Latvian National Opera 2024-25 Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

(Photo: Agnese Zeltina Latvian National Opera) Latvian National Opera’s new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” was no simple reflection on the poet’s failed love affairs, in which the Muse/Nicklausse attempts to convince Hoffmann to forsake love’s attraction in favor of poetry. Rather, the director, Aik Karapetian, had an intriguing and very different reading in mind that turned it into {…}

Klára Kolonits To Perform Four Heroines in ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ at the Hungarian State Opera

(Credit: Hungarian State Opera) The Hungarian State Opera has announced an upcoming run of Offenbach’s “Les contes d’Hoffmann.” These performances of the famed Offenbach work will be the first at the opera house in 25 years. The opera will have two casts, and soprano Klára Kolonits will perform the four heroines alongside Péter Kálmán as four villains, Viktória Mester in {…}

Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre to Present Mozart’s ‘Bastien and Bastienne’ With Island-Inspired Digital Production

Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre (HOT) will present the company’s digital debut of Mozart’s “Bastien & Bastienne” beginning on February 12 at HOT Digital. Audiences can pre-order tickets now. Written in 1768 when Mozart was 12-years-old, “Bastien & Bastienne” is a one-act opera about two young lovers who after a quarrel come back together through the help of Colas, the village magician {…}