Danielle De Niese & Marlis Petersen Lead La Monnaie’s Holiday Festival Opera Streaming

Credits: LA Opera official website / © Yiorgos Mavropoulos La Monnaie/de Munt has announced that it will stream four operas as its holiday streaming package. Among the streams on offer are Leoš Janáček’s “Jenůfa” starring Sally Matthews, Charles Workman, Nicky Spence, and Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” features Danielle De Niese, Michele Pertusi, Joel Prieto and Lionel Lhote, while Korngold’s {…}

Dec 21, 2020

Diana Damrau, José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Annalisa Stroppa, Gabriella Reyes Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

The holidays are in full swing and companies around the world are adapting their particular showcases to suit the festive mood. So for those wondering, yes, there will be a Messiah showcase, some Christmas concerts, a “Christmas” opera, and other performances that are sure to make the Yuletide all the more memorable. So without further ado, here are our top {…}

Nov 10, 2020

At Home With – Soprano Danielle de Niese in Glyndebourne

(Credit: Frances Marshall) “At Home With… ” is a brand new series collaboration between OperaWire and photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio, combining original photography with insightful interviews. In this first edition, OperaWire spoke with singer, recording artist, television host, and ambassador of the arts, Danielle de Niese. De Niese lives in the main house at Glyndebourne—home of the {…}

Oct 22, 2020

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Anna Netrebko, Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Weeks 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next five weeks of its streaming slate which will focus on Baroque to the present, followed by a week of productions conducted by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a Family Drama Week, and a Stars in Signature Roles week All Nightly Met Opera Streams begin at 7:30pm and remain available via metopera.org for 23 {…}

Sep 24, 2020

Anna Netrebko, Hildegard Behrens, Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča Headline Week 29, 30, 31 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced week 29, 30, and 31 of its Nightly Streams. which will center on Mozart, Wagner, and Donizetti. Here is a full rundown of the schedule which features some of opera’s greatest stars making multiple appearances throughout the week. All Nightly Met Opera Streams begin at 7:30 p.m. and remain available via metopera.org for 23 hours. The {…}

Sep 18, 2020

Danielle De Niese & Carmen Giannattasio Lead InClassica Malta International Music Festival 2021 Edition

(Credit: LA Opera official website / Cory Weaver) The InClassica Malta International Music Festival has announced its 2021 slate, which will take place from April 17 to May 11, 2021. The line-up will include 33 soloists, including Martha Argerich, Grigory Sokolov, Rudolf Buchbinder, Gautier Capuçon, Danielle De Niese, Carmen Giannattasio, Daniel Hope, Gidon Kremer, Denis Matsuev, Andreas Ottensammer and Maxim {…}

Aug 23, 2020

Danielle De Niese, Washington Performing Arts & United States Air Force Band Partner for ‘To Shiver the Sky’

On Saturday, August 29, 2020, Washington Performing Arts will partner up with the United States Air Force Band to co-present an inside look on Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Tin’s oratorio “To Shiver the Sky.” The work, which was intended to world premiere in Washington, D.C. in May, was reinvented for an online format that includes music, interviews, and a live {…}

Jul 9, 2020

Danielle de Niese, Alessandro Corbelli, Jacques Imbrailo Headline Glyndebourne Opera’s Streaming Options in July

The Glyndebourne Opera has announced the next operas that it will present as part of its “Open House” streaming service. First up will be Britten’s “Billy Budd.” The opera, which was directed by Michael Grandage and conducted by Mark Elder, stars John Mark Ainsley as Captain Vere, Darren Jeffery as Ratcliffe, Phillip Ens as Claggart, and Jacques Imbrailo in the {…}

Jul 1, 2020

Luciano Pavarotti, Anna Netrebko, Ben Heppner, Sonya Yoncheva Headline Week 17 of Metropolitan Opera’s Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 17th week of its nightly streams. This week’s streams include such opera stars as Anna Netrebko, Luciano Pavarotti, Ben Heppner, and Eva Marton. Monday, July 6 – Puccini’s La Bohème Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano, Lucas Meachem, Alexey Lavrov, Matthew Rose, and Paul Plishka, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From February 24, 2018. Tuesday, {…}

Jun 20, 2020

Danielle de Niese, Kate Lindsey & John Eliot Gardiner Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week two full opera recordings will be released–a solo recital, and a choral album. Here is a look at what you can stream this week. Cendrillon Massenet’s rarely performed work gets released in a production by Fiona Shaw from the Glyndebourne Festival. The new DVD stars Nina Minasyan, Danielle de Niese, Kate Lindsey, Lionel Lhote, and Agnes Zwierko. John Wilson conducts {…}

Jun 15, 2020

Juan Diego Flórez, Leontyne Price, June Anderson, Leo Nucci, Sondra Radvanovsky Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

In keeping with last week’s themes of dialogue regarding racial equality in the opera world, we highly recommend checking out the several online shows such as Karen Slack’s “KikiKonversations,” Kenneth Overton’s “Black Opera Live,” and The Sitdown with LB,” hosted by Lawrence Brownlee. There is also a new conversation from Long Beach Opera regarding “Equity & Diversity in the Arts” that is {…}

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