Ainhoa Arteta, Ramon Vargas, Ismael Jordi & Saioa Hernández Lead Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2022-23 Season

The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2022-23 season. Zarzuela The season opens with “La Celestina” by Felip Pedrell. The concert version will star Ketevan Kemoklidze, Miren Urbieta Vega, Andeka Gorrotxategi, Juan Jesus Rodriguez, Simon Orfila, and Sofia Esparza. Guillermo García Calvo conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 9 & 11, 2022 Barbieri’s “Pan y toros” will be conducted by Guillermo García {…}

May 25, 2022

Ian Bostridge, Carmela Remigio & Benjamin Appl Lead Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano’s 2022-23 Season

The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano has announced its 2022-23 Season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Ian Bostridge and Michele Mariotti team up for a Mahler program. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 16, 2022 Giovanni Veneri conducts the 15oth anniversary concert of the corpo nazionale degli alpini. Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2022 Verdi’s Requiem will {…}

Apr 16, 2022

Magdalena Kozená, Asmik Grigorian, Ian Bostridge, Pavel Cernoch, Mattias Goerne Headline the Czech Philharmonic’s 2022-23 Season

The Czech Philharmonic has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Semyon Bychkov leads music by Smetana, Dvorak, and Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass with such soloists as Evelina Dobraceva, Lucie Hilscherová, Ales Briscein, and Jan Martiník. Performance Dates: Sept. 2, 2022 Semyon Bychkov leads seven performances of “Rusalka” starring Asmik {…}

Mar 30, 2022

Julia Bullock, Golda Schultz & Ian Bostridge Lead San Francisco Symphony’s 2022-23 Season

The San Francisco Symphony has announced its 2022-23 season and will feature numerous vocal performances. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Golda Schultz and Michelle DeYoung will perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. A work by Trevor Weston will have its world premiere. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2022 Esa-Pekka Salonen {…}

Mar 22, 2022

Stéphane Degout, Sally Matthews, Olga Peretyatko & Enea Scala Lead La Monnaie ‘s 2022-23 Season

La Monnaie de Munt in Brussels has announced its 2022-23 season featuring eight productions and a number of concerts. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Opera Nathalie Stutzmann conducts David Marton’s production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” with Dmitry Golovnin, Laurent Naouri, Jacques Imbrailo, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Anna Nechaeva, and Charlotte Hellekant. Performance Date: {…}

Mar 20, 2022

Ravenna Festival Announces 2022 Season

The Ravenna Festival has announced its 2022 season. For the purposes of this article we will focus on the Italian festival’s vocal performances. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra led by Daniel Harding conductor will showcase “Azio Corghi Tra la carne e il cielo,” a poetical dramaturgy Maddalena Mazzocut-Mis from Pier Paolo Pasolini for concertante cello, male narrator, soprano, piano, and orchestra. {…}

Feb 26, 2022

Joyce DiDonato, Benjamin Bernheim, Emőke Baráth & Ian Bostridge Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences will get solo albums by one of the great mezzos of her generation and two baroque albums. There is also a debut album and a new DVD of Offenbach’s masterwork. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Eden Joyce DiDonato releases her latest album featuring music by Handel, Gluck, Wagner, Mahler, Ives, Copland, and Oscar-winner {…}

Feb 10, 2022

Louise Alder, Ian Bostridge, Wallis Giunta, Dorothea Röschmann Headline Leeds Lieder Festival 2022

The Leeds Lieder Festival has announced its 2022 slate which kicks off on April 28, 2022 and runs through May 1. Mezzo-soprano Shakira Tsindos, baritone Dominic Sedgwick, and pianist Ian Tindale will present Dove’s song cycle “Man, Woman, Child” as well as music by Frank Bridge, Gerald Finzi, Rebecca Clarke, and Roger Quilt, among others. Performance Date: April 28, 2022 {…}

Oct 29, 2021

Sabine Devieilhe, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Véronique Gens, Ian Bostridge & Stéphane Degout Headline Opéra Comique’s 2022 Season

(Credit: © Julia Lamoureux) Opéra Comique in Paris has announced its 2022 season, featuring seven operas. Here is the full slate. Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet” opens the season with Sabine Devieilhe as Ophélie and Stéphane Degout in the title role. The cast also includes Laurent Alvaro, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Pierre Derhet, Jérôme Varnier, Yu Shao, Geoffroy Buffière, and Nicolas Legoux. Louis Langrée {…}

Sep 10, 2021

Magdalena Kožená & Ian Bostridge Headline New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences will get a chance to hear new albums from two famed singers. They will also get to experience two rarely performed operas. Here is a look a the new releases. Respighi Songs – Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini PENTATONE releases Ian Bostridge and Saskia Giorgini’s latest album dedicated to rarely-recorded songs by Ottorino Respighi. This selection of songs {…}

Jul 16, 2021

Diego Matheuz & Ian Bostridge Headline Festival Musica sull’Acqua’s Closing Night

On July 17 and 18, Diego Matheuz, Ian Bostridge, and the MACH Orchestra will conclude the 27th edition of the Festival Musica sull’Acqua at Lake Cuomo, Italy. The concerts which will take place at the Auditorium S. Antonio di Morbegno and Palazzo Gallio in Gravedona and will be led by Matheuz who will conduct the MACH Orchestra (Music Art Creativity {…}