Swedish lyric dramatic soprano Cornelia Beskow has been awarded the 2022 Birgit Nilsson Stipendium. The prize, which is given to promising young singers and is awarded from a fund that was established in 1969, includes 200,000 SEK (approximately €20,000). Beskow will receive the award on August 12 when she will perform in Birgit Nilsson’s parish church at Västra Karup, as {…}
Credit: Uwe Arens/Dario Acosta/Tatyana Vlasova The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring eight new productions, the Ring Cycle and a number of important revivals. Here is a look. Premieres Konrad Junghänel conducts a new production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Tilo Nest directing. Ioan Hotea and Antonio Garés share the role of the count while Silvia {…}
(Credit: Michael Pohn/© A. Bofill) This weekend is all about the star power, new productions and standard repertory that will showcase important role debuts. Here is a look. Lohengrin – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria Piotr Beczala sings one of his signature roles with a cast that includes Ain Anger, Cornelia Beskow, Egils Silins, Linda Watson, and Boaz Daniel. The production by {…}
(Credits: Johannes Ifkovits) The Vienna State Opera will live stream Wagner’s “Lohengrin” on Jan. 19, 2020. The opera will feature tenor Piotr Beczala as Lohegrin, a role that he has made his own over the past few years. He will be joined by Ain Anger, Cornelia Beskow, Egils Silins, Linda Watson, and Boaz Daniels. Valery Gergiev will conduct the opera {…}