Juan Diego Flórez and Gustavo Dudamel are set to appear at the Festival Castell Peralada. The festival announced that Flórez will perform a concert alongside Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan in duets from French and Italian operas. Guillermo García Calvo will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallès in a concert that is set for August 9, 2019. The night after, Dudamel will conduct the {…}
The Wiener Staatsoper is set to broadcast Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” on Orf 2. The production by Laurent Pelly, which premiered last week, is set to star Olga Peretyatko and Juan Diego Flórez in the leading roles. George Petean and Jongmin Park also star as Enrico and Raimondo. Evelino Pidò conducts the production, which features a critical edition and a new cadenza {…}
Th Rossini Opera Festival has announced the complete lineup of the upcoming 2019 editions, The festival will include three opera productions and a number of operatic concerts featuring some of the greatest Rossini singers. Main Stage The festival opens with a new production of “Semiramide” by Graham Vick. Michele Mariotti conducts the production, which stars Salome Jicia in the title {…}
The Met Opera will continue its Live in HD series this Saturday, Dec 15, 2018, with a performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time, is set Diana Damrau as the lead heroine with Quinn Kelsey as Germont, and Juan Diego Flórez as her lover Alfredo. This is Damrau’s fifth HD broadcast with her {…}
Audiences who wanted something more traditional visually will be happy with this new “Traviata,” though one hopes that the clumsiness of the staging and the exaggerated color scheme of the costumes will get some sort of revisions for future iterations.
The Metropolitan Opera will open a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Monday, Dec. 4, 2018. The new production is hotly anticipated for a number of reasons. First off, it represents the first opera under new Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The maestro will be doing his second run of “La Traviata” with the company. He previously conducted seven performances {…}
The holiday season is officially underway. For many, that means going out and buying a plethora of gifts for loved ones. But what about that opera lover in your life? What do you buy him or her? There’s a ton to choose from and this year featured a plethora of amazing recordings to choose from. So to give you a {…}
It’s been three years since Juan Diego Flórez stepped on a New York stage. The last time was in 2015 and it was for the premiere of “La Donna del Lago” at the Metropolitan Opera. While the opera itself was a new addition to the Met repertory, it wasn’t a surprising choice for the tenor as the New York audiences {…}
There haven’t been all that many singers from Peru to embark on massive international careers. You could probably count them on your fingers. Ernesto Palacio, born on Oct. 19, 1946, is one of those artists. And not only has he had a prominent impact on his own career, but he has also been the mastermind behind another Peruvian superstar – {…}
On Oct. 14, 2018, the first annual Opus Klassik awards were handed out to top artists in the world of classical music. Juan Diego Flórez was awarded the Male Singer of the Year Award, while soprano Diana Damrau was announced as the Female Singer of the Year. Flórez took homes the award for his acclaimed “Mozart” album, which was also his {…}
The holiday season is gearing up and two new recordings have been announced by major artists. First. Belvedere is set to release “Orfée et Euridice” from the Teatro alla Scala with Juan Diego Flórez and Christiane Karg. The production from this past season was conducted by Michelle Mariotti and will mark Flórez’s second recording of the opera. Decca first released a CD version in 2010 {…}