Lucia Lucas, & Jennifer Maines Lead Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2020-21 Season

The Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2020-21 season featuring three productions and rising stars. The season opens with Wagner’s “Die Walküre” starring Canadian soprano Jennifer Maines as Brünnhilde and American bass-baritone Philip Horst as Wotan. Canadian director Glynis Leyshon and former Shaw Festival designer Pam Johnson reunite for the new production. Performance Dates: Oct. 15-24, 2020 Britten’s final opera “Death {…}

Nov 11, 2019

Vienna State Opera 2019-20 Live Stream: Stephanie Houtzeel Stars As ‘Ariodante’

(Credit: Julia Wessely) The Vienna State Opera will live stream Handel’s “Ariodante” on Nov. 15, 2019. The opera will feature Stephanie Houtzeel, Chen Reiss, Hila Fahima, Max Emanuel Cenci, and Josh Lovell in a production directed by David McVicar. The performance will be conducted by Christophe Rousset. The stream kicks off at 6:30 p.m. local time. That’s around 12:30 p.m. {…}

Sep 30, 2019

Vienna State Opera To Live Stream ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

On Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, the Vienna State Opera will live stream Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The performance will be led by conductor Simone Young and will star Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Peter Kellner, Szilvia Vörös, Josh Lovell, Rafael Fingerlos, Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniţa, Peter Rose, and Benjamin Hulett. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. {…}

Aug 17, 2019

Q & A: Tenor Josh Lovell on Mythology, Funding in Opera, & Opera’s Impact on Society

(Credit: Simon Pauly) Canadian tenor Josh Lovell’s career started in his native home before shifting to Chicago and will now take its next big step in Vienna this fall. He is a 2018 Grand Prize and Opera Prize winner at the 52nd Annual International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the second place winner of the 2018 Dallas Opera Competition, third place winner of the Marcello Giordani {…}

Jul 4, 2019

Salzburg Festival Reveals Participants For Young Singers Project 2019

(Credit: SF/Anne Zeuner) The Salzburg Festival has revealed the participants of the Young Singers Project 2019. In sum, there will be 13 participants from 11 different countries, including Canada, Spain, the UK, France, Russia, Poland, the U.S., Ukraine, Ireland, Mexico, and New Zealand; this is the first time that the program features young singers from Mexico and New Zealand. The {…}