Brian Jagde, Eva-Maria Westbroek & Ailyn Perez Headline Dutch National Opera’s 2019-20 Season

The Dutch National Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of new productions, one world premiere, two company premieres, and a many role debuts by some of the top artists in the world. The season opens with “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” in a new production by Robert Carsen. Brandon Jovanovich stars as Canio in Leoncavallo’s masterpiece alongside Ailyn Pérez {…}

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (1/25-27)

It’s a weekend filled with diverse repertoire and some rarely performed gems. It’s also a weekend highlighted by superstars and veterans liked Jonas Kaufmann, Brabndon Jovanovich, and Annick Massis. Here is a look! Faust – Opera Royal de Wallonie, Belgium Marc Laho, Anne-Catherine Gillet, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo star in Gounod’s most popular opera. Patrick Davin conducts Stefano Poda’s new production. {…}

Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson & Matthias Goerne Headline The 2019 Verbier Festival

The Verbier Festival has announced its 2019 festival with two opera performances and a number of recitals and concerts featuring some of the greatest singers in the world. For this season announcement we will only include the vocal performances. Program Thomas Quastoff headlines a concert entitled “Meeting Friends” with Wolfgang Meyer and Shawn Grocott. Performance Date: July 19, 2019 Jakub {…}

Brandon Jovanovich Takes Over Performances Of ‘Les Troyens’ At Opéra De Paris

Brandon Jovanovich is set to replace Bryan Hymel in four performances of “Les Troyens.” The Opéra National de Paris announced that Hymel, who was originally scheduled to perform all seven performances, will now only perform in the final three shows. Hymel recently completed a production of “Les Vêspres Siciliennes” at the Bayerische Staatsoper and recently accepted a position at the Academy of {…}

‘The Queen Of Spades’ & ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’ To Be Live Streamed On medici.tv

Medici.tv is set to live stream two more performances from the Salzburg Festival. The streaming service will first showcase Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” on August 16, 2018, starring Brandon Jovanovich, Hanna Schwarz, Evgenia Muraveva, Oksana Volkova, and Vladislav Sulimsky. Mariss Jansons will conduct the Vienna Philharmonic. Then on August 20, 2018, Medici will showcase Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” with Sonya Yoncheva in the {…}

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (8/3-5)

Here’s a look at the operas to see this weekend around Europe. The Queen of Spades – Salzburg Festival, Austria  The highly anticipated new production of Tchaikovsky’s masterwork opens with Brandon Jovanovich singing the lead and Evgenia Muraveva as Liza. Oksana Volkova, Hanna Schwarz, Igor Golovatenko, and Vladislav Sulimsky also star in Hans Neuenfels’ production. Mariss Jansons conducts. Carmen – Bregenz Festival, Austria  Bizet’s {…}