Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Mirella Freni, Joan Sutherland & Renée Fleming Headline Week 62 & 63 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

The Met has announced themed lineups for two weeks of its Nightly Met Opera Streams featuring such stars as Nadine Sierra, Anna Netrebko, Mirella Freni, René Pape, Renée Fleming, Joan Sutherland, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Diana Damrau. The first week’s theme will be “Unhinged Mad Scenes” while the second will shine a spotlight on “Rare Gems.” Week 62 – Unhinged Mad {…}

May 3, 2021

Russell Thomas, Roberto Alagna, Christine Goerke, John Holiday, Ghena Dimitrova, Ildebrando d’Arcangelo Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

Are you looking for classic operas with star-studded casts? Or major concerts with diverse repertory? Or some new works that explore that the possibilities of the artform? We have all of that covered in this week’s top 10 operas to stream. So without further ado, let’s kick things off… Vanished – The Dallas Opera (NOW) Ryan McKinney has taken the {…}

Apr 28, 2021

Nina Stemme, Stuart Skelton, Lise Davidsen, and Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Highlight Philharmonie de Paris Fall 2021 Season

(Photo Credits: Artists Management Zürich official website / Sim Canetty-Clarke / Ray Burmiston / Chris Gonz) Philharmonie de Paris has announced its fall 2021 season, which will run from Sep. 8 until Dec. 23, 2021. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal works only. Soprano Christine Goerke and tenor Klaus Florian Vogt perform Richard Wagner’s works {…}

Apr 8, 2021

Ailyn Pérez, Nadine Sierra, Isabel Leonard, Christine Goerke, Elza Van Den Heever Headlines New Met Stars Live in Concerts

The Metropolitan Opera has announced two more performances as part of its Met Stars Live in Concert series. First up is “Wagnerians in Concert,” a showcase that will star sopranos Christine Goerke and Elza van den Heever, tenor Andreas Schager and bass-baritone Michael Volle. The concert will feature accompaniment by Craig Terry as well as arias and duets from “Der {…}

Dec 30, 2020

Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez Headline Next 2 Weeks of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced its next two weeks of weekly streams which will kick off with an entire week dedicated to opera’s greatest rivalries. Then the company will pay tribute to one of the greatest stars of the last few decades. Here is a look. Week 43– Epic Rivalries Monday, January 4 – Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur Starring Anna Netrebko, Anita {…}

Oct 22, 2020

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Anna Netrebko, Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Weeks 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next five weeks of its streaming slate which will focus on Baroque to the present, followed by a week of productions conducted by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a Family Drama Week, and a Stars in Signature Roles week All Nightly Met Opera Streams begin at 7:30pm and remain available via metopera.org for 23 {…}

May 11, 2020

Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams Week 10 to Feature Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 10th week of its nightly streams. Here is a rundown of all the performances which includes two classic performances. Monday, May 18 – Mozart’s Idomeneo Conducted by James Levine, starring Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Alice Coote, and Matthew Polenzani. Transmitted live on March 25, 2017. Tuesday, May 19 – Wagner’s Lohengrin – {…}

May 8, 2020

Gerard Schneider, Brenda Rae & Nicholas Brownlee Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2020-21 Season

Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2020-21 season. The German house will present 11 new productions and a number of revivals and recitals. New Productions Monika Buczkowska, Judita Nagyová, Peter Marsh, Simon Neil, and Alfred Reiter star in Ligeti’s “La Grand Macabre.” Sebastian Weigle conducts a production by Vasily Barkhatov. Performance Dates: Sept. 13-Oct. 17, 2020 Katharina Thoma will direct Offenbach’s {…}

Apr 25, 2020

The Top 7 Moments From the Metropolitan Opera’s At-Home Gala (And One Major Misstep)

The Metropolitan Opera’s At-Home Gala was one of the most hotly anticipated performances of the first half of 2020; one might argue that given its sheer star power, the showcase, which was announced just two weeks ago, was more anticipated than any performance the Met had lined up as part of its regular season. While the Met initially reneged on {…}

Apr 21, 2020

Leontyne Price, Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo Headline Week 7 of Metropolitan Opera Weekly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced Week 7 of its weekly streams. This week’s slate will feature Donizetti’s Tudor Trilogy in addition to showcasing a rare modern opera and a Russian classic. But the big surprise this week will be the showcase of a legendary performance starring Leontyne Price, suggesting that the company will start to showcase some of its historic {…}

Apr 16, 2020

PBS to Showcase Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Wozzeck’ This May

(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) In continuation of the 2019-20 Great Performances Series, PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” from the Metropolitan Opera on Sunday, May 3, 2020. The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT. The cast includes baritone Peter Mattei in the title role with Elza van den Heever as {…}

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