Oksana Dyka, Carlos Álvarez, Karita Mattila, Silvia Tro Santafé & Ermonela Jaho Lead Bilbao Opera’s 2024-25 Season

Bilbao Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Simón Orfila, Enric Martínez-Castignani, María José Moreno, Sofía Esparza, Francesco Demuro, Juan Antonio Sanabria, and Damián del Castillo lead the cast. Maestro Sesto Quatrini conducts Emiliano Suárez’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 19-28, 2024 The second opera is Puccini’s “Il Trittico.” “Il Tabarro” will star Carlos {…}

Feb 9, 2022

Staatsoper Hamburg Announces Multiple Cast Changes for Upcoming Productions

The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced several changes to upcoming productions. The company first noted that for performances of “Rigoletto” on Feb. 11 and 13, 2022, Ioan Hotea will take over the role of the Duca for Piotr Buszewski. Hotea will join a cast that includes Andrzej Dobber as Rigoletto, Nadezhda Pavlova, Tigran Martirossian, and Jana Kurucová. Meanwhile, in the performance of “Luisa Miller” {…}

Dec 20, 2019

Adela Zaharia & Heather Engebretson Highlight Top 5 International Weekend (12/20-22)

(Credit: Hans Jorg Michel / Luzerner Theater) This weekend, numerous opera companies around the world will feature major repertory staples in a mix of modern productions. Here are our recommendations for operas to see. Semele – Komische Oper, Germany Philipp Meierhöfer, Sydney Mancasola, Karolina Gumos, Terry Wey, Stuart Jackson, Ezgi Kutlu, and Georgina Melville star in Handel’s classic opera. Konrad Junghänel conducts {…}

Dec 17, 2019

Rolando Villazón Directs New Production Of ‘I Puritani’

On Dec. 18, 2019, Bellini’s “I Puritani” is set to open at the Deustsche Oper am Rhein in a new production by Rolando Villazón. The new production is set to star Operalia award winners Adela Zaharia and Ioan Hotea in their debuts as Elvira and Arturo. Antonino Fogliani conducts the production which will open at the Opernhaus Düsseldorf. In a {…}

May 14, 2019

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Placido Domingo Highlight Royal Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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, {…}

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Oksana Dyka, Carlos Álvarez, Karita Mattila, Silvia Tro Santafé & Ermonela Jaho Lead Bilbao Opera’s 2024-25 Season

Staatsoper Hamburg Announces Multiple Cast Changes for Upcoming Productions

Adela Zaharia & Heather Engebretson Highlight Top 5 International Weekend (12/20-22)

Rolando Villazón Directs New Production Of ‘I Puritani’

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Placido Domingo Highlight Royal Opera’s 2019-20 Season