Joyce DiDonato, Jonathan Tetelman, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Jakub Józef Orliński Headline Opéra National du Rhin’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: © McQueen / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website / © Jean-Baptiste Millot / Jiyang Chen) Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, France has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate. Operas Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen” will spotlight Lauren Snouffer, Rachael Wilson, Helena Rasker, David Leigh, Michael Smallwood, Owen Willetts, Floriane Derthe, and Moritz Kallenberg. Robert {…}

Apr 27, 2021

Salzburg Whitsun Festival Confirms 2021 Edition

(Photo Credit: © Decca/Uli Weber) The President of the Salzburg Festival Helga Rabl-Stadler confirmed that the 2021 edition of the Whitsun festival will take place in May. “Yes, all the events will take place, and the Board of Directors is in full agreement with the Festival’s Director Cecilia Bartoli,” said Rabl-Stadler in a press statement. Rabl-Stadler added that she regrets {…}

Apr 26, 2021

Franco Fagioli, Chiara Skerath, Lawrence Zazzo & Delphine Galou Highlight Festival de Beaune 2021

(Credits: © Julian Laidig / © Capucine de Chocqueuse / Justin Hyer / Giulia Papetti) The Festival international d’Opéra Baroque & Romantique Beaune has announced its 2021 program, consisting of seven operas and oratorios, and four recitals. The festival will take place from July 9 until July 31, 2021. Operas & Oratorios Mozart‘s rarely performed operatic masterwork “Lucio Silla” will {…}

Mar 31, 2021

Lea Desandre & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Baroque Night Livestream From Aix-en-Provence

(Credits: © Julien Benhamou / Kamil Szkopik) The Festival de Pâques will present a night of baroque music to be live-streamed on March 31, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. The performance will star mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński. The two singers will perform works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Giulio Caccini, Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Dunford, Reynaldo Hahn, {…}

Mar 10, 2021

Haymarket Opera Company 2020-21 Review: Apollo e Dafne

(Photo: Anna Cillan) Coming back for more Haymarket performances, after the astonishing “Acis and Galatea” presented this late autumn, was both exciting and a little jittery. The concept of Haymarket season as announced was very integral. The audience would be presented with three filmed performances of Handel’s operas, produced in collaboration with Resolution Studios, in a set designed by Zuleyka {…}

Feb 10, 2021

Elena Sancho Pereg, Xavier Sabata & Manel Esteve Headline ‘Carmina Burana’ at Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España

(Credit: Studioline Photography / Xavier Sabata official website / Ascolta Artists official website) The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced that it will perform a version of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” for two pianos and the percussion on Feb. 12-14, 2021. The showcase will be presented by the Coro Nacional, and the percussion section of the Orquesta Nacional {…}

Feb 9, 2021

Emöke Baráth To Give Recital at Auditori de Barcelona

(Credit: Zsófia Raffay) Hungarian soprano Emöke Baráth will give a recital at Auditori de Barcelona on Feb. 16, 2021. Baráth will perform works by Georg Friedrich Händel, including excerpts from the oratorio “Theodora,” HWV 68, excerpts from the oratorio “Joseph and his Brethern,” WVV 59, and Motet “Silete Venti,” HWV 242. Francesco Corti will conduct Les Musiciens du Louvre. Emöke {…}

Feb 8, 2021

Vivica Genaux, Valer Sabadus & Xavier Sabata Headline Festival de Froville 2021

(Credits: RibaltaLuce Studio / © Christine Schneider / Michal Novak) The Festival of baroque and sacred music in Froville, France has announced its 2021 edition. The festival will take place from May 28 until July 6, 2021. For the purposes of this article, we will focus only on vocal performances. Here is the look. Mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux will perform works {…}

Dec 28, 2020

Mezzo TV to Broadcast Angela Gheorghiu’s Turkish Concert

(Credit: Mikhailovsky Theatre official website) Mezzo TV is set to broadcast Soprano Angela Gheorghiu’s concert from Turkey. The concert, which was held on Dec. 4, 2020, showcased the soprano at the grand opening of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Ankara, Turkey. Mezzo TV will broadcast the concert on Dec. 28, 2020 at 6:35 p.m. CET. The concert also {…}