(Credit: Richard Termine / Metropolitan Opera) On Feb. 15, 2020, the Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on this season’s run of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte.” Phelim McDermott’s dazzling Coney Island production added a large amount of spectacle to what is the least staged of the operas born from the partnership of Mozart and Da Ponte. The afternoon saw a solid {…}
(Credit: Lorenzo Poli) Soprano Genia Kühmeier has withdrawn from the upcoming new production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Così fan tutte” at the Wiener Staatsoper due to the personal reasons, according to an official statement on the company’s website. As a result, soprano Mariangela Sicilia will perform the role of Fiordiligi in what will be her Wiener Staatsoper debut. Sicilia {…}
The Pacific Opera Project has announced that it will be changing its forthcoming production of “Così fan tutte” after much controversy. The 2012 production, which is set in the context of the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” was lambasted by many as insensitive due the film’s own racist themes. As such, the company has seemingly taken the criticism to {…}
(Credit: Yan Bleney) Soprano Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis do not like to be apart. The two stars, who are currently at the Metropolitan Opera individually taking on two thirds of the Da Ponte and Mozart trilogy, not only share a home, a two-year-old boy, and as many productions as they can, but this very interview. When it was proposed {…}
The Pacific Opera Project will continue its 10th Anniversary Season with a revival of its wildly popular 2012 “Gone with the Wind-inspired” production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The opera, which is written by Da Ponte, is set open on March 28 and runs through April 5, 2020 at the El Portal Theatre. Audiences will get a chance to see {…}
(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive its new production of “Così Fan Tutte” for the first time since its initial run back in 2018. With the exception of Serena Malfi and Ben Bliss, who were among the singers to open the production, every other singer in this run is new to Phelim McDermott’s {…}
(photo credit: Richard Termine) The Juilliard School opened the 2019-20 opera season with a refreshing and intimate interpretation of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The overall production under the direction of David Paul evoked an immediate realization of why Mozart may have chosen Lorenzo Da Ponte’s libretto based on the effective means of humor to challenge any serious contemplation of the {…}
The Juilliard School is set to showcase Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte” on Nov. 13-17, 2019 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The production is the last of the presentations of the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy that the institution has showcased over the last few years. This production will feature James Ley as Ferrando, Erik van Heyningen as Guglielmo, William Socolof as {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features James’s Grey’s ‘The {…}
(Credit: Seattle Opera / Jacob F. Lucas) This weekend, we are recommending some of the best-known works of the repertory in a bevy of productions across the U.S. One repertory staple will be getting a new arrangement in a English. Here are our top five operas to see this week (in chronological order by company). Cincinnati Opera – Porgy and {…}
This month Marina Monzó returns to the Opera de las Palmas for the first time since 2017 when she made her debut. Back in 2017, the 25-year-old soprano made her debut in the role of Sophie in “Werther” and was just beginning her career. She had just won a number of competitions and was slowly beginning to make a name {…}