(Photo: © Opéra Grand Avignon) From October 10 to 14, Opéra Grand Avignon is staging Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in a production by Belgian director Frédéric Roels and Israeli-Brazilian conductor Débora Waldman. First, we must salute the fluid and natural musical direction of the conductor with the Orchestre National Avignon-Provence, which beautifully recreates Mozart’s silky orchestral lacework. Nevertheless, the orchestra speeds {…}
The lineup for Operafest Lisboa 2025, led by soprano Catarina Molder and produced by Ópera do Castelo is announced. This article only features live opera performances part of the “Great Classics” series. Soprano Darija Auguštan stars in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” David Pereira Bastos directs and Osvaldo Ferreira conducts. Performance Dates: August 7, 9, & 10, 2025 Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” is {…}
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa has announced its 2019-20 season. The season will start off with Welsh National Opera’s production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” directed by David Pountney. The cast will feature Miklós Sebestyén as the Marquis of Calatrava / Il Padre Guardiano, Cristiana Oliveira / Julianna Di Giacomo as Leonora, Damiano Salerno as Don Carlo di {…}
