Marina Rebeka, Ermonela Jaho, Golda Schultz, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Ludovic Tézier Headline Radio France’s 2021-22 Season

Radio France has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is a look. Operas Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les sortilèges” spotlights Jodie Devos, Clara Guillon, Adèle Charvet, Marie Lenormand, Élodie Méchain, Antoine Normand, Régis Mengus, and Paul Gay. Mikko Franck conducts. Performance date: Oct. 1, 2021, Philharmonie de Paris {…}

Jun 1, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu, Sondra Radvanovsky, Elīna Garanča, Joyce DiDonato Lead Royal Opera House’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: Dario Acosta / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / Angela Gheorghiu official website / Michael Cooper / Kasskara/DG / Chris Singer) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced full details of its exciting 2021-22 season, which will star some of the world’s greatest performers. The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season and digital program will be announced {…}

Apr 28, 2021

Karita Mattila, Sara Jakubiak & Camilla Nylund Headline Finnish National Opera’s 2021-22 Season

The Finnish National Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions and several workshops, concerts, and musicals. The season will also mark the first season of Chief Conductor, Hannu Lintu. Here is a breakdown of the season: Opera & Musicals Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci“ and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana“ open the season with Hannu Lintu conducting. Mascagni’s opera stars Niina Keitel, Johanna Lehesvuori, {…}

Mar 23, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Russell Thomas, Elīna Garanča, Joyce DiDonato Headline Royal Opera House’s 2021-22 Season

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has announced new plans for its 2021-22 season, the first full season by the company since 2019. There will five world premieres from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera. The opera will open with a production of “Rigoletto” directed by Oliver Mears with Antonio Pappano conducting and Carlos Álvarez in the title role. He {…}

Mar 19, 2021

San Francisco Opera Virtual Review 2021: Das Rheingold: ‘Die Walküre’

(Credit: Cory Weaver) From underwater to the wild and terrible world – Rhine Maidens to brother/sister love, father/daughter separation, gain to loss: in other words, “Die Walküre.” And what a “Walküre” it was! Spectacular projections – swirling winds, walloping storm waters, trees bending and swaying every which way, and Siegmund waking to love for Sieglinde, in a house in the {…}

Mar 18, 2021

The Ring in San Francisco – Enjoying a Conversation with Brandon Jovanovich & Karita Mattila

San Francisco Opera is in the midst of its month-long festival dedicated to Wagner’s “Ring Cycle.” In the coming weeks, Lois Silverstein will explore her experience not only revisiting the 2018 opera production, but several of the events and panels presented by the company. One of the highlights so far has to be the delightful conversation between Karita Mattila and {…}

Feb 9, 2021

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko Headline Next 2 Weeks of Met Opera Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next two weeks of its streaming slate. One week will be dedicated to iconic productions of director Franco Zeffirelli with the second week dedicated to baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky who passed away back in 2017, leaving behind a legacy of Met HD recordings. Week 49– Franco Zeffirelli Week Monday, February 15 – Puccini’s La Bohème Starring {…}

Dec 9, 2020

Karita Mattila & Annalisa Stroppa Lead Savonlinna Opera Festival 2021

(Credits: Lauri Eriksson / Victor Santiago) The Savonlinna Opera Festival has announced its 2021 slate, which will include several opera productions and a recital by famed Finnish soprano Karita Mattila. Bizet’s opera “Carmen” will feature Amadi Lagha as Don José, Andrei Kymach and Tapani Plathan alternating in the role of Escamillo, and Tuija Knihtilä in the title role. Performance dates: {…}

Dec 3, 2020

Karita Mattila Awarded Order of the Lion of Finland

Credit: Marica Rosengard Celebrated Finnish soprano Karita Mattila has been awarded the Order of the Lion of Finland, First Class Commander Badge. The Order of the Lion of Finland is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The famed Finnish soprano has {…}

Nov 28, 2020

Teatro Real de Madrid 2020-21 Review: Rusalka

(Credit: Javier del Real) This review belongs to the third performance of cast A on the 16th of November 2020 After an absence of nearly a hundred years, “Rusalka” returned to the stage of Teatro Real, with a new production directed by Christof Loy in co-production with Säschsische Sttaatsoper Dresden, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, {…}

Nov 24, 2020

Asmik Grigorian Leads Teatro Real Stream of ‘Rusalka’

The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced that its current production of “Rusalka” will be streamed on Mezzo.tv. The company will stream the performance on Nov. 25 with Ivor Bolton conducting and Christof Loy directing the production. Asmik Grigorian sings the title role with a cast that includes Eric Cutler as the Prince, Karita Mattila as the Foreign Princess, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev as {…}

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