The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) in Taiwan is set to present Verdi’s “Don Carlo” starting on Oct. 27, 2022. The opera, which will run through Oct. 30, 2022 for a total of four performances, will be conducted by Wen-pin Chien. The production by Stefano Mazzonis Di Pralafera (Gianni Santucci will be the revival director) will star Irakli {…}
On May 13, 2022, Maryland Lyric Opera will conclude its spring season with two concert performances of Verdi’s grand opera “Don Carlo.” Music Director Louis Salemno will lead the MDLO Orchestra & Chorus, as well as a cast comprised of Arturo Chacón-Cruz in the title role, Elaine Alvarez as Elisabetta, Andrea Silvestrelli as King Filippo, Mark Delavan as Rodrigo, Catherine {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Eleonora Buratto will take over the role of Elizabeth de Valois in the 2022-23 production of “Don Carlo.” Buratto will replace Anna Netrebko, who the company broke ties with over her previous support of Vladimir Putin. Buratto will sing the first five performances of the production before Angela Meade will take {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a change to its 2022-23 HD season. The company canceled the HD performance of “Don Carlo” scheduled for Nov. 19 and has changed the HD to “Falstaff” on April 1. The change comes after Anna Netrebko withdrew from the production after she condemned the war but did not distance herself from Putin. “Falstaff” will be {…}
(Credit: ROH / Catherine Ashmore) In this edition of the word search, we spotlight the interpreters of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for it to appear on the screen. For those using a mobile device, we {…}
With the Met Opera set to reopen this March with a historic production of “Don Carlos,” it’s time to get to the question of what exactly are the different versions of the opera. We’ve already spent some time on OperaWire exploring that question, but we thought it might be fun to go into some specifics in the quiz format. So {…}
(Credit: LA Opera official website) Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas has replaced Italian tenor Fabio Sartori in the title role in Wiener Staatsoper’s “Don Carlo” for the remaining two performances on Dec. 22 & 25, 2022. Sartori withdrew from the production due to illness. Vargas joins a cast that includes René Pape as Philippo II, Ain Anger as The Grand Inquisitor, {…}
(Credit: Deutsche Oper am Rhein) Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas has replaced Italian tenor Fabio Sartori in the title role in Wiener Staatsoper’s “Don Carlo” for the performance on Dec. 19, 2021. According to the theater, Sartori canceled the performance due to illness. Vargas joins a cast that includes René Pape as Philippo II, Ain Anger as The Grand Inquisitor, María {…}
(Credit: Munich Philharmonic) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that soprano Irina Churilova will replace Nicole Car in the role of Elisabetta di Valois for the final performance of the opera on Dec. 18, 2021. Churilova joins a cast that includes Alex Esposito as Philippo II, Etienne Dupuis as Rodrigo, Marquis di Posa, Albert Pesendorfer as The Grand Inquisitor, Yulia {…}
(Credit: © Peter Mayr) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced multiple cast changes for its upcoming production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” Following the replacement of Asmik Grigorian in the role of Elisabetta di Valois; Ain Anger replaces Dmitry Ulyanov as the Grand Inquisitor; while René Pape replaces Anger in the role of Philippo II. The rest of the cast includes María {…}
(Credit: © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that it will reopen its doors to the public with a performance of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on Dec. 13, 2021 after a three-week closure due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19. The opera had its live online premiere on Dec. 5. “Don Giovanni” stars Hanna-Elisabeth Müller as Donna {…}