Joyce DiDonato, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2021-22 Season

The Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona has announced a star-studded 2021-22 season with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, soloists, and choruses. Here is a look at the vocal and choral performances. The Cor Lieder Càmera and Josep Vila i Casañasperformworksby Bach, Brahms, Duruflé, Gasull, Morera, Ollé, Vila i Casañas, and Vaughan-Williams. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2021 Joyce {…}

May 11, 2021

Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Kristine Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Michael Spyres Headline Theater an der Wien’s 2021-22 Season

The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2021-22 season, which will include operas ranging from the baroque era through 2006. First up will be Cavalieri’s “Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo,” which will be conducted by Giovanni Antonini and directed by Robert Carson. The work will star Anett Fritsch, Florian Boesch, Cyril Auvity, and Saniel Schmutzhard, among others. Performance {…}

Apr 28, 2021

Enea Scala, Michael Fabiano, Corinne Winters, Barbara Hannigan, Davinia Rodriguez, Stéphanie d’Oustrac Lead La Monnaie’s 2021-22 Season

(Photo Credits: In Art Management / © Jiyang Chen / Gillian Riesen / © Raphael Brand / LA Opera official website / © Jean-Baptiste Millot) La Monnaie De Munt has announced its new 2021-22 season, consisting of 12 operas and seven recitals. Here is the full slate. Operas Kris Defoort and Peter van Kraaij’s opera “The time of our singing” {…}

Dec 21, 2020

Czech Philharmonic Cancels Concerts Until End Of February 2021

(Credit: Czech Philharmonic official website) The Czech Philharmonic has announced that it has canceled all performances until the end of February 2021. Among the canceled concerts is the presentation of Janáček’s opera “Káťa Kabanová” on Jan. 21, as well as tenor Ian Bostridge’s scheduled recital on Feb. 7, 2021. However, the orchestra announced a New Year’s Concert without an audience. {…}

Nov 6, 2020

Ian Bostridge, Victor Sicard & Elīna Garanča Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week, audiences will get the chance to hear three stars in song recital albums. There will also be a number of choral selections and a world premiere recording of one of the oldest operas in the repertoire. Here is what you can stream on New Music Friday. Die schöne Müllerin Ian Bostridge continues his exploration of Schubert’s song cycles {…}

Sep 8, 2020

Sir Bryn Terfel Leads Barbican Centre’s Reopening Concerts

(Credit: Javier del Real) The Barbican Centre is reopening after months of closure due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The hall announced that it will reopen with a series of concerts that will feature a socially-distanced, reduced audience. For those unable to attend the concerts, the Barbican Centre will live-stream the performances as well. The hall will open with a concert {…}

Sep 4, 2020

PENTATONE Wins Major Prizes from International Classical Music Awards

PENTATONE has announced the organization have been awarded as the International Classical Music Award’s 2020 “Label of the Year,” as well the ICMA “Vocal Music” prize for their recording of Schubert’s “Winterreise” with Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès. While the ceremony was intended for April at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Spain, the accolades were instead given out at {…}

Sep 2, 2020

Ian Bostridge, Carolyn Sampson, & Sarah Connolly Headline Oxford Lieder Festival 2020

(Credit: Marco Borggreve Simon Canetty) The Oxford Lieder Festival is set to present a program of over 40 events streamed over the course of eight days, running from October 10 – 17, 2020. Titled, “Connections Across Time: A Brief History of Song,” the festival will also include live study events, masterclasses, pre-recorded talks and interviews, listening notes, curated playlists, and {…}

Aug 20, 2020

Simon Keenlyside, Sarah Connolly, Elizabeth Llewellyn & Christian Gerhaher Highlight Wigmore Hall’s Fall 2020 Season

(Credits: ROH/Bill Cooper / Christopher Pledger / Shirley Suarez / Gregor Hohenberg/Sony) Wigmore Hall has announced the full slate for the 2020 fall season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. All the concerts will be live-streamed on the Wigmore Hall’s website in HD. Here is the rundown. Baritone Christian Gerhaher and the {…}

Jul 31, 2020

Antonio Pappano & Ian Bostridge to Perform Together This August

(Credit: Musacchio & Ianniello licensed to EMI Classics) Sir Antonio Pappano is coming back to the stage in August, albeit in a smaller format performance. Britten Pears Arts will be hosting live music in Snape Maltings Concert Hall from Friday August 7, bringing together some of the musicians who would have performed during this year’s Aldeburgh Festival and Snape Proms. {…}

Jul 24, 2020

Ian Bostridge, Elīna Garanča & Juyeon Song Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences will get a chance to stream rarely performed works and new albums by some of the best-known artists in opera. Here is a look. Beethoven Warner Classics releases Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano latest album which is dedicated to Beethoven’s song cycle “An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved).” The album also includes the rapturously {…}