Credit: Maxppp France will try to organize experimental concerts in Marseille and Paris in March and April 2021, in a bid to reopen the embattled cultural sector. Per an official statement from France’s Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot, two concerts will be held in Marseille in the second half of March, and one concert will be held in Paris in April. {…}
(Credit: © Wiener Staatsoper GmbH / Michael Pöhn) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that it will close until further notice, due to the Austrian government’s COVID-19 regulations. Meanwhile, Oper Graz has announced that it will remain closed until at least March 31, 2021. The previous date for reopening cultural venues in Austria was Feb. 28, but the great uncertainty over {…}
(Credit: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig official website) The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has announced the postponement of its famed Mahler’s Festival and will now take place in 2023. The Mahler Festival 2021 was to have taken place at the Gewandhaus from May 13 to May 24, 2021, but “the unpredictability of the perpetually developing Covid pandemic accounts for infinite imponderables in the realms of {…}
(Credit: VisitBerlin website/ Dagmar Schwelle) Update: The German government has decided to extend the lockdown until March 7, 2021. The German government will extend the current state of hard lockdown until at least March 14, 2021. The cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is worried about the rapid spread of the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus and is planning {…}
(Credit: Musacchio & Ianniello licensed to EMI Classics) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that it will stream a specially recorded film which will feature the opera house’s young artists and Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano. The film will be broadcast on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. GMT. “Tony and the Young Artists” brings together Pappano and members {…}
(Credit: © Pia Clodi) American tenor Charles Castronovo has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19. Castronovo’s wife, soprano Ekaterina Siurina posted on social media that Castronovo has been sick for over two and a half weeks. “Charlie has been in the hospital in Vienna with coronavirus for a week now, but he’s getting better, we can’t put into words our experiences, {…}
(Credit: Teatro Cervantes de Málaga official website) Teatro Cervantes de Málaga has announced that it will postpone its production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” until the 2021-22 season. The original performances were scheduled for Feb. 26 & 28, 2021. The opera was set to star Antonio Gandía in the role of Duca di Mantua, Sabina Puértolas as Gilda, Felipe Bou in the {…}
(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich official website) The Opernhaus Zürich has announced that it will remain closed until at least April 5, 2021. The decision was made after broad consultations with the Canton of Zürich. Per the official statement on the company’s website, the announcement by the Swiss Federal Council at the beginning of February that no major easing is expected in {…}
(Credit: Cleveland Orchestra official website) The Cleveland Orchestra announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic concerns, the orchestra will not be able to have audiences in the Severance Hall from March to June 2021, as originally planned. “Performing live concerts for our community, has been our goal throughout this unusual season, but only when we could guarantee the health {…}
(Credit: Opera Online website) Oper Köln has announced that it will remain closed until at least March 31, 2021. The opera house stated that such a decision after broad consultations with the authorities of the City of Köln, and based on the joint decision of the German government and federal states. The German government has extended the national lockdown until {…}
( Credit: Gunnar Geller) The Komische Oper Berlin has announced that it will remain shut down until at least Easter 2021, due to continued concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The opera house has officially stated that the productions of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s “Les Boréades,” George Enescu’ s “Œdipe,” and Jacques Offenbach’s opera “Orphée aux enfers” will be postponed until future {…}