(Credits: Michael Cooper / Dario Acosta / Sonya Yoncheva official website / © Gregor Hohenberg / Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment) The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has announced its 2021-22 season, featuring some of the greatest performers in the world. Here is the full slate. Operas Anna Netrebko and Luca Salsi open the season in Verdi‘s “Macbeth” in {…}
(Credits: © Dario Acosta / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment / © Tatiana Vlasova / © Dario Acosta) The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a variety of concerts from some of the world’s greatest performers. For the purpose of this article, we will only focus on the vocal {…}
The Vienna State Opera has announced its streaming slate for the upcoming week. It all kicks off with Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” starring Chen Reiss, Roman Trekel, Hyuna Ko, and Joseph Dennis, among others. Tomás Netopil conducts. Streaming Date: Jan. 12, 2021 Christian Franz, Linda Watson, Eric Halfvarson, and Jochen Schmeckenbecher headline a 2016 performance of “Götterdämmerung.” Adam Fischer {…}
(Credit: L’Opéra de Rouen Normandie Facebook Page) L’Opéra de Rouen in France has announced that it has canceled the remaining two performances of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” on Sep. 30 & Oct. 3, 2020, after another case of COVID-19 was detected. “We must make the observation that after five serene weeks the sanitary conditions necessary to guarantee a secure framework for the {…}
(Credit: L’Opéra de Rouen Normandie Facebook Page) L’Opéra de Rouen Normandie has announced the cancellation of the opening night of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser,” as one of the soloists tested positive for COVID-19. Per the official statement of the opera house, “The very strict work protocol that was put in place, as well as regular tests, have enabled all the artists and {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced its reopening program. The famed Italian house reopens on July 6 with a concert featuring baritone Luca Salsi accompanied by Beatrice Rana. They will be joined by legendary cellist Mischa Maisky in a program of arias and chamber music. On July 8, Francesco Meli and Federica Lombardi will share the stage with violinist Patricia {…}
The Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie – Théâtre des Arts has announced its 2020-21 season. Here is a look at the operas and the concert performances scheduled for next season. Opera Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” opens the season with Rudolf Piehlmayer conducting a production by David Bobée. The cast includes Paul McNamara, Catherine Hunold, Samuel Hasselhorn, and Jongmin Park. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. {…}
(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg / Marius Baragan / Pavel Vaan & Leonid Semenyuk) The Vienna State Opera has announced its streaming slate for the month of June. Here is a rundown of the opera performances audiences can check on the company’s official website. June 1 – Die Frau Ohne Schatten Performance of Oct. 18, 2019 starring Stephen Gould, Camilla Nylund, Mihoko {…}
The Vienna State Opera has unveiled the streaming options for the month of May with performances every single day of the week. Here is a breakdown of each showcase. May 1 – “La Bohème” Performance from Dec. 22, 2019, starring Stefan Pop, Irina Lungu, Mariam Battistelli, Marco Caria, Samuel Hasselhorn, Ryan Speedo Green, and Marcus Pelz. Conducted by Marco Armiliato. {…}
The Wiener Staatsoper is organizing a gala concert “We Play for Austria” on Sunday, April 19, 2020 (8:15 p.m. on ORF III and on Radio Ö1) and will be the start of three live music evenings from the ORF RadioKulturhaus. The concerts were organzied by ORF III in cooperation with u. a. mit dem Haus am Ring, the Volksoper Vienna {…}
(Credit: Johannes Ifkovits) The Vienna State Opera will live stream Dvorak and Kvapil’s “Rusalka” on Feb. 4, 2020. The opera will feature Piotr Beczala, Elena Zhidkova, Jongmin Park, Olga Bezsmertna, and Monika Bohinec in the production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf. The work will be conducted by Tomas Hanus. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1p.m. EDT {…}
