The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company said that Diana Damrau will be stepping into the role of La Contessa di Almaviva on July 14 and 17, 2024. The soprano has performed the role at the Teatro alla Scala and is known for her many Mozart roles including the {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences get to hear a recital from the world’s most famous tenor and one of the great sopranos in the world. There will also be a new solo recital album from a great mezzo and several complete opera recordings. Czech Songs {…}
The Philharmonie Essen has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances of the season. Evelina Liubonko, Sarah Romberger, Thomas Hobbs, and Kresimir Strazanac perform works by Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Georg Friedrich Händel alongside Rias Kammerchor Berlin. Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2024 Graun’s “Adriano in Siria” will star Noah Hellwig, Valer Sabadus, Roberta Mameli, Maayan Licht, David {…}
A truly packed house, a cast of operatic luminaries and a program of works chosen and compiled by Maestro Pappano himself; a Gala, fit for a KING, surely? Which is just as well because His Royal Highness King Charles III was in the audience as a truly surprise guest of honor, courtesy of a massive covert security operation that even {…}
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Luca Salsi and Anna Netrebko team up for Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Ivan Magrì, Marina Prudenskaya, and René Pape join them. Anastasia Bartoli also performs. Bertrand de Billy conducts the new production by Emma Dante. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-26, 2024 Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” receives a new production featuring multiple casts. {…}
The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Orchestre de Paris Klaus Mäkelä conducts music by Beethoven, Peteris Vasks, and Tchaikovsky. Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2024 Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts a program of music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Alexandre Tcherepnine. Golda Schultz stars. Performance Date: Oct. 9, {…}
The Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Palau 100 Sarah Connolly jons Anima Aeterna Brugge and Pablo Heras-Casado for Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder.” The program also includes music by Bruckner. Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2024 Philippe Herreweghe leads a program that includes pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, Collegium {…}
(Credit: Jiyang Chen) Diana Damrau has canceled her Vienna recital on Feb. 14, 2024. The soprano took to social media and said, “I am very sorry that due to a severe infection, I cannot perform tonight in Vienna but I hope to see you soon on 30 and 31 March 2024 at the Musikverein.” The soprano was supposed to perform {…}
Diana Damrau has canceled her upcoming recitals in Germany, Belgium, and New York. The soprano took to social media and said, “I am saddened to share the news that I have had to cancel my recitals at Schlosstheater Fulda, Carnegie Hall, and Bozar Brussels due to an acute upper respiratory infection. I hope for a speedy recovery and I look {…}
Diana Damrau is set to return to New York for a Carnegie Hall recital on Feb. 6, 2024, at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Pianist Helmut Deutsch will join the soprano and they will perform 19th- and 20th-century works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Richard Strauss, and Spanish composers Rodrigo, Granados, Turina, and Obradors. The concert is part of {…}
(Credit: W.Hoesl) Arte.TV is set to present the Bayerische Staatsoper’s new production of “Die Fledermaus” on Dec. 31, 2023. The opera will also be streamed on the company’s STAATSOPER.TV and will be in co-production with ZDF. Vladimir Jurowski will conduct the new production by Barrie Kosky, which will ring in the New Year. The cast will include Georg Nigl (Gabriel {…}