(Credit: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present John Adams’ acclaimed opera-oratorio “El Niño.” The work will be staged by Lileana Blain-Cruz, a resident director at Lincoln Center Theater. Conductor Marin Alsop will make her Met debut leading cast that includes soprano Julia Bullock, bass-baritone Davóne Tines, mezzo-sopranos J’Nai Bridges and Daniela Mack, countertenors Key’mon W. Murrah, {…}
The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the productions. Verdi’s “Rigoletto” is set to star Igor Golovatenko, Soloman Howard, Javier Camarena, and Mané Galoyan. Enrique Mazzola conducts the production by Director Mary Birnbaum. Performance Dates: Sept. 14-Oct. 6 2024 Elza van den Heever, Russell Thomas, Mika Kares, and Brian Mulligan star in {…}
The LA Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the entire season. Mainstage Karah Son sings the title role in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Jonathan Tetelman, Hyona Kim, and Michael Sumuel also starring. James Conlon conducts the production by Mario Gas. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 13 2024 Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” returns for the first time {…}
(Photo credit: Gene Smirnov) Opera Philadelphia is set to hold “Toi Toi Toi,” a fundraising event celebrating David B. Devan’s contributions to the company. Devan, the company’s General Director and President since 2011 has announced the end of his tenure. During his time leading Opera Philadelphia, the opera company has been described as “a hotbed of operatic innovation” by the {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Boston Baroque opens its season with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 alongside his “Coriolan” Overture and “Elegiac Song.” The performances will take place on Oct. 13, 14, and 15 at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, GBH’s Calderwood Studio in Brighton, and NEC’s Jordan Hall in Boston. The Oct. 15 performance will also be live streamed on the global streaming {…}
The San Francisco Opera, in collaboration with the San Francisco Chronicle, will present “Opera in the Park” at Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The free annual event will be led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, who leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and such artists as Julie Adams, Aleksandra Kurzak, Olivia Smith, {…}
It’s that time of the year again! The 2023-24 season is about to begin and audiences are getting ready to choose performances as they head back to the opera. With so much to choose from, OperaWire is breaking down 10 opera productions that are must-sees for all opera lovers from around the world. Aida – Berlin State Opera – Opens {…}
San Francisco Opera’s award-winning In Song video portrait series continues with its eighth episode, “In Song: Daniela Mack.” The latest episode was filmed on location in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and features mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack tracing memories of her childhood, In the episode she reunites with her family and loved ones and shares music by tango master Astor Piazzolla and 19th-century {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera) On June 19th, up and down Market Street in San Francisco, rainbows ruled the scene, as did live and recorded music. Every variation – hats, masks, sweaters, shoes, leggings, and floral wreaths braided the streets as the Gay Pride Parade intersected with the first-ever Spanish language opera to be performed by San Francisco {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera Henrik Nánási conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” by Allex Aguilera. Stuart Skelton, Elisabet Strid, Agnieszka Rehlis, Markus Eiche, Albert Pesendorfer, Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Fernando Campero, and Juan Antonio Sanabria star. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2023 Yolanda Auyanet and Berna Perles share the title role {…}
(Credit: Karli Cadel/San Diego Opera) The San Francisco Opera is set to present the Bay Area premiere of “El último sueño de Frida y Diego” by Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz. The opera, which is a San Francisco Opera co-commission and the Company’s first Spanish-language opera, will be presented from June 13 to 30 at the War Memorial Opera {…}