Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Christian Gerhaher Lead Musikverein Wien’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: Julian Hargreaves / Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / Jürgen Frank / Alexey Kostromin / Sony / Gregor Hohenberg) The famed Austrian venue Musikverein Wien has announced its 2021-22 season, featuring concerts and recitals with some of the greatest performers in the world. Here is the full slate. Baritone Christian Gerhaher performs works by Schönberg and Berlioz alongside seven {…}

Jun 11, 2021

Renée Fleming, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Lise Davidsen & Ian Bostridge Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: Operabase official website / Jiyang Chen / Simon Pauly / Ray Burmiston / Opus 3 Artists official website) The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. Baritone Matthias Goerne presents works by Richard Wagner alongside conductor Manfred Honeck. Performance date: Aug. 29, 2021 Soprano Diana {…}

May 25, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flórez, Marina Rebeka, Anita Rachvelishvili Lead Wiener Konzerthaus 2021-22 Season

(Credits: © Dario Acosta / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment / © Tatiana Vlasova / © Dario Acosta) The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a variety of concerts from some of the world’s greatest performers. For the purpose of this article, we will only focus on the vocal {…}

May 12, 2021

Renée Fleming, Matthias Goerne & Louise Alder Lead The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s 2021-22 Season

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Netherlands has announced its 2021-22 season featuring soloists from around the world. For this article, we will only highlight the vocal performances. Renée Fleming performs music by Messian and Debussy. The superstar is joined by conductor Daniel Harding. Performance Dates: August 20-31, 2021 John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir in an all Brahms {…}

May 11, 2021

Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Kristine Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Michael Spyres Headline Theater an der Wien’s 2021-22 Season

The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2021-22 season, which will include operas ranging from the baroque era through 2006. First up will be Cavalieri’s “Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo,” which will be conducted by Giovanni Antonini and directed by Robert Carson. The work will star Anett Fritsch, Florian Boesch, Cyril Auvity, and Saniel Schmutzhard, among others. Performance {…}

Apr 23, 2021

Matthias Goerne, Anna Caterina Antonacci & Florian Boesch Lead Festival de Granada’s 2021 Season

The Festival de Granada in Spain has announced its 2021 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the vocal and choral performances. Nuria Rial and Maria José Moreno perform alongside José Sánchez-Montes and Orquesta Ciudad de Granada in a program with music by Schoenberg and Mendelssohn. Performance Date: June 17, 2021 Schola Antiqua and Juan {…}

Jan 24, 2021

Florian Boesch To Give Recital At Teatro de la Zarzuela

(Credit: Andreas Weiss) Bass-baritone Florian Boesch will give a recital at the Teatro de la Zarzuela on Jan. 25, 2021. Boesch will perform Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise,” op. 89, D 911 alongside pianist Justus Zeyen. The presentation of “Winterreise” marks Boesch’s second performance at Teatro de la Zarzuela this season. For his first concert in the lied cycle on {…}

Aug 21, 2020

Christian Gerhaher, Rachel Harnisch, Ramón Vargas & Marina Viotti Highlight Stadtcasino Basel 2020-21 Season

(Credits: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony / Rachel Harnisch official website / LA Opera official website / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website) Stadtcasino Basel has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is the full rundown. Baritone Christian Gerhaher will perform works by Schoeck, Moser, and Schubert. Heinz Holliger conducts {…}

Aug 20, 2020

Simon Keenlyside, Sarah Connolly, Elizabeth Llewellyn & Christian Gerhaher Highlight Wigmore Hall’s Fall 2020 Season

(Credits: ROH/Bill Cooper / Christopher Pledger / Shirley Suarez / Gregor Hohenberg/Sony) Wigmore Hall has announced the full slate for the 2020 fall season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. All the concerts will be live-streamed on the Wigmore Hall’s website in HD. Here is the rundown. Baritone Christian Gerhaher and the {…}

Aug 12, 2020

Marlis Petersen & Florian Boesch Lead The Herbstgold Festival 2020

(Credits: © Yiorgos Mavropoulos / Andreas Weiss) The Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt has announced its 2020 Edition. For the purposes of this article, we will focus only on vocal performances. The festival opens with a concert starring soprano Marlis Petersen, mezzo-soprano Anke Vondung, tenor Werner Güra, and bass Florian Boesch. The program includes Haydn’s Symphony No. 30 in C major {…}

Aug 2, 2020

Christian Gerhaher, Sabine Devieilhe, Gerald Finley to Reopen Wigmore Hall in September

(Photo Credit: Thomas Egli) Wigmore Hall, one of the leading UK cultural venues, has announced that it will reopen on September 13, 2020. The program will consist of a series of 80 concerts, and will last until Nov. 1, 2020. Each concert will be approximately 60–90 minutes in length with no intermission and will all be live-streamed in high-definition video {…}