Sondra Radvanovsky, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton, Brandon Jovanovich, Rachel Willis-Sørensen Headline San Francisco Opera’s August 2021 Streams

San Francisco Opera has announced its streams for the month of August 2021. The company will stream two operas this month, including an Italian classic as well as an iconic German masterpiece. All performances can be watched directly on the company’s official website. First up will be a stream of a 2015 staging of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” The {…}

Jul 7, 2021

ARTE to Stream ‘Tristan und Isolde’ with Nina Stemme & Stuart Skelton from Festival Aix-en-Provence

On July 8, ARTE TV will stream Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” from the Festival Aix-en-Provence in France. The new production by Simon Stone is headlined by Stuart Skelton and Nina Stemme in the title roles, Jamie Barton as Brangäne, Josef Wagner as Kurwenal, Franz-Josef Selig as König Marke, and Dominic Sedgwick as Melot. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the production. The {…}

Jun 22, 2021

Ailyn Pérez, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton & Nicole Car Lead San Francisco Opera’s 2021-22 Season

(Credit: Chris Singer/Fay Fox/Yan Bleney/Bree Anne Clowdus) The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a variety of classic works and some of the greatest stars in the industry. The season will open with Puccini’s “Tosca“ with Eun Sun Kim conducting an all-star cast that includes soprano Ailyn Pérez as Tosca, tenor Michael Fabiano as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Alfred {…}

Jun 10, 2021

Renata Scotto, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, Jamie Barton Headline Weeks 66, 67, & 68 of Metropolitan Opera’s Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced its next three weeks of nightly streams. The first week will center on Father’s Day, and the following week will celebrate Pride Month, highlighting great performances by artists from the LGBTQ+ community. The final week will be focused on American composers. Additionally, the 1997 telecast of Britten’s “Billy Budd,” featuring Philip Langridge, Dwayne Croft, and {…}

Jun 9, 2021

Jonas Kaufmann, Jamie Barton & Angel Blue Highlight Cal Performances’ 2021-22 Season

(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical/BreeAnne Clowdus) Cal Performances has announced its 2021-22 season featuring an array of music including pop, opera, musical, and dance. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal and operatic performances. Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch showcase a program of lieder and songs in French, German, and Italian. Performance Date: Oct. {…}

May 18, 2021

Jamie Barton, Sabine Devieilhe & Jakub Józef Orliński Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2021-22 Season

Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2021-22 season featuring recitals, new productions and many revivals. Premieres Roland Böer conducts a new production of Handel’s “Amadigi” with Andrea Bernard directing. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 7, 2021 G Leo Hussain conducts the new production of Cimarosa’s “L’Italiana in Londra.” R.B. Schlather directs the rarely performed work. Performance Date: Sept. 26-Oct. 30, 2021 Carl {…}

May 11, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Mirella Freni, Joan Sutherland & Renée Fleming Headline Week 62 & 63 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

The Met has announced themed lineups for two weeks of its Nightly Met Opera Streams featuring such stars as Nadine Sierra, Anna Netrebko, Mirella Freni, René Pape, Renée Fleming, Joan Sutherland, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Diana Damrau. The first week’s theme will be “Unhinged Mad Scenes” while the second will shine a spotlight on “Rare Gems.” Week 62 – Unhinged Mad {…}

May 10, 2021

Teatro Real, Lise Davidsen, & Javier Camarena Win Top Awards at 2021 Opera Awards

The International Opera Awards have announced its 2021 winners with Teatro Real, Robert Carsen, Lise Davidsen and Javier Camarena taking top awards. The Teatro Real took home the top award for Opera Company of the year. The company was one of the few companies in the world to continue performing throughout the pandemic and produced the historical production of “La {…}

Apr 3, 2021

The Ring in San Francisco: ‘Rhine-Dining’ & ‘What’s Opera, Doc’

(Credit: Stacey Bode) San Francisco Opera is in the midst of its month-long festival dedicated to Wagner’s “Ring Cycle.” In the coming weeks, Lois Silverstein will explore her experience not only revisiting the 2018 opera production but several of the events and panels presented by the company. San Francisco Opera’s (SFO) recently concluded “Virtual Ring Festival” continues to delight, even if {…}

Mar 31, 2021

The Dallas Opera Cancels 2 ‘Song Series’ Performances Due to Positive COVID-19 Test

The Dallas Opera has announced the cancelation of two performances of its upcoming “Song Series.” The concerts, which were scheduled for March 31 and April 3, were nullified due to a positive COVID-19 test by a contractor associated with the presentations. The March 31 concert was to be headlined by bass Morris Robinson with the April 3 showcase set to {…}

Mar 19, 2021

San Francisco Opera Virtual Review 2021: Das Rheingold: ‘Die Walküre’

(Credit: Cory Weaver) From underwater to the wild and terrible world – Rhine Maidens to brother/sister love, father/daughter separation, gain to loss: in other words, “Die Walküre.” And what a “Walküre” it was! Spectacular projections – swirling winds, walloping storm waters, trees bending and swaying every which way, and Siegmund waking to love for Sieglinde, in a house in the {…}