(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) The San Francisco Opera is set to open its 101st season with Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” The opera, which will be performed from Sept. 12 to Oct. 1, will feature Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leading the San Francisco Opera Orchestra with the Opera Chorus and a cast that includes soprano Angel {…}
This week audiences can hear a world premiere recording as well as rarely performed works. There are also two complete opera recordings. Richard Flury: Four Song-Cycles Stephanie Buhmann and Margaret Singer perform Richard Flury’s song cycles in a new album for Toccata Classics. The output of Richard Flury, one of Switzerland’s most prolific composers, ranges from operas and ballets to {…}
Valencia’s Palau de les Arts’ 2023-24 season featuring opera, recitals, concerts, and zarzuela. Opera Dima Orsho and Carla Nahadi Babelegoto star in “Women at Point Zero.” Performance Date: Sept. 15, 2023 James Gaffigan conducts Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” in Richard Jones’ production. The cast includes Arsen Soghomonyan, Doris Soffel, Ekaterina Guseva, Elena Maximova, Roman Burdenko, and Nikolay Zemlianskikh. Performance {…}
(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia – Amisano) On Oct. 18, the Teatro alla Scala held the second performance of Giordano’s “Fedora.” The work first premiered in 1898 and has a history with the theater with Maria Callas and Mirella Freni among the most renowned performers of the work. It has also been a vehicle for Franco Corelli, Plácido Domingo, {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its production of “Macbeth.” The company noted that Artur Ruciński has withdrawn from the title roles for performances set for July 14 and 18. As a result, he will be replaced by Craig Colclough on July 14 and George Petean on July 18. Colclough is a well-known Macbeth who has performed {…}
Spain’s Festival Castell de Peralada has announced its 2022 season featuring many great stars. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Emily D’Angelo and Sophia Munoz lead a program of opera arias. Performance Date: July 23, 2022 George Petean, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Anna Pirozzi, and Silvia Tro Santafe lead Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Nicola Luisotti conducting. Performance Date: {…}
The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2022-23 season featuring five new productions and its Italian festival. Premiere Tomislav Mužek, Maria Kataeva, Elbenita Kajtazi, and Guanqun Yu lead Bizet’s “Carmen” in a new conducted by Yoel Gamzou and directed by Herbert Fritsch. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2022-May 23, 2023 Kent Nagano conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” with {…}
Italy’s Macerata Opera Festival has announced its 2022 season featuring three operatic productions. Here is a look at the season. Donato Renzetti conducts Valentina Carrasco’s production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Carmen Giannattasio, Antonio Poli, and Claudio Sgura star. Performance Dates: July 24-31, 2022 The company will present the film “The Circus” by Charlie Chaplin alongside “Pagliacci.” The cast for Leoncavallo’s opera {…}
The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature three new productions and seven revivals. The season kicks off with a new production of Händel’s “Giulio Cesare” starring Marianne Beate Killand, Etsuko Kanoh, Mika Kaneko, Mari Moriya, Daichi Fujiki, and Vitaly Yushmanov. Laurent Pelly directs and Rinaldo Allessandrini conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-10, 2022 Evgeny Nikitin, {…}
(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich official website) George Petean will replace Ludovic Tézier in the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Opernhaus Zürich on Dec. 30, 2021. Petean has already replaced Tézier for the performances on Dec. 22 & 26, 2021. No reason has been given for a cast change. Petean joins a cast that includes Jennifer Rowley as Amelia {…}
(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich official website) George Petean will replace Ludovic Tézier in the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Opernhaus Zürich for the performances on Dec. 22 & 26, 2021. Petean joins a cast that includes Jennifer Rowley as Amelia Grimaldi, Christof Fischesser as Jacopo Fiesco, Otar Jorjikia in the role of Gabriele Adorno, Nicholas Brownlee as Paolo {…}