Great Performances from the Metropolitan Opera will present Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019 at 12 p.m. EDT. The performance was presented Live in HD on the final day of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-19 season and featured Isabel Leonard as Blanche de la Force. Erin Morley, Karita Mattila, Adrianne Pieczonka, and Karen Cargill also star under the {…}
In 2018-19, the Metropolitan Opera arguably saved the best for last. After opening the season with seeming inconsistency in terms of overall quality, the company seemed to get into the rhythm of things, producing a solid second half to the season that seemingly got better as we approached the end. And the company arguably reached the creative apex of its {…}
The Met Opera will close its season and its 2018-19 Live in HD series with a performance of Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites.” The broadcast, which kicks off 11:55 a.m. Eastern time, will be headlined by Isabel Leonard in her second HD broadcast of the year. Leonard is now onto her seventh HD broadcast following appearances in “Roméo et Juliette,” “The {…}
Aida Garifullina will no longer be performing in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-20 production of “Werther.” Despite being originally announced to perform the role of Sophie when the Met Opera’s season was announced, the official website no longer lists her among the cast members for the Massenet opera, which will be conducted by the Met Opera’s music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. This {…}
Soprano Erin Morley is one of opera’s most sought-after lyric coloraturas, having wowed audiences and critics alike in such quintessential coloratura roles as Zerbinetta in “Ariadne auf Naxos,” Sophie in “Der Rosenkavalier,” Cunegonde in “Candide,” and, Olympia in “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” In early January, the Salt Lake City native finished her debut run as Pamina in “The Magic Flute” at {…}
On December 19, 2018, The Metropolitan Opera premiered this season’s run of Mozart’s musical drama “The Magic Flute.” This production by Julie Taymor is notable for its English translation, abridged running time, and opulent presentation; these features concentrated the drama and allegorical meaning which would unfold in the hands of the company’s cast of artists. Squaring the Circle Taymor’s production {…}
It’s the holiday season and that means that the Metropolitan Opera is putting on Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in its English iteration. This season’s revival will feature a number of veterans in this production, as well as some new faces. Erin Morley will headline as Pamina. She debuted at the Met in 2008 and has amassed 87 performances to date {…}
Erin Morley will not sing two productions this summers. The coloratura soprano announced, via Instagram, that due to pregnancy she would not be singing “Der Rosenkavalier” at the Glyndebourne Festival and “Ariadne Auf Naxos” at the Santa Fe Opera. As a result, Liv Redpath will takeover at Santa Fe as Zerbinetta and Elizabeth Sutphen and Louise Alder will alternate Sophie {…}
Leonard Bernstein is the composer’s seminal theatrical work, a work that has suddenly become ever-present around the United States. Almost every major company or concert hall has mounted some iteration of the work in the last year or so to celebrate the composer’s centennial birthday. And this was the case at the legendary Carnegi Hall, which held a benefit concert {…}
The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced its 2018-19 season with numerous vocal guests. For this article, we will only focus only on the vocal highlights. The season opens with Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the orchestra in Nico Muhly’s suite from his recent opera “Marnie” alongside pianist Andre Watts in Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Performance Dates: Sept. 14-16, 2018 On {…}
Due to popular demand, the LA Opera has scheduled an additional matinee performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide.” The added performance will take place on Saturday, February 17, at 2 p.m. and will star Kelsey Grammer as Voltaire/Pangloss, Christine Ebersole as the Old Lady, Erin Morley as Cunegonde, and Jack Swanson in the title role. LA Opera Music Director James Conlon conducts the {…}