David Portillo, Michael Chioldi, Claudia Boyle & Soraya Mafi Lead Irish National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

The Irish National Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The company will open with a double bill featuring “Mary Motorhead” and “Trade.” Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Oisin O’Dalaigh, and John Molloy star in the production. Elaine Kelly conducts and Tom Creed directs. Performance Date: August 8–Oct. 23, 2024 Paula Murrihy and David Portillo lead Berlioz’s “Béatrice and Bénédict,” alongside Anna Devin, {…}

Mar 22, 2024

Opéra National de Paris Review 2024: The Exterminating Angel

Photo credit: Agathe Poupeney-OnP Thomas Adès’s “The Exterminating Angel” is one of the most successful contemporary operas of the century. Beyond its many productions—the Parisian one being the best of them all—, the opera quickly entered the symphonic repertoire with a very well-crafted symphonic suite. The opera, based on Luís Buñuel’s homonymous film, follows its source material: more than a {…}

Nov 22, 2023

Wexford Festival Opera 2023 Review: Zoraida di Granata

(Photo: Clive Barda) Anyone who has heard Opera Rara’s recording of Donizetti’s “Zoraida di Granata” must have been very excited by the Wexford festival’s decision to put on a fully staged production. It is a veritable bel canto feast with beautiful arias and ensemble singing, stretching over a period of approximately three hours. “Zoraida di Granata” premiered in Rome’s Teatro {…}

Aug 15, 2021

Signum Records Announces Partnership with Irish National Opera

Signum Records has announced its partnership with Irish National Opera (INO), starting with the November 5, 2021 release of Gerald Barry’s “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.” “Alice’s Adventures” was a co-production with the Royal Opera House and received its world premiere in the U.K. However, COVID forced INO to cancel its own staging. In its place, INO Signum will release the {…}

Jan 5, 2021

Irish National Opera 2020-21 Review: 20 Shots Of Opera

(Photo: Hugh O’Conor) With the closure of the theatres, opera companies have turned to streaming their productions. However, with all the goodwill in the world, they tend to fall into the category of second-hand, second-rate experiences. In fact, many would argue that watching an opera on the screen in the comfort of your own home does not work at all. {…}

Nov 11, 2020

Irish National Opera to Present ’20 Shots of Opera’

Irish National Opera has announced the continuation of its season with “20 Shots of Opera,” which will be filmed and made available on Dec. 17, 2020. The work features 20 compact operas from 20 Ireland-based composers including Gerald Barry, Éna Brennan, Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley, Robert Coleman, David Coonan, Alex Dowling, Peter Fahey, Michael Gallen, Andrew Hamilton, Jenn Kirby, Conor {…}

Oct 8, 2020

Wexford Festival Opera Announces Closing Night Cast Change

The Wexford Festival Opera has announced a cast change for its closing night performance. The festival announced that Claudia Boyle⁩ and Pietro Adaíni will replace Lisette Oropesa, who will be unable to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions. Boyle is a well known Irish soprano who has performed at the Semperoper Dresden, Irish National Opera, English National Opera, and Teatro dell’Opera di {…}

Oct 5, 2020

Irish National Opera Announces 2020-21 Season

The Irish National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season. Opera Fireworks stars the singers of ABL Aviation Opera Studio 2020-21. The evening will feature four singers in arias and duets from some of the best-loved operas. Performance Dates: Nov. 17-21, 2020 Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” will be showcased in concert performances starring Claudia Boyle, Dean Power, Sarah Power, {…}

Feb 19, 2020

Corinne Winters, Andrew Stenson & Aaron Crouch Highlight Minnesota Opera’s 2020-21 Season

The Minnesota Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five productions with a number of important rising stars. The season opens with Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” starring Claudia Boyle as Konstanze, Andrew Stenson as Belmonte, and Kenneth Kellogg as Osmin. Omer Ben Seadia directs James Robinson’s original production. Performance Dates: Sept. 26- Oct. 4, 2020 Corinne Winters andJohn Moore star in {…}

May 9, 2018

Den Norske Opera Announces Its 2018-19 Season

The Den Norske Opera has announced its upcoming 2018-19 season featuring a wide range of repertoire and rising stars as well as some of the leading Norwegian singers in the world. Here is a look. Productions The season will open with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Enrique Mazzola conducting Richard Jones’s production. Johannes Weisser, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Brigitte Christensen, and Anthony Gregory star {…}