Marina Rebeka, Ermonela Jaho, Golda Schultz, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Ludovic Tézier Headline Radio France’s 2021-22 Season

Radio France has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is a look. Operas Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les sortilèges” spotlights Jodie Devos, Clara Guillon, Adèle Charvet, Marie Lenormand, Élodie Méchain, Antoine Normand, Régis Mengus, and Paul Gay. Mikko Franck conducts. Performance date: Oct. 1, 2021, Philharmonie de Paris {…}

May 30, 2021

Thomas Hampson, Leah Hawkins, Lawrence Brownlee & Philippe Jaroussky Lead Elbphilharmonie’s 2021 Summer Performances

(Credits: Jiyang Chen / Dario Acosta / Shervin Lainez / Simon Fowler) Elbphilharmonie has announced that it will restart concerts for live audiences in June 2021. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. Baritone Thomas Hampson, sopranos Louise Toppin and Leah Hawkins, and tenor Lawrence Brownlee will perform music by Henry Thacker Burleigh, Wilhelm Grosz, {…}

May 29, 2021

Nicole Chevalier, Günter Papendell & Anne Sofie von Otter Headline Theater Basel’s 2021-22 Season

The Theater Basel has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on opera productions only. Here is a look: Mozart‘s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte” will open the season. The opera stars Kai Kluge and Alex Banfield in the role of Tamino, Kali Hardwick as Pamina, Rainelle Krause as Die Königin der Nacht, and Patrick Zielke {…}

May 25, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flórez, Marina Rebeka, Anita Rachvelishvili Lead Wiener Konzerthaus 2021-22 Season

(Credits: © Dario Acosta / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment / © Tatiana Vlasova / © Dario Acosta) The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a variety of concerts from some of the world’s greatest performers. For the purpose of this article, we will only focus on the vocal {…}

May 19, 2021

Joyce DiDonato, Jonathan Tetelman, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Jakub Józef Orliński Headline Opéra National du Rhin’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: © McQueen / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website / © Jean-Baptiste Millot / Jiyang Chen) Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, France has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate. Operas Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen” will spotlight Lauren Snouffer, Rachael Wilson, Helena Rasker, David Leigh, Michael Smallwood, Owen Willetts, Floriane Derthe, and Moritz Kallenberg. Robert {…}

Apr 26, 2021

Franco Fagioli, Chiara Skerath, Lawrence Zazzo & Delphine Galou Highlight Festival de Beaune 2021

(Credits: © Julian Laidig / © Capucine de Chocqueuse / Justin Hyer / Giulia Papetti) The Festival international d’Opéra Baroque & Romantique Beaune has announced its 2021 program, consisting of seven operas and oratorios, and four recitals. The festival will take place from July 9 until July 31, 2021. Operas & Oratorios Mozart‘s rarely performed operatic masterwork “Lucio Silla” will {…}

Mar 31, 2021

Lea Desandre & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Baroque Night Livestream From Aix-en-Provence

(Credits: © Julien Benhamou / Kamil Szkopik) The Festival de Pâques will present a night of baroque music to be live-streamed on March 31, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. The performance will star mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński. The two singers will perform works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Giulio Caccini, Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Dunford, Reynaldo Hahn, {…}

Feb 14, 2021

Cast Change Announced for Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Carmen’

(Credit: Rosa Frank) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Vera-Lotte Boecker will sing the role of Micaëla for the premiere of Bizet’s “Carmen,” replacing Olga Kulchynska. Boecker is the second cast change in the production after Piotr Beczała took over the role of Don José replacing Charles Castronovo. Last month there was a COVID-19 outbreak at the opera house {…}

Feb 8, 2021

Sonya Yoncheva To Release New Album in March

(Credit: Presto Music website) Bulgarian soprano superstar Sonya Yoncheva will release her new album “Rebirth” on March 12, 2021. The album, which will be released by Sony Classical, will spotlight works by Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco Sánchez, and Alessandro Stradella, among others. The album will also include the popular Bulgarian folk {…}

Feb 8, 2021

Vivica Genaux, Valer Sabadus & Xavier Sabata Headline Festival de Froville 2021

(Credits: RibaltaLuce Studio / © Christine Schneider / Michal Novak) The Festival of baroque and sacred music in Froville, France has announced its 2021 edition. The festival will take place from May 28 until July 6, 2021. For the purposes of this article, we will focus only on vocal performances. Here is the look. Mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux will perform works {…}

Jan 25, 2021

Theater Basel Announces Changes To 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Basel.com) Theater Basel has announced changes for two of its scheduled productions in the 2020-21 season. Per an official statement on the company’s website, Monteverdi’s “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” will be postponed until the 2021-22 season, while the production of Mozart’s “Requiem” will be postponed until the 2023-24 season. “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” was supposed to star {…}

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