The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is set to perform Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” in 2020. Performances are set for March 18 in Poole with an additional on March 21, 2020 in Birmingham. The work will be conducted by the BSO’s Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits with Catherine Foster in the demanding title role. This will be Foster’s first opera performance in the United {…}
(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring seven new productions and a number of stars. Here is a look at what the season will offer. New Production Patrick Lange conducts a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” by Uwe Eric Laufenberg. Lena Belkina stars in the title role with tenors Sebastien Gueze, Aaron Cawley, and {…}
The Oper Leipzig has announced its 2018-19 season with multiple new productions, concert performances, and revivals. It will also feature a number of international stars, as well as ensemble singers, that will perform some of the greatest operatic masterpieces in the repertoire. New Productions Karine Babajanyan and Anja Kampe headline a new production of Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with {…}
We saw Jonas Kaufmann sing for a sick Piotr Beczala while the latter mimed onstage. We saw a stage director sub in for a sick tenor even more recently. But we’d never seen an assistant director don a wig and play Brünhilde while another singer took on the vocal challenges. Until now. As the famed “Götterdämmerung” at the Bayreuth Festival {…}