(Credit: Frances Marshall) English National Opera has announced that the lyrico-spinto soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn will perform the title role in Verdi and Cammarano’s opera “Luisa Miller.” Llewellyn will join a cast that includes baritone Olafur Sigurdarson, tenor David Junghoon Kim, mezzo-soprano Christine Rice, bass Solomon Howard, soprano Nadine Benjamin and bass James Creswell. Alexander Joel is set to conduct the {…}
(Credit: Shirley Suarez) British soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn is currently preparing for a career milestone: her Metropolitan Opera debut, in James Robinson’s new production of “Porgy and Bess.” She will take to the stage for the Oct. 13, 2019 performance, opposite Eric Owens. An increasingly sought-after specialist in the Italian repertoire, a few of her recent roles include the title roles of “Manon {…}
The English National Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring seven new productions and three revivals, the greatest number of new productions in five years. The season will also include four new productions that present the same story: the Orpheus myth will be seen in four operas spanning 230 years, interpreted by four directors from radically different theatrical disciplines, all within the {…}
Two rarities make up this week’s major releases. One is a world premiere recording and the other is a rarely performed choral piece. Both recordings have incredibly well-established casts led by two masters. Here are our recommendations for this week’s major releases. L’Ange de Nisida Donizetti’s rediscovered work gets it world premiere recording from a live performance at the Royal Opera {…}
The Chelsea Opera Group is preparing to mount a rare performance of Boito’s “Mefistofele” at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre on Sunday, March 24. The concert performance will be lead by Matthew Scott Rogers and will feature Vazgen Gazaryan as the devil himself. Pablo Bemsch will take on the role of Faust while Elizabeth Llewellyn will interpret the {…}
The North Carolina Symphony has announced its 2019-20 season with a number of crossover concerts, classical repertoire, and operatic selections. For this article, we have only chosen the opera or vocal performances. In time for the holiday season, the North Carolina Master Chorale joins NCS for Handel’s Messiah. Ellie Dehn, Andrew Owens, and Federico de Michelis are the soloists in the evening, which {…}