Opera Naples’ third annual outdoor Festival Under the Stars is set to present Soprano Jennifer Rowley and tenor Jonathan Tetelman. The festival, which will take place between March 21 to April 5 in Cambier Park, will first see Rowley open the multi-day festival with the Opera Stars Concert on March 21. After that, Tetelman will take the stage on March 22 {…}
Camerata Bardi International Academy has announced its 2023 season. The company revealed that it will stage two operas, including Bizet’s “Carmen” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” “Carmen” will appear in co-production with The Conference and Cultural Center of Crete in Heraklion, Greece. Meanwhile, “Don Giovanni” gets a run in New York City in June of 2023. Additionally, the company announced that {…}
(Photo by Fay Fox) Opera Naples has announced its 2022-23 season. The season opens with a double bill of two Mozart operas, “The Impresario” and “Bastien and Bastienne.” Performance Date: Oct. 15 & 16, 2022 Next up is “Olé,” a celebration of Spanish Song, Wine and Tapas.” Performance Date: Nov. 4, 2022 Next up is “Roméo et Juliette” conducted by {…}
This week audiences will get a chance to see modern productions of great classics and here world premiere recordings of new works by leading modern composers. Here is a look! David Lang: the writings Cappella Amsterdam and its artistic leader Daniel Reuss return to PENTATONE with a world premiere recording of David Lang’s “the writings.” For this cycle, Lang has {…}
Opera Italiana is in the Air has announced two upcoming concert showcases in Washington D.C. and New York City. First up, the company, led by conductor Alvise Casellati, will present a concert at the Lincoln Memorial on June 4, 2022. That will be followed up by a second performance at Central Park on June 27, 2022. The concerts will feature {…}
(Credit: Chris Singer) Jennifer Rowley has withdrawn from “Il Trovatore” at the Opera Menorca in Spain. The soprano took to social media and said, “My very first period production of ‘Il Trovatore’ will have to wait. I have sadly, very sadly, tested positive for COVID, and will be unable to join my colleagues in this beautiful production with Opera Menorca. {…}
(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich official website) George Petean will replace Ludovic Tézier in the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Opernhaus Zürich on Dec. 30, 2021. Petean has already replaced Tézier for the performances on Dec. 22 & 26, 2021. No reason has been given for a cast change. Petean joins a cast that includes Jennifer Rowley as Amelia {…}
(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich official website) George Petean will replace Ludovic Tézier in the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Opernhaus Zürich for the performances on Dec. 22 & 26, 2021. Petean joins a cast that includes Jennifer Rowley as Amelia Grimaldi, Christof Fischesser as Jacopo Fiesco, Otar Jorjikia in the role of Gabriele Adorno, Nicholas Brownlee as Paolo {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its performance of “Tosca” on Dec. 18, 2021. The company noted that “the role of Tosca will be performed by Iulia Isaev, replacing Sondra Radvanovsky.” Isaev made her Met debut in 2019 when she stepped in for Jennifer Rowley as Tosca. The Romanian soprano has recently performed at the Bucarest National {…}
Florida-based Palm Beach Opera has announced its 2022 season. It all kicks off with “Dido and Aeneas” in an outdoor performance. The work will be conducted by Gregory Ritchey. Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2021 The first production of the year will be “Carmen” with J’Nai Bridges and Rihab Chaieb sharing the title role. Jonathan Burton and Migran Agadzhanyan will share {…}
The Opéra de Rouen is set to broadcast “Il Trovatore” in movie theaters and on France 3 tv on Oct. 2, 2021. The opera, which will also be available to stream live worldwide on Facebook, will star Lionel Lhote as the Count de Luna, Jennifer Rowley as Leonora, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo as Azucena, Ivan Gyngazov as Manrico, Grigory Shkarupa as {…}