The Donizetti Opera Festival opened its opera performances with a new production of “L’Elisir d’Amore” under the baton of Music Director Riccardo Frizza. The production was a new, critical edition that included a new aria and cabaletta for Adina in Act two as well as additional music, and was played on period instruments in order to reproduce the sound of {…}
PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting two Great Performances at the Met this December and January. First up will “Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert,” which will premiere on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021 at 12 p.m. on New York’s THIRTEEN. The concert, which was recorded in December 2020 will feature the famed bass-baritone as he performs holiday favorites {…}
(Credit: Gianfranco Rota) On Nov. 19, 2021, the Donizetti Opera Festival is set to present a new production of “L’elisir d’amore.” Music Director Riccardo Frizza will lead the production, conducting the Orchestra “Gli Originali,” established three years ago at the festival with the aim of offering Donizetti’s music with a formation and on instruments dating back to his time. The {…}
The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced that it will stream all three of its operatic productions from the 2021 season. The festival announced that the second week of the festival, audiences from around the world will be able to experience its productions through Donizetti OperaTube, a video channel that was created last year as Donizetti webTV. Subscribers will be able {…}
The Dallas Opera has announced additional programming for its 2021-22 season. The first event will be the previously announced Robert E. and Jean Ann Titus Family Recital by baritone Benjamin Appl, which was postponed from last season. Appl will perform Schubert’s Winterreise with pianist James Baillieu. Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2022 The second recital of the season will be by {…}
Pianist María Hanneman will joins Javier Camarena on his upcoming Mexican tour “Tiempo de Cantar.” The young pianist will accompany Camarena in concerts in Mérida on Sept. 15, Cuernavaca on Sept. 24, and Mexico City on Sept. 30. The Sept. 30 concert at the Palacio de Bellas Artes will mark the pianist’s debut at the prestigious hall in Mexico City. {…}
Prima Classic has announced a new recording of Bellini’s “Il Pirata.” The new recording stars Javier Camarena, Marina Rebeka, and Franco Vassallo performing the leading roles and was recorded at Bellini’s homeland, Catania, with the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini, under the baton of Fabrizio Maria Carminati. The new recording features an uncut edition including all the repetitions, {…}
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” has been performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu 302 times since its premiere in 1849. The work has remained a house favorite and was hugely anticipated since its last new production came in 2015. And for the closing production of the 2020-21 season, the Catalan Opera house lined up two of its famed interpreters, Nadine {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) Javier Camarena has announced a Mexican tour for five concerts. The tour, which will be held from Sept. 4 through 30, will see Camarena return to his native country first time since the pandemic. The tenor will sing alongside pianist Ángel Rodríguez. The tour will open at the Teatro Bicentenario in León, Guanajuato on Sept. 4 {…}
Opera Naples in Florida has announced its 2021-22 season which will feature some of the biggest stars from around the opera world. First up will be a production of “Hansel and Gretel” at the Wang Opera Center. Performance Dates: Oct. 16 & 17, 2021 Next up is a performance by soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov at Arthrex One. {…}
(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical/Michael Cooper/Dario Acosta) Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2021-22 season featuring concert performances with some of the greatest stars in the world. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances only. Concerts Jakub Hrůša conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Performance {…}
