(Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that Omer Meir Wellber will not conduct the final autumn performance of Bizet’s “Carmen” on Nov. 19, 2021. As a result, Bertrand de Billy will take over in a pit. De Billy will lead a cast that includes Freddie De Tommaso in the role of Don José, Erwin Schrott as Escamillo, Vera-Lotte {…}
(Credit: Stephen Howard Dillon) American tenor Jonathan Tetelman will give two concerts this November with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria. The concerts will feature music by Verdi, Cilea, Puccini, Zandonai, Bizet, Massenet, Ponchielli, and Rossini. Karel Mark Chichon conducts. Tetelman is a rising tenor who has already appeared on the world’s biggest stages, including the Royal Opera House Covent {…}
(Credits: Dragana Ranković/Semperoper Dresden official website/ NZ Opera official website/ Bayerische Staatsoper official website/Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The New Zealand Opera has announced its 2022 slate, featuring numerous international artists and productions. “Summer of Opera” will take place in Wellington, Auckland, and at Hamilton Garden Arts Festival. The event will spotlight music by Bizet, Bernstein, and other famous composers. Performance {…}
(Credits: Bettina Stöß / Bernd Uhlig) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced all the premieres of its 2021-22 season. Here is a look. The “Best of Carmen” concert will spotlight Valeriia Savinskaia, Arianna Manganello, Elena Tsallagova, Matthew Newlin, Joel Allison, and Ève-Maud Hubeaux in the title role. Daniel Carter conducts a production by Silke Sense. Performance dates: Aug. 21 – {…}
(Credits: © Holger Hage / Deutsche Grammophon / Semperoper Dresden official website) The Belgrade Summer Festival has announced that mezzo-soprano superstar Elīna Garanča will perform the title role in a concert performance of George Bizet‘s operatic masterwork “Carmen” on July 4, 2021. Garanča will be joined onstage by American tenor Jonathan Tetelman in the role of Don José, and Lithuanian {…}
(Credit: © Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar) The Deutsches Nationaltheater & Staatskapelle Weimar has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article we will only focus on vocal works. Opera Stewart Copeland and Jonathan Moore’s opera “Electric Saint” opens the season with Gregor Bühl conducting a production by Jonathan Moore. Premiere Date: Sept. 5, 2021 Johann Strauss‘ “Die {…}
(Credits: © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / Jiyang Chen / Chris Singer / Paul Schirnhofer/DG / Opus 3 Artists official website) Philharmonie Essen has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. Christine Goerke and Klaus Florian Vogt perform works by Richard Wagner. Andris Nelsons conducts the Bayreuther Festspielorchester. {…}
(Credits: LA Opera official website / Kristen Hoebermann / Dario Acosta / Opéra National de Paris official website) Opéra de Lille has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look. Operas André Campra’s “Idoménée” spotlights Tassis Christoyannis, Samuel Boden, Chiara Skerath, Hélène Carpentier, Eva Zaïcik, Yoann Dubruque, Victor Sicard, Enguerrand de Hys, and Frédéric Caton. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the production {…}
(Credits: Operabase official profile / Operabase official profile / James Hole/Decca Records / GM Art & Music official website) Amigos de la Ópera have announced the program of fall vocal performances at the Teatro Colón de A Coruña, Spain. Here is a look at what to expect this fall. Opera Vincenzo Bellini‘s opera “I Puritani” will star Nadine Sierra, Xabier {…}
The Opéra National de Bordeaux will reopen its doors for audiences with a production of Bizet‘s “Carmen.” Due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19, the production will have two stagings, one that lasts one hour, and a full staging with an intermission. The opera will star mezzo-sopranos Aude Extrémo and Adèle Charvet in the title role; tenors Stanislas de Barbeyrac and {…}
(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 {…}