It was Latin night at the Met on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, with three Latin American artists headlining a revival of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Ailyn Pérez, Isabel Leonard, and Nadine Sierra all topped the billing of a cast that also included two Eastern Europeans, Ildar Abdrazakov and Mariusz Kwiecien, as Figaro and the Count Almaviva respectively. To put {…}
Let’s keep things Metropolitan Opera-centric this week. With one exception. It’s the end of the year and that means the big Met gala on New Year’s Eve as well as another hotly anticipated revival set to take the stage with a new cast. Isabel Leonard got everyone jumping with excitement for the upcoming “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Met. {…}
Isabel Leonard and Nadine Sierra have been announced for the Park Avenue Armory Recital series. The recital series announced that on Jan. 5 and 7 Leonard would offer a Leonard Bernstein program in honor of the composer’s centennial. Sierra will then showcase her talents on Feb. 16 and 18 in a recital filled with art songs and arias. Both recitals {…}
It’s going to be a busy December with the Met showcasing a number of revivals leading up to a major new production on the final day of the year. The first work to makes its return to the repertoire is one of its finest (it was even named the Greatest Opera of All Time in a recent survey) – Mozart’s {…}
This week we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! The Latin American community has, particularly in recent years, been a major boon to the opera world, providing it with great singers and composers, and a number of great operas. As the first part of this weekly series, we look at some of the most popular Hispanic divas. We are NOT {…}
Medici.TV is ready to give opera fans a healthy offering of their preferred art form this summer. The streaming service, which lists performances for free replays for the first 90 days after a live broadcast will showcase major opera performances from some of the biggest venues this summer. It all kicks off Thursday, July 6, 2017, with a showing of {…}
Happy Birthday United States of America! Today on July 4 we celebrate the birth of the US with its musical symbol of Independence, the Star Spangled Banner. Over the years, many opera stars have interpreted the famed musical anthem in iconic settings. On this day, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton will add her own rendition to the Macy’s July 4 Fireworks Extravaganza. {…}
Isabel Leonard has announced her new album “Alma Espanola.” The new CD will feature the Grammy winner alongside presents Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin in an all-Spanish recording for voice and guitar. The album will include twelve arrangements by Ms. Isbin in their premiere recordings as well as duos by Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla, Xavier Montsalvatge, Agustín Lara and {…}
The Metropolitan Opera gala passed and while this would have been a great place to share the backstage pictures of the week, we did that in an earlier post. So what did the major stars do after the big gala event? Check it out. Leah Crocetto showed off pictures while on vacation in Mexico and she took a picture in {…}
Ever wonder what the stars of the opera world wear on the fancy red carpets? Well, here we put together a list of what some of the opera’s greatest stars wore to the Metropolitan Opera’s 50th-anniversary gala! Check it out. Anna Netrebko wore a purple Zac Posen Gown accompanied by the designer himself. The soprano has been dressed several times {…}
The Metropolitan Opera 50th anniversary Gala promised to be a night filled with glamour and star power that reunited some of opera’s greatest singers on the same stage. It was a night that included some of the most popular pieces in the repertoire as well as some lesser known music that highlighted the Met’s growing and diverse repertoire. On many {…}