The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for its production of “Don Giovanni” on July 2, 2024. The company said Caitlin Gotimer will take over the role of Donna Anna in place of Flurina Stucki. Gotimer has performed at the Arizona Opera, Dayton Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Palm Beach Opera. Her repertoire includes the music of Mozart, Puccini, {…}
This week the Boston Baroque is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” featuring multiple company debuts and role debuts. Among the major debuts is Sidney Outlaw, who will sing his first Don Giovanni. Outlaw has performed several Mozart works including Leporello in “Don Giovanni,” Guglielmo in “Cosi fan tutte,” and Figaro in “Le Nozze di Figaro.” {…}
The Merola Opera Summer Festival has announced its 2024 season. The entirety of the season will be directed by women. First up is “The Song as Drama.” The vocal recital will be curated by Carrie-Ann Matheson and Nicholas Phan. Performance Date: June 27, 2024 Then comes the Schwabacher Summer Concert featuring extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Massenet, Puccini, {…}
Boston Baroque is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The work, which is set to be performed on April 25, 26 and 28 at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, will star Sidney Outlaw in his debut as Don Giovanni, Susanna Phillips as Donna Anna, Patrick Carfizzi as Leporello, Michelle Bradley as Donna Elvira, Maya Kherani as {…}
(Photo credit: Erik Berg) Opera Philadelphia has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is the American premiere of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “The Listeners,” an opera based on an original story by Jordan Tannahill. The work explores how far Americans are willing to go to find a “sense of place and purpose, and the way in which confident, charming {…}
Edmonton Opera is set to present Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on Feb. 1 and 3, 2024. The showcase, which will take place at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and Banff Centre for Creativity, will be conducted by Simon Rivard and directed by Edmonton Opera Artistic Director Joel Ivany. In the title role, audiences will experience Elliot Madore. He is joined {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to present Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” from Feb. 2 through 24, 2024. The opera, which will be performed at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, is directed by British director Amy Lane from the production’s original director, Kasper Holten. COC Music Director Johannes Debus will lead the COC Orchestra with a cast that {…}
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith Trigger warning: Mozart aficionados, look away now. One might think Wolfgang Amadeus to be somewhat overrated, and the fact that he was hugely prolific, widely acknowledged to be a prodigy and is almost globally asserted to have been a genius, does little by way of endearing his music to my ear. I {…}
Viktoria Karlsson has revealed that she dislocated her knee during a performance of “Don Giovanni” at the Malmö Opera. In a recent video released by the company, Karlsson said that the shriek that she let out mid-performance on Saturday, Oct. 14, was the result of the injury. She noted that she was able to “hit it in joint” herself and {…}
The LA Opera has announced a cast change for its performance on Oct. 7, 2023, of “Don Giovanni.” The company said Tiffany Townsend will be stepping into the role of Donna Elvira in Isabel Leonard’s place for this evening’s performance of “Don Giovanni.” This marks the second performance Townsend performed following the Oct. 4 performance where she also replaced Leonard. {…}
Vegas City Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season. It all kicks off with “Kings & Queens: Madness, Mayhem & Macabre.” The showcase will feature Peter Maxwell Davies’ “Eight Songs for a Mad King” as well as works by Ligeti, Larsen, and Cage. Performance Date: Oct. 13 & 14, 2023 Next up is a production of “The Daughter of the Regiment,” conducted {…}