The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its March 2, 2024 performance of “Turandot.” The company announced that Juliana Grigoryan will replace Aleksandra Kurzak in the role of Liu. The news comes as Kurzak will be performing “Madama Butterfly” on the same day following a cast change. Grigoryan will now make her Met debut a few days earlier {…}
The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Joyce DiDonato as the featured soloist. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-5, 2024 Riccardo Muti conducts Verdi’s Requiem with soloists Juliana Grigoryan, Isabel De Paoli, Giovanni Sala, and Maharram Huseynov. Performance Dates: Oct. 24-26, {…}
(Credit: Allan Warren) The Gran Teatre del Liceu is set to celebrate Victoria de Los Angeles’ centenary. The company will hold a gala on Nov. 7, 2023 which will revisit the core repertoire of the undisputed soprano. The gala, which is curated by Marc Busquets, artistic director of LIFE Victoria Barcelona, will feature soloists Maria Agresta, Louise Alder, Dame Sarah {…}
The Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, Italy has announced its 2023-24 season. The season will open with Puccini’s “La bohème” directed by Cristina Mazzavillani Muti and conducted by Nicola Paslowski. The cast will include Juliana Grigoryan (Mimì), Alessia Pintossi (Musetta), Alessandro Scotto di Luzio (Rodolfo), and Christian Federici (Marcello). Performance Dates: Oct. 20 & 22, 2023 Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di {…}
(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2023-24 members of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. This year the roster includes soprano Amanda Batista, bass-baritone Le Bu, tenor Matthew Cairns, mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack, baritone Eleomar Cuello, soprano Juliana Grigoryan, mezzo-soprano Elmina Hasan, soprano Magdalena Kuźma, coach/pianist Juan José Lázaro, soprano Brittany Olivia Logan, tenor Daniel O’Hearn, tenor Jonghyun Park, baritone Daniel Rich, coach/pianist Deborah Robertson, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a casting update for its 2023-24 production of Puccini’s “Turandot.” The company said that Juliana Grigoryan and Angel Blue will join the cast of “Turandot” singing Liu. Grigoryan will make her Met debut on March 13, 2024 while Blue will sing on April 11, 2024. Grigoryan won the Operalia competition last year and recently performed {…}
After two years of lockdowns, cancelations, and COVID, 2022 seemed like it would be an easier year. But alas it wasn’t as the world was struck with a war, human rights violations that were met with worldwide protests, and governments that threatened to rewind time and take away rights. There were also major cuts in funding for opera that has {…}
Ravenna’s Teatro Dante Aligheri has announced its 2023 season. Vivaldi’s “Il Tamerlano” will be performed by Bruno Taddia, Gianluca Margheri, Filippo Mineccia, Delphine Galou, Marie Lys, Federico Fiorio, and Giuseppina Bridelli. Ottavio Dantone conducts the production by Stefano Monti. Performance Dates: Jan. 14 & 15, 2023 Puccini’s “La bohème” will star Juliana Grigoryan, Alessia Pintossi, Alessandro Scotto di Luzio, Christian Federici, Clemente Antonio Daliotti, {…}
The Operalia Competition has announced its 2022 winners. The competition, which held its finale at the Latvian National Opera, announced that Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan and U.S. tenor Anthony León won first prize. Meanwhile, second prize went to Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz, U.S. tenor Duke Kim, and German Countertenor Nils Wanderer. Third Prize went to U.S. mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack, {…}
The Dutch National Opera is set to present “Turandot.” The work, which is part of a Puccini cycle, will be conducted by chief-conductor Lorenzo Viotti and staged by director Barrie Kosky. For his new production, Barrie Kosky has decided to steer clear of the orientalism of the early 20th century. He neither zooms in on the psychological aspects of the {…}
Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for general management. The news comes a month after the soprano took home the Grand Prize at the International Stanislaw Moniuszko Vocal Competition where she also received the Marcella Sembrich-Kochańska Prize as the youngest finalist and was awarded The Katowice City Of Gardens – Krystyna Bochenek Cultural Institution Prize. {…}