Ian Bostridge & Igor Levit Cancel ‘Winterreise’ Performance at the Palau de la Música Catalana

(Photo Credit: Palau de la Música Catalana official website) Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Igor Levit have decided to cancel this evening’s performance of Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” at the Palau de la Música Catalana, according to the official statement on the company’s website. The Fundació Orfeó Català-Palau de la Música Catalana informed audience members that the artists have announced their {…}

Jul 23, 2020

Helmut Deutsch’s Memoir to Get English-Language Translation in Autumn 2020

(Credit: Shirley Suarez) Famed pianist Helmut Deutsch will be releasing a new memoir that focuses on his experiences as an accompanist. “Memoir of an Accompanist” will be released by Kahn & Averill in Autumn 2020 in an English-language translation Richard Stokes, a Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music. The book details Deutsch’s career, which has spanned over {…}

Jun 12, 2020

Olga Peretyatko, Rolando Villazón & Thomas Hampson Highlight Pierre Boulez Saal’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Jiyang Chen/Rabovsky) The Pierre Boulez Saal has announced its 2020-21 Season. The German hall will present some of the greatest soloists in the world, including numerous great vocalists. For the purposes of this article, vocal performances will be highlighted. Olga Peretyatko and pianist Elena Bashkirova perform a recital of Russian music by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff. Performance Date: Sept. {…}

May 29, 2020

Xabier Anduaga, Nadine Sierra & Ian Bostridge Highlight Festival de Granada’s 2020 Edition

The 69th Annual Granada Festival has announced its summer season program. The Spanish festival announced that it was moving forward and for this article we will focus mainly on the vocal performances. Nadine Sierra, Carlos Mena, Xabier Anduaga, and Carlos Álvarez highlight opening night performing Mozart’s Requiem under the baton of Andrea Marcon. Performance Date: June 25, 2020 Raquel Lojendio, {…}

Apr 13, 2020

Ian Bostridge, Arturo Chacón Cruz & Nicola Alaimo Highlight Teatro Massimo Gala

The Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Italy has released the first star-studded opera gala from home. The gala, entitled “Gala: Artisti uniti in tempi di isolamento,” aligned a number of international stars including Enea Scala, Nicola Alaimo, Arturo Chacón Cruz, Ruth Iniesta, Roberta Mantegna, and Ian Bostridge, among many others. The performance features music by Bellini, Puccini, Lara, Lehar, Verdi, and {…}

Feb 28, 2020

Ian Bostridge & The Orlando Consort Highlight Festival de Musica Antigua de Sevilla’s 2020 Season

The Festival de Musica Antigua de Sevilla has announced its 2020 season celebrating its 37th season. For this article we will only focus on the vocal performances. “Claroscuro – La increíble historia de Juan Latino” is set to star Julie Vachon, Francisco de Paula Sánchez, Enrique Pastor, and Sofía Alegre. Performance Dates: March 14, 2020 Ian Bostridge and pianist Juan {…}

Feb 13, 2020

Anja Harteros, Catherine Foster & Andreas Schager lead Staatstheater Wiesbaden Mai Festspiele 2020

Staatstheater Wiesbaden has just announced its May Festival program, featuring seven operas and number of vocal works. Operas Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde” will spotlight Catherine Foster, Lance Ryan, Andreas Schager, René Pape, Tobias Kehrer, Thomas de Vries, Margarete Joswig, Andreas Karasiak, Julian Habermann, and Erik Biegel. Ryan and Schager will alternate in the title role of Tristan, while Pape and Kehrer will {…}

Jun 19, 2019

Saioa Hernandez, Leo Nucci & Carmen Giannattasio Headline Teatro Regio Di Torino’s 2019-20 Season

The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2019-20 season. Bizet’s “Les pêcheurs de perles” opens the season starring Hasmik Torosyan, Yaroslav Abaimov, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, and Ugo Guagliardo. The production will be directed by Julien Lubeck and Cécile Roussat and conducted by Ryan McAdams. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-20, 2019 Anna Pirozzi and Carmen Giannattasio share the title role in Puccini’s “Tosca.” The two divas are {…}

May 23, 2019

Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season

The Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2019-20 season featuring some of the greatest stars in the world and a number of new productions of some of the great masterworks in the world. Nicola Alaimo takes on Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” with Daniele Rustioni conducting a production by Tobia Kratzer. The cast also includes Enkeledja Shkoza, Jennifer Courcier, John Osborn, Jean Teitgen, and Jane Archibald. Performance {…}

Apr 25, 2019

Diana Damrau, Renée Fleming & Nina Stemme Headline Musikverein Wien’s 2019-20 Season

Musikverein Wien has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. Martin Haselböck will lead the Orchester Wiener Akademie in a performance of various works by Franz Schubert as well as Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 4 in D Minor. Baritone Thomas Hampson will be featured. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2019 Bass Günther Groissböck and {…}

Jun 27, 2018

Staatskapelle Berlin 2018 – Britten’s War Requiem: Goerne, Bostridge, Nechaeva & Pappano Join Forces For Enriching Performance

Britten’s War Requiem was written between 1961-1962, ostensibly in response to WW I, in the aftermath of WW II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and all the many others. On June 25, 2018, at the Philharmonie, the Staatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Sir Anthony Pappano and accompanied by stellar opera singers and choruses, sang out against all war, then and {…}