The Fundação da Casa de Mateus and Teatro de Vila Real in Portugal will present “Acis e Galatea” on Sept. 7, 2024. The opera by Händel and librettist John Gay will be conducted by Ricardo Bernardes, leading the Mateus Baroque Orchestra, and directed by Nicolas Isasi. Rodrigo Carreto stars as Acis while Mariana Castello-Branco takes on Galatea. Other cast members {…}
(Photo: Genevieve Girling) Written in 1707 while living in Italy, Händel’s first oratorio, “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno,” was a work that he would return to again and again over his career. Not only did he mine it for arias he could use in his operas, but he also created two further versions of the piece. In 1737, {…}
(Photo: Eric Woolsey) For their 2024 mainstage summer festival season, Opera Theatre Saint Louis (OTSL) paired two fixtures in top-ten performance frequency, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Bohème,” with two exciting, less offered menu items. Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002) received just its fourth staging anywhere, while George Frideric Händel’s operatic capolavoro, “Julius Caesar” (“Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” 1724) {…}
Caramoor has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Vocal group Trio Mediaeval will present a performance featuring numerous folk and traditional songs. The ensemble is joined by Catalina Vicens on the organetto. Performance Date: Dec. 8, 2024 “Beginner’s Luck: The Artist’s Journey” will feature the Schwab Vocal Rising Artists under artistic director Steven {…}
(Photo by Asami Nakano) The Australia Brandenburg Orchestra will feature soprano Yukie Sato in its “Handel’s House” concert series. The program for the series will feature arias by Händel from “Partenope” and “Alcina” as well as Pisendel’s Violin Concerto in D major, JunP 1.7. “I’m excited to collaborate with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra on such a great program of arias, {…}
The Gibralfaro de Málaga Castle will be the site of a production of Händel’s “Acis and Galatea” on July 11, 2024. Headlining the work will be soprano Channa Malkin as Galatea with tenor Juan de Dios Mateos as Acis. Malkin has appeared with such organizations as the Dutch National Opera and Rotterdam Opera Days. She is set for performances in {…}
(Photo: Cory Weaver) French soprano Julie Fuchs is the current toast of her operatic genre, as much as the character she portrays in the San Francisco Opera production of George Frideric Handel’s “Partenope.” Last weekend’s audience cheered, screamed, applauded, and thrilled to Fuchs’s electrifying dispatch of the daunting role—her final aria even stopped the show in its tracks! With glamorous costuming {…}
(Photo: Olivier Metzger) French soprano Julie Fuchs has been busy thrilling opera audiences all over Europe with her wide-ranging repertoire, from Baroque to contemporary. She is currently making her American debut in the title role of Händel’s “Partenope” at San Francisco Opera. A lifelong singer, Fuchs began her musical training in Avignon before going on to study at the Conservatoire {…}
(Photo: Alciro Theodoro Da Silva) Productions of Handel’s 1707 oratorio “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” in its first version (HWV 46a) are by no means rare. A conversational piece with plenty of contrasting moods and emotional tension but little in the way of physical action, it is often presented as a concert performance, although successful staged productions are {…}
Suntory Hall in Japan is set to present a Commemorative Concert of the 53rd Suntory Music Award on August 17, 2024 featuring a staged performance of Händel’s “Rinaldo.” Leading the ensemble is recorder and cornett player Yoshimichi Hamada. The opera stars Tadashi Miroku in the title role. He is joined by Shiho Nakagawa as Almirena and Miki Nakayama as Armida. {…}
No stranger to the rapidly changing world of classical music, composer and musicologist Raphael Fusco has found a novel way to blend his skills as a music researcher and a composer. Previously he was interviewed about his first chamber opera, “inSOMNIA,” a fairytale opera which blended his ear for different musical genres. This time, in his new cantata for countertenor {…}