(Credit: Semperoper Dresden official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that tenor Bryan Hymel will not be appearing in the role of Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s “Tosca” on Dec. 11, 2021 at 7:30 p. m. GMT. As a result, Italian tenor Riccardo Massi will take over the role. Massi joins a cast that includes Alexey Markov as {…}
(Credit: Julian Baumann) During a performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden on Dec. 8, 2021, tenor Bryan Hymel developed vocal issues and needed to be replaced in the role of Mario Cavaradossi. British tenor Freddie de Tommaso was in the opera house and quickly took over in the Second Act of the opera. De Tommaso {…}
The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring seven new productions and two new revivals. There will also be a notable company premiere with many rising and established stars taking the stage. Main Stage The 2019–20 season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” in a new production by Jean-Louis Grinda. The opera returns after a 31-year absence with {…}