuttgart is set to present Strauss’ “Die Frau ohne Schatten” directed by David Hermann. The production marks the first new production of the season and will be conducted by Cornelius Meister. The cast includes Benjamin Bruns (as Emperor), Simone Schneider (as Empress), Evelyn Herlitzius (as Nurse), Iréne Theorin (as Barak’s Wife), and {…}
The Bavarian Radio Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances. Sir Simon Rattle conducts Haydn’s “The Creation” with Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Bruns, and Christian Gerhaher. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-24, 2023 Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Chorus perform Berio and Vito Zuraj. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2023 Constantinos Carydis conducts Louise Alder in a program {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta/Anna S./Chris Gonz) The Dresden Philharmonic in Germany has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. Prof. Gunter Berger conducts the Philharmonischer Kinderchor. Performance Date: Sept. 5, 2021 Noa Frenkel and Michael Nagy lead a program dedicated to Salvatore Sciarrino. The concert will also feature Martina Schucan, Florian {…}
(Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced the cancellation of the performances of Puccini‘s “Turandot” and Wagner‘s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” that were scheduled for July 12, 15, and July 29, 2021, respectively. The two operas were slated to be performed as part of the Münchner Opernfestspiele. The opera house also announced that the production of Verdi’s {…}
(Credits: Merce Rial / Sara Schöngen / Marco Borggreve) The Konzerthaus Berlin has announced that it will reopen its doors for live audiences in June 2021. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on vocal performances. Spanish soprano Núria Rial will perform Joseph Haydn’s “Berenice che fai” and Mahler‘s Symphony No. 4 alongside conductor Iván Fischer. Performance {…}
The Dutch National Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions, new voices, films, and a festival dedicated to Orpheus. Productions Zemlinsky’s “Der Zwerg” opens the season in a new production by Nanouk Leopold. Lorenzo Viotti conducts the opera which is set to star Clay Hilley in the title role, Olga Kulchynska as Donna Clara, Annette Dasch as Ghita, {…}