The Theater Basel has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on opera productions only. Here is a look: Mozart‘s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte” will open the season. The opera stars Kai Kluge and Alex Banfield in the role of Tamino, Kali Hardwick as Pamina, Rainelle Krause as Die Königin der Nacht, and Patrick Zielke {…}
(Photo credits: © Harald Hoffmann / Chris Gloag / Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment / Nicole Car official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. First up is the production of Beethoven‘s “Fidelio” starring Klaus Florian Vogt, Anja Kampe, Evgeny Nikitin, Stephen {…}
(Credits: © Julian Laidig / © Capucine de Chocqueuse / Justin Hyer / Giulia Papetti) The Festival international d’Opéra Baroque & Romantique Beaune has announced its 2021 program, consisting of seven operas and oratorios, and four recitals. The festival will take place from July 9 until July 31, 2021. Operas & Oratorios Mozart‘s rarely performed operatic masterwork “Lucio Silla” will {…}
(Credit: Semperoper Dresden official website) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will broadcast Mozart and Schikaneder’s popular singspiel “Die Zauberflöte.” The opera will star Klaus Florian Vogt, René Pape, Julia Muzychenko, Sebastian Wartig, Evelin Novak, Alexandros Stavrakakis, Nikola Hillebrand, Menna Cazel, Michal Doron, Lawson Anderson, Gerald Hupach, Doğukan Kuran, Jürgen Müller, Anna Kudriashova-Stepanets, and Aaron Pegram. Christoph Gedschold conducts {…}
(Credit: Rosa Frank) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Vera-Lotte Boecker will sing the role of Micaëla for the premiere of Bizet’s “Carmen,” replacing Olga Kulchynska. Boecker is the second cast change in the production after Piotr Beczała took over the role of Don José replacing Charles Castronovo. Last month there was a COVID-19 outbreak at the opera house {…}
(Credits: David Agassi / Johannes Ifkovits / Deniz Saylan / Sony Classical / Wiener Staatsoper official website) Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. First up is Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Marina Rebeka, Juliane Banse, and Benjamin Bruns. Ádám Fischer conducts {…}
(Credit: Studioline Photography / Xavier Sabata official website / Ascolta Artists official website) The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced that it will perform a version of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” for two pianos and the percussion on Feb. 12-14, 2021. The showcase will be presented by the Coro Nacional, and the percussion section of the Orquesta Nacional {…}
(Credits: Mikołaj Mikołajczyk / Tatiana Vlasova / Schneiderphotography / Jason Homa) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. The broadcasts will focus on operatic masterworks of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. First up is the new production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” which will get two {…}
(Credits: Simon Fowler / Frances Marshall / © Matthias Baus) Staatsoper Hamburg has announced that it will live stream its premiere of Massenet’s opera “Manon” on Jan. 24, 2021. Due to the German government COVID-19 regulations, the production will be performed without a live public. The opera will star Ioan Hotea as Chevalier Des Grieux, as Lescaut, Dimitry Ivashchenko as {…}
(Credit: Athole Still Artists official website) Conductor Andrew Greenwood has died. Greenwood was born in Yorkshire. He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge. He went on to join the music staff at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden from 1977 until 1984. He then became a Chorus Master at the Welsh Opera until 1990. He served as Artistic Director of the {…}
The Opéra National de Paris has announced that it will live stream “Die Zauberflöte” starting on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. The work is presented in Robert Carsen’s production starring Julie Fuchs as Pamina, Cyrille Dubois as Tamino, Alex Esposito as Papageno, Mélissa Petit as Papagena, Nicolas Testé as Sarastro, and Sabine Devieilhe as the Queen of the Night. Cornelius Meister {…}