French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot Hospitalized With COVID-19

(Credit: https://www.paris-normandie.fr/) French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19. Per sources of French newspaper “Libération,” Bachelot attended a closed performance of Gounod’s “Faust” at Opéra National de Paris on Friday, March 18, the day before her symptoms developed. The opera will be streamed on March 26, 2021. Bachelot initially developed breathing problems, but then her symptoms {…}

Feb 16, 2021

Teatro Alla Scala To Livestream Vittorio Grigolo’s Recital

(Credit: © Marco Glaviano) Tenor Vittorio Grigolo will give a recital at the Teatro alla Scala on Feb. 22, 2021. The tenor will be accompanied by pianist Vincenzo Scalera. Due to the Italian government’s COVID-19 regulations, the recital will be held without live audiences. The program for the concert includes “Inosservato, penetrava… Angelo casto e bel” from “Il Duca d’alba;” {…}

Feb 15, 2021

Karine Deshayes & Delphine Haidan Lead Recital Livestream From Opéra de Vichy

(Credits: © Aymeric Giraudel / Seattle Symphony official website) Mezzo-sopranos Karine Deshayes and Delphine Haidan will give a recital at Opéra de Vichy on Feb. 19, 2021. The program for the concert includes the works by Adolpha Le Beau, Brahms, Strauss, Gounod, Delibes, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, and Rossini. Due to the French government’s COVID-19 regulations, the concert will be held without {…}

Jan 7, 2021

Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Cancels Juan Diego Flórez & Jonas Kaufmann Concerts

(Credits: Gregor Hohenberg SONY Classical) The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has announced that it has canceled concerts by Juan Diego Flórez and Jonas Kaufmann due to the COVID-19 measures imposed by the government of Belgium. Flórez was set to perform on Jan. 8, 2021, alongside Christopher Franklin, who was supposed to lead Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège. Meanwhile, {…}

Dec 14, 2020

Lise Davidsen, Christian Gerhaher & Elizabeth Llewellyn Lead Wigmore Hall January 2021 Slate

(Credits: Ray Burmiston/Decca Classics / Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music Entertainment / Shirley Suarez) The Wigmore Hall has announced January 2021 slate. All concerts will be streamed on the company’s website in HD. Additionally, all live-streamed concerts will be available on-demand for 30 days after the date of the concert. If the epidemiological situation permits, concerts will allow up to 200 spectators. {…}

Nov 14, 2020

Royal College of Music to Premiere ‘Opera Scenes’

The Royal College of Music (RCM) announced additional details about its upcoming two-part series, Opera Scenes. RCM selected works from across the repertoire that touch on themes of isolation, separation, and resolution. The premiere of Opera Scenes will stream on the College’s YouTube channel and Facebook page on Nov. 27 and 28 at 7:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time. The Nov. {…}

Oct 23, 2020

Nicole Car Takes Over ‘Eugene Onegin’ At Wiener Staatsoper

(Credit: Yan Bleney) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Tamuna Gochashvili had to pull out of the production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” due to health reasons. As a result, Australian soprano Nicole Car will perform in her stead. The performance will mark Car’s return to the stage for the first time in eight months since the lockdown and it {…}

Oct 5, 2020

Siobhan Stagg, Michael Spyres & Julie Fuchs Lead Opéra Comique 2021 Season

(Credits: Todd Rosenberg / © Marco Borrelli / OnP / Sarah Bousasse) L’Opéra Comique in Paris has announced its 2021 season. Here is the full slate. Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville’s “Titon et l’Aurore” will feature Reinoud Van Mechelen, Gwendoline Blondeel, Julie Roset, Emmanuelle de Negri, Marc Mauillon, and Renato Dolcini. William Christie will conduct the production by Basil Twist. The performances {…}

Oct 2, 2020

Metropolitan Opera HD Live in Schools Series Launches 2020–21 Virtual Programming

(Credit: The Metropolitan Opera official website) In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, The Metropolitan Opera’s HD Live in Schools program has launched an online series for the 2020–21 school year. For the upcoming school year, all students and teachers will receive free subscriptions to the Met Opera on Demand streaming service. A total of ten operas have been selected {…}

Sep 11, 2020

Christian Gerhaher, Joyce DiDonato, Józef Orliński, Benjamin Bernheim Among Nominees for Gramophone Awards 2020

Credit: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Gramophone has announced the recordings that have advanced to the final round of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal, choral, and opera categories. The first contestant in the opera category is the Barber’s “Vanessa,” performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Chorus, under the musical {…}

Sep 10, 2020

Obituary: Belgian Conductor Patrick Davin Dies at 58

(Credit: Julien Pohl) Belgian conductor Patrick Davin has died at the age of 58 on September 9, 2020, after suffering a heart attack before one of the rehearsals of the Jean-Luc Fafchamps’ pop-requiem “Is This the End?” at La Monnaie Opera House in Brussels. The former student of Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös, Davin was frequently invited to perform works {…}

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