The Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present “The Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Agrippina’” on Jan. 20, 2020. The event will feature a discussion between Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb and many of the key production and cast team members for the forthcoming rendition of Handel’s famed work. There will also be performances of the sections from the opera, which {…}
(Credit: Matthew Placek) Anthony Roth Costanzo has stepped into tonight’s performance the “Messiah” with the New York Philharmonic, replacing countertenor Iestyn Davies, who is ill. Costanzo joins a cast of singers that include tenor Joshua Ellicott, bass-baritone Dashon Burton, and soprano Louise Alder. Harry Bicket conducts the performance, which also features the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus under the direction {…}
(Credit: Leah Reddy) Trinity Church Wall Street will perform Handel’s “Messiah” this December at St. Paul’s Chapel in New York City. The performance, which is set for Dec. 20-22, will be historically informed under the musical direction of Julian Wachner, who will lead the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra. “There are many elements that make Trinity’s ‘Messiah’ unique,” {…}
The Orchestre Classique de Montréal is set to showcase the first-ever performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at the Crypt of Saint-Joseph’s Oratory. The performance, set for Dec. 8, 2019, will feature soprano Aline Kutan, mezzo-soprano Annamaria Popescu, tenor Zachary Rioux, and baritone Gregory Dahl. Kutan teaches Montréal’s Conservatoire de Musique in addition to enjoying an international career onstage. Rioux is currently {…}
Concerts at Saint Thomas is set to celebrate the holiday season with holiday favorites on Dec. 10, 12, and 19 2019. The first two performances are set to showcase Handel’s famed “Messiah” alongside New York Baroque Incorporated. The performance will be conducted by Saint Thomas Organist and Director of Music, Jeremy Filsell, with soprano Sherezade Panthanki, alto Roger Isaacs, tenor {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Joon-Ho Bong’s “Parasite.” In reviewing “Parasite,” Indiewire’s David Ehrlich has previously stated that director Joon-Ho Bong is a genre unto himself. This very film starts off as a comedy of sorts as it follows a family of four slowly con themselves into jobs with a wealthier family. But then the film takes a turn into a darker drama that eventually {…}
The Stetson Opera Theatre is set to open its season with Handel’s “Giulio Ceesare in Egitto” on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at the Athens Theatre in Deland, Florida. The production will be directed by Russell Franks with Anthony Hose at the podium. The opera will feature Alesandra Collins in the title role with Melissa Feurich and Lauren Prestifilippo alternating as {…}
(Credit: Brescia/Amisano – Teatro alla Scala) It is surprising that G.F. Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” has had only one previous outing (back in 1956) at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, as it is perhaps a work rich in veins of Italian national pride: a heroic tale based upon the valor and moral fortitude of one of Rome’s most glorious emperors, {…}
(Credit: BoHuang) Handel’s “Semele” will make a return to the Shanghai International Arts Festival on Nov. 8 and 9, 2019. This re-imagined version of the opera, which was presented 10 years ago, will be showcased as part of the 140th anniversary celebrations of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. The performance will be presented by KT Wong Foundation as part of the {…}
Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society will continue its annual holiday tradition of presenting Handel’s beloved choral work “Messiah.” H + H gave the American premiere of “Messiah” in its entirety in 1818, and has showcased the “dazzling and joyous” work every year since 1854. The sixty-member professional Baroque chorus and period instrument orchestra will be joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts, {…}
(Photo credit: Bengt Wanselius) The Drottningholms Slottstteater in Stockholm has announced its main production for the summer of 2020: a new staging of “Agrippina” by George Frideric Handel. The production will be from Swedish director Staffan Valdemar Holm. Francesco Corti , the acclaimed Italian harpsichordist who recently turned into a conductor, will lead Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra, which will play on {…}