The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced the 2020-21 season featuring premieres, new productions and some of the greatest stars in the world. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Lorenzo Passerini conduct a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera“ directed by Gianmaria Aliverta. The production stars Michael Fabiano and Ramón Vargas as Riccardo, Anna Pirozzi and Tatiana Serjan as Amelia, Artur {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl) The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the fourth week of its Nightly streams schedule. The week kicks is more in keeping with the first and third weeks, which featured a wide range of standard repertory; week two was dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner. Here is the full schedule. Learn more metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/. Monday, April 6 – Verdi’s “Aida” {…}
(Image Source: Harrison Parrott) The Glyndebourne Festival has announced that Katarina Dalayman is set to make her company debut in Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites.” She will replace Doris Soffel in the role of Madame de Croissy. Dalayman, who is now focusing on mezzo roles is set to appear in “Suor Angelica” at the Berlin Philharmonic and “Die Walküre” at Kungliga {…}
Credit: © Wilfried Hösl/ Filip Van Roe This weekend the holiday season continues with a lot of theaters are showcasing fairy tales. For this weekend we look at some rarely performed works in new productions. Rusalka – Trioler Festspiele Erl, Austria Alexander Prior conducts of a new production of Dvorak’s masterwork by Florentine Klepper. The production is set to star Karen {…}
On Feb. 20, 2019, the Victorian Opera company will make history staging its first performance of Wagner’s “Parsifal.” This production is set to boast an all-star cast of artists such as Burkhard Fritz, Katarina Dalayman, Peter Rose, Derek Welton, and Teddy Tahu Rhodes. OperaWire had the opportunity to speak with the Victorian Opera’s artistic director Richard Mills, and learn more {…}
Wagner’s “Parsifal” will be staged for the first time at the Victorian Opera. The opera will be the company’s biggest undertaking as it will include a cast of 83 singers and 75 musicians. Roger Hodgman will direct a production designed by some of Australia’s most accomplished theatre artists, Christina Smith, Richard Roberts, and Matt Scott. The opera will star revered {…}
The Victorian Opera has announced its 2019 Season. In a press release, Artistic Director Richard Mills said, “Victorian Opera reimagines the potential of opera through a diverse program, ranging from the epic richness of Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ to new operas made by and for Victorians.” 2019 season The 2019 season opens with Wagner’s final opera “Parsifal” in a new production at {…}
It’s a star-studded weekend with many artists performing signature roles in legendary productions. Here is a taste of what is in store for this weekend. “Tosca” – Vienna State Opera, Austria Vienna audiences are in for a treat with Angela Gheorghiu in the title role as Tosca, her signature role and one she has dominated throughout the world. She is joined {…}
This week opera lovers get a chance to discover new music from Robert Franz and Handel and relive a classic work from Wagner. They also get a chance to listen to some of the world’s foremost Baroque specialists and Wagner singers. Check it out! Parsifal A new recording of Wagner’s “Parsifal” is scheduled for release this week as part of Elder’s new {…}
We acknowledge that OperaWire is late to the “Rusalka” party, but here is our review for the performance on Feb. 17, 2017, the fifth performance of this run. Antonín Dvorák’s “Rusalka” is the epitome of a metaphorical operatic identity crisis. The opera, which is a grim version of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid,” follows the story of a water {…}
Dvorak’s “Rusalka” makes a much-anticipated return to the Metropolitan Opera this Thursday, Feb. 2 in a brand-new production by noted director Mary Zimmerman. The Director Zimmerman made a splash at the Met with her work on three operas from the Bel Canto three – Donizetti, Rossini and Bellini. Her work in “Lucia di Lammermoor” was universally hailed for gothic style. Her {…}