Hibla Gerzmava has canceled her Rio de Janiero debut. The soprano announced via social media that due to illness she was advised not travel. “My dear friends in Rio de Janeiro. Unfortunately due to a very strong flue that I caught during my last tour, I still didn’t recover and my doctors strongly advised me not to travel for the {…}
Star Russian soprano Hibla Gerzmava performed a recital program featuring art song compositions by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Prokofiev sprinkled with a dramatic dash of Donizetti and Verdi on Nov. 1, 2019 at Carnegie Hall. Her appearance was not without controversy. To get to the main entrance, recital-goers needed to push past Pro-Ukrainian activists lining the sidewalk and holding placards in {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) On Thursday, the Metropolitan Opera will open its fourth production of the season – Puccini’s “Turandot.” This run of performances is unique because they represent the first time that the Met Opera’s music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an opera by Puccini at the famed house. To this point, he has tackled works by Bizet, {…}
Hibla Gerzmava is set to sing the title role of “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera. In a press release announcing her upcoming Carnegie Hall recital, the soprano revealed she will sing the title role during the 2020-21 season in Michael Mayer’s new production. The soprano will likely alternate with Anna Netrebko who will open the production on opening night of {…}
Hibla Gerzmava is set to return to Carnegie Hall for a recital. The acclaimed Russian soprano will return to the concert with pianist Ekaterina Ganelina. The recital is part of a six-month, seven-city world tour with stops in Moscow, St. Petersburg, New York, Paris, London, Tel Aviv, and Toronto with a program that will include art songs by such Russian {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced its 2019-20 Season featuring some of the greatest singers in the world in 17 new productions of both ballet and opera. For this article, we will only focus on opera performances. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” opens the 2019-20 season with Erwin Schrott in the title role alongside Roberto Tagliavini, Malin Byström, Christine Rice. Daniel Behle, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Louise Alder, Lars Woldt, {…}
The Moscow Academic Music Theater is prepping to announce its 2018-19 season. In anticipation of that event, the company has put together a behind-the-scenes video to get people excited. The video, set to the overture of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” showcases a plethora of performers and workers with the company and even features a number of distinguished opera stars, including Hibla {…}
Opera Vision will showcase Cherubini’s “Medea,” live from the Moscow State Stanislavsky Music Theatre on Oct. 12, 2018. The work will star international soprano Hibla Gerzmava in the title role with the cast also including Natalia Vladirmiskaya, Daria Terekhova, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Felix Kudrayavtsev, and Maxim Osokin. Conductor Felix Korobov leads the ensemble while Alexander Titel directs the production. The stream {…}
On August 26, 2018, Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s family and friends, together with the Krasnoyarsk Government and Rusfond (Russian Fond for Help to Sick Children), will organize a charity concert “Hvorostovsky and Friends.” The concert, which is set to be in the memory of Hvorostovsky, will be held in Peace Square near the Great Concert Hall of the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic where the {…}
On July 14, 2018, the Bolshoi Theatre celebrated the closing of the FIFA World Cup with an opera gala featuring some of the greatest singers. Anna Netrebko, Hibla Gerzmava, and Placido Domingo headlined the evening performing alongside such noteworthy singers as Ildar Abdrazakov, Yusif Eyvazov, and Fabio Sartori. The gala showcased arias from “Andrea Chénier,” “La Forza del Destino,” “Faust,” {…}
It was a big week for some of opera’s greatest divas. Here is what they shared with the world on their social media accounts. Anna Netrebko had some things to share about her new “Andrea Chénier.” Генеральные репетиции идут полным ходом… rehearsals are on full speed. @teatroallascala A post shared by @anna_netrebko_yusi_tiago on Dec 1, 2017 at 12:39am PST Hibla {…}
