(Photo: Birgit Gufler) Director Johannes Reitmeier brought the Tiroler Landestheater’s production of Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia” to close with a question. “How was it possible?” was projected across the stage in large letters. Not only did this immediately encourage the audience to reflect on what they had witnessed and to attempt an answer, but it is also a question {…}
The Czech Philharmonic has announced that it will present a live performance on June 3, 2021. The performance, which will be the closing concert of the Prague Spring Festival, will feature performances of music by Mahler, Britten, and Beethoven’s famed sixth symphony. Tenor Petr Nekoranec will perform an arrangement of the second movement from Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 as well {…}
(Photo Credit: © Charles-Alexandre Creton) The Academy of the Opéra National de Paris has announced that it will present a production of Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia” between May 19-29. The showcase will feature l’Ensemble Multilatérale et de l’Orchestre-Atelier Ostinato and will be directed by Léo Warynski with production design by Jeanne Candel in her first collaboration with the Opéra {…}
La Monnaie / De Munt has announced that it will be streaming Britten’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ on April 29, 2021. The opera will be directed by Andrea Breth and conducted by Ben Glassberg. The opera stars Ed Lyon, Sally Matthews, Thomas Heinen, Henri de Beauffort, Katharinia Bierweiler, Carole Wilson, Julian Hubbard, and Giselle Allen. “In this new production, {…}
“Page to Opera Stage” looks at stories – real-life or fiction, old and new – that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. This week, the focus is Herman Melville’s great unfinished novella “Billy Budd, Sailor” and Benjamin Britten’s “Billy Budd” adapted from the work in 1951. Seventeen years {…}
The Britten Pears Arts has announced its reopening. Britten Pears Arts plans on reopening the Snape Maltings on May 21 while the Red House is set to reopen on May 20. The Aldeburgh Festival, which takes place at the Snape Maltings, however, will not be held this upcoming June. The British Center on the Suffolk coast noted in an official statement {…}
“Page to Stage” looks at stories – real-life or fiction, old and new – that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. This second instalment looks at Henry James’ and Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” A governess is hired to look after two children by a distant {…}
(Credits: © Aymeric Giraudel / Seattle Symphony official website) Mezzo-sopranos Karine Deshayes and Delphine Haidan will give a recital at Opéra de Vichy on Feb. 19, 2021. The program for the concert includes the works by Adolpha Le Beau, Brahms, Strauss, Gounod, Delibes, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, and Rossini. Due to the French government’s COVID-19 regulations, the concert will be held without {…}
(Credits: Opéra National de Paris official website / © Fazil Berisha / Simon Pauly) La Monnaie has announced an updated 2020-21 season that is expected to begin in February. Here is the look. Opera A semi-staged version of Mozart’s Opera “Der Schauspieldirektor” will feature Mieke de Groote, Achille Ridolfi, Dietrich Henschel, Marie-Aurore D’Awans, Nadine Baboy, Hervé Loka Sombo, Lenneke Ruiten, {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a film section or a film in its entirety and highlight the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features the {…}
(Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Staatsoper unter der Linden has announced that Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans will perform the role of Peter in Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” on Jan. 7, 2021. Oliemans will replace German baritone Roman Trekel. Oliemans will join a cast that includes Michaela Schuster in the role of Gertrud, Stephan Rügamer as the Wicked Witch, Natalia Skrycka {…}