(Photo courtesy of Dallas Opera) In celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors, the Dallas Opera is set to present a showcase concert on Nov. 9, 2019 at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. The performance will feature singers from Opera for Peace as well as the Dallas Opera. Among the 2019 conductors that {…}
Puccini will likely be the composer that you will get a chance to associate yourself with this weekend if you check out any of our recommendations. However, there are also a few unique experiences to be had that steer clear from the standard repertory as well. Among those experiences is a family-friendly performed geared toward helping those in need. Pagliacci {…}
It looks like Plácido Domingo will remain in the Zurich Opera’s production of “Nabucco” this fall. OperaWire reached out to the company’s press department about how it would respond to allegations about the singer’s sexual harassment of nine women, and the company responded that it would see how other investigations develop. “Plácido Domingo’s performance as Nabucco at the Zurich Opera {…}
Earlier this season, Spanish tenor Airam Hernández took on the role of legendary tenor Enrico Caruso in the world premiere of Dutch composer Micha Hamel’s new opera “Caruso a Cuba.” Following his success in Amsterdam, the tenor will make his highly anticipated U.S. debut and role debut with the Dallas Opera as Fenton in Lee Blakely’s production of Verdi’s beloved comedy “Falstaff.” Hernández recently spoke with OperaWire about his {…}
In our selections for this weekend’s top picks, we examine a few classic masterpieces with some solid casting as well as some new operas that are gaining some traction across the continent. Here is a look at our selections, in alphabetical order by company. La Bohème – Dallas Opera On Saturday evening, audiences will get a chance to check out {…}
You won’t find any modern works in this weekend’s recommendations. In fact, the big offerings around the U.S. center on the standard repertory with perhaps one exception (and that might not be much of one). Here are our picks (in alphabetical order by company). Eugene Onegin – The Atlanta Opera Tchaikovsky’s masterwork will get a showcase at The Atlanta Opera {…}
The Dallas Opera has announced its 2019-20 season and it features some of the most diverse programming of any season announcement to date. The proceedings kick off with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The classic opera will feature Paolo Fanale, Andrea Carroll, Markus Werba, Olga Pudova, and Morris Robinson, among others. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the score in a production originally directed {…}
What’s a nice guy like the 2009 Richard Tucker Award-winner Stephen Costello to do when playing a character known for anger issues and a jealous streak a mile wide? Go for sympathy, make the audience empathize with “a lost person with a good heart.” That’s what Costello did for his role debut as Don José in the Dallas Opera production {…}
The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors will be featured for one night at The Dallas Opera. On Sunday, Nov. 10, 2018, The Dallas Opera will present its orchestra as led by the six women currently participating in the fourth annual residency of the Hart Institute. The women in residency are Sonia Ben-Santamaria (UK/France), Priscila Bomfim (Brazil), Sarah {…}
Halloween is around the corner and the Dallas Opera has, by chance or choice, opened its season with an opera that offers equal servings of fright and delight. The second performance of the run was jaw-droppingly good, the stuff of crazy dreams and desperate nightmares. The story is relatively simple. Satan has cursed the Dutchman to wander the seas aimlessly {…}
The deeper into October that we get, the more exciting the offerings around the US and Canada. And this week, we get not two but three world premieres taking place (among others) on our list, mixed in with works by two of opera’s greatest composers (listed in alphabetical order by company). Place – Beth Morrison Projects One of the most {…}