Elīna Garanča, Cecilia Bartoli, Alice Coote & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Lucern Festival’s 2021 Season

The Lucerne Festival has announced its 2021 summer season. For this article, we will only concentrate on vocal performances at the Swiss festival. Riccardo Chailly conducts Gun-Brit Barkmin in a program that includes Mahler and Berg. Performance Date: August 13, 2021 Riccardo Chailly conducts Elīna Garanča in Mahler’s “Rückert-Lieder.” The program also includes Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major. {…}

Nov 24, 2020

Angel Blue, Cecilia Bartoli & Joyce DiDonato Lead Classical Music Grammy Nominees

The Grammy Nominations have been announced with Joyce DiDonato, Angel Blue, and Cecilia Bartoli among the artists shortlisted for top prizes. In the Best Opera Recording category Dello Joio’s “The Trial At Rouen” featuring Gil Rose, Heather Buck, Stephen Powell, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera Chorus were nominated alongside Floyd’s “Prince Of Players” with William Boggs, Keith {…}

Nov 13, 2020

Cecilia Bartoli, Jonas Kaufmann, Lawrence Brownlee & Michael Spyres Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences can experience dueling tenors, two Christmas albums, two baroque albums, two choral albums, and a pianist interpreting operatic favorites. Here is what you can stream this week. Amici e Rivali Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee celebrate the art of the trailblazing star singers of Rossini’s time in a new album for Erato. The recording showcases arias, duets, {…}

Oct 14, 2020

Renée Fleming, Renata Scotto, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Mirella Freni Headline Weeks 32 & 33 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next two weeks of its streaming slate which will focus on opera’s greatest comedies and political dramas. Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato lead the way, appearing in three different streams each over the course of the two weeks. Here is a full rundown. Week 32– Operatic Comedies Monday, October 19 – Rossini’s Il Barbiere di {…}

Oct 2, 2020

Cecilia Bartoli’s Barcelona Concert Canceled

(Credit: Palau de la Música Catalana official website) Palau de la Música Catalana has announced that mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli’s concert slated for Oct. 17, 2020 has been canceled. In a statement, the institution said, “Due to the general context of the COVID-19 health crisis, we are forced to definitively cancel the postponed concert that Cecilia Bartoli was supposed to give {…}

Sep 30, 2020

Andrea Bocelli Announces New Album ‘Believe’

Tenor Andrea Bocelli has unveiled his new album “Believe” which will include performances with such artists as Cecilia Bartoli and Alison Krauss. The album is set for release on Nov. 13, 2020 and will focus on the power of music to soothe the soul. The tenor will perform two duets with Bartoli, including “Pianissimo” and “I Believe.” Other tracks on {…}

Sep 28, 2020

Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Angel Blue, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Cecilia Bartoli Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream this Week

This week, audiences worldwide will get a unique opportunity to experience multiple opening night events from several major companies. The recommendations also extend to unique new opera experiences as well as some famed classics featuring opera’s biggest stars. Deceiver of Citizens (Now) Music and video director Jonathan Khuner and composer/librettist Michael Senturia’s short opera tells the story of a Deceiver {…}

Aug 28, 2020

Cecilia Bartoli to Remain Artistic Director of the Whitsun Festival

(Credit: © Marco Borrelli) The Salzburg Festival has announced that famed Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will remain the Artistic Director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival through 2026. “It fills me with great joy to continue our fruitful artistic collaboration with Cecilia Bartoli for the entire duration of my own contract,” said the Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival Markus Hinterhäuser. {…}

Aug 21, 2020

Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli & Anja Harteros Highlight Salzburg Whitsun Festival’s 2021 Edition

Cecilia Bartoli has unveiled details for the 2021 Salzburg Whitsun Festival. The 2021 edition will be themed after Rome, the city of Bartoli’s birth, and will feature a new production of Georg Friedrich Handel’s oratorio “Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” by Robert Carsen. Bartoli will star in the Handel masterpiece with Gianluca Capuano conducting Les Musiciens de Prince-Monaco. {…}

Aug 17, 2020

Artist of the Week: Cecilia Bartoli

With opera in full swing in Europe and multiple artists beginning to tour, the opera world seems to be getting back to a somewhat new normal. This week Cecilia Bartoli embarks on a European tour with Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco, returning to the stage after months of quarantine and after canceling her Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Bartoli will perform {…}

Aug 15, 2020

Cecilia Bartoli & Les Musiciens de Prince-Monaco Head on Tour This Month

Opéra Monte Carlo has announced a new concert tour entitled “Farinelli and his time” which will take place across Europe between August 18 – Sept. 1, 2020. The concert will feature Cecilia Bartoli and Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco as they perform music by Handel, Porporal, Hasse, Telemann, and Vivaldi. The tour will start on August 18, 2020, at the Festival {…}