The Bayreuth Festival has announced programming for the 2021 season. The season will open with “Die Fliegende Hollander” with Oksana Lyniv becoming the first woman conductor to lead an opera at the festival. Dmitri Tcherniakov directs the new production, which will star Eric Cutler, Georg Zeppenfeld, Asmik Grigorian, and Marina Prudenskaya. Performance Dates: July 25 – August 20, 2021 The festival {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2020-21 season encore radio broadcast. The company will broadcast encore recordings starting Dec. 5 at 1 p.m. with Mary Jo Heath hosting and Ira Siff as a commentator for the broadcasts. The broadcasts will also include dynamic intermission features, live backstage interviews with artists, and the ever-popular Opera Quiz. The broadcasts begin with Prokofiev’s “War {…}
Michigan Opera Theatre has announced that they have added free, live screenings of Yuval Sharon’s new “Gotterdammerung” adaptation, entitled “Twilight: Gods.” Taking place on Oct. 20 and 21, these screenings will be held at the Detroit Opera House and will allow the audience to experience the work from the comfort of a theater as a single camera will follow the {…}
Christine Goerke paid tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a moving video performance at Lincoln Center. Goerke performed Leonore’s aria “Abscheulicher!” from Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio,” a work that Ginsburg said gave her “the greatest hope for the future.” The video was filmed on Lincoln Center’s campus with Bradley Moore at the piano. In a statement, Lincoln Center noted, “the {…}
(Credit: Enrico Nawath/Bayreuth Festival) Michigan Opera Theatre has announced that Yuval Sharon will join the company as the organization’s first-ever Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director. His five-year appointment comes on the eve of the company’s 50th anniversary and is made possible by a gift from board member Gary L. Wasserman. Sharon is a recipient of both a MacArthur Fellowship and {…}
(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg) The Metropolitan Opera Stars Live in Concert series continued this Sunday with a performance by the celebrated French-Italian tenor Roberto Alagna and Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak on the hilltop medieval village of Èze, France. On the outdoor terrace located at the Château de la Chèvre d’Or, Alagna and Kurzak were accompanied by the Vienna Morphing Quintet. {…}
(Credits: LA Philharmonic official website / Opus 3 Artists official website) The Wolf Trap Opera Summer 2020 residency program, which includes 40 artists, has entered its final stages. Members have initially quarantined for a period of two weeks in order to ensure the COVID-19-free environment. During that period, artists engaged in virtual coaching and group sessions with the guest alumni, {…}
As Renée Fleming, “America’s Diva,” introduced the third to last piece in a program that ranged from Handel to Cantaloube to Harold Arlen, the beloved singer sighed deeply. It was a testament to the magic and beauty she had spun singing one of the standout numbers of her concert, “O mio babbino caro” from Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi.” She sang the {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a new pay-per-view series “Met Stars Live in Concert” featuring opera’s greatest stars from around the world. The concert series, which was announced via a Zoom press conference, will consist of 12 live performances starting on July 18 and running through December. “This new initiative is intended to create live performance opportunities for our artists {…}
The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival has announced that dramatic soprano Christine Goerke has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Goerke’s newest role will place her in charge of strategic planning, development, and community engagement. “I am absolutely delighted that Christine Goerke has graciously agreed to join the board of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival,” Festival Artistic Director {…}
Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced a brand new season entitled “UNSTAGED: Pandemic Season Festival.” The updated slate will take place between July 10-26 and features a number of online events, live digital performances, and inside looks. “We were disappointed that the pandemic upended our fabulous planned season,” said Artistic Director Marianne Cornetti in a press release. “While we’ve moved some {…}