The Bühnen Bern has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Offenbach’s “La Vie Parisienne” starring Ian Matthew Castro, Dominik Koninger, Katharina Abt, Adrian Weinek, Jonathan McGovern, Cinzia Zanovello, Evgenia Asanova, Lucija Ercegovac, Daria Akulova, Nora Schulte, Kaspar Krieger, Jan Schreiber, Simon Burkhalter, and Fabian Meinen. Hans Christoph Bünger conducts the production by Amélie Niermeyer. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}
The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha” will be conducted by Masaru Kumakura and directed by Daniel Kramer. The production will star Shanul Sharma, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Beatriz Miranda, Lluís Calvet i Pey, Markus Suihkonen, Ruzana Grigorian, Darwin Prakash, and Markus Suihkonen. Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Oct. 31, 2024 Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will receive a new {…}
(Credit: Chris Christodoulou) OperaVision has announced its streams for the month of January. Polly Graham’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” from the Royal College of Music kicks off the streaming slate. The opera features Jamie Woollard as Sarastro, Michael Bell as Tamino, Charlotte Bowden as Pamina, and Clara Barbier as Die Königin der Nacht. The cast also includes Dafydd Allen, {…}
(Credits: LA Opera official website / Jan Windszus Photography / Lena Kern / Mark Janssen / Georg Schlosser / In Art Management official website) The Komische Oper Berlin has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Opera – Premieres Enescu’s rarely performed masterwork “Œdipe” opens the season. The opera features Jens Larsen, Joachim {…}
The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate. Operas – Premieres Richard Strauss‘ “Salome” will star Elena Stikhina, Kostas Smoriginas, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Michaela Schuster, Mauro Peter, and Siena Licht Miller. Simone Young conducts the production by Andreas Homoki. Performance dates: Sep. 12 – Oct. 17, 2021 Verdi‘s “Il Trovatore” will spotlight Quinn Kelsey, Marina Rebeka, {…}
Opera Holland Park has announced its 2021 season. The festival will open in a redesigned, physically-distanced and semi-open auditorium and featuring five full productions: The summer season will open with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with George Jackson conducting Oliver Platt’s production. The cast is set to include Julien Van Mellaerts, Nardus Williams, Elizabeth Karani, Ross Ramgobin, and Samantha Price. {…}
On Sept. 5, the Bayerische Staatsoper will stream the highly anticipated work the “7 Deaths of Maria Callas.” The work, which is a creation by Marina Abramović, will stream on the Munich opera company’s website in co-production with BR Klassik and ARTE concert at 6:30 pm German time. The work is comprised of seven different arias that Maria Callas made {…}
September brings the opening of several major companies in Europe. And that means new streaming opportunities of concerts and operas. Before we kick off our list, don’t forget to check out important discussions taking place regarding issues of race and equality in opera with such programs as Karen Slack’s “KikiKonversations,” Kenneth Overton’s “Black Opera Live,” and Mark S. Doss’ “Heart and Soul” series {…}
(Credits: English National Opera official website/Benjamin Ealovega) The Grange Festival has announced a series of live performances between August 21-23, 2020. Director Sinéad O’Neill has created “A Precipice,” an outdoor immersive poetic sequence using the many natural stages offered by the buildings at The Grange. Each performance will last an hour and will be presented to small guided audiences of {…}
On Dec. 1, 2019 Kiandra Howarth made a surprise role and house debut at the Scottish Opera as the soprano stepped in on short notice to sing the title role of Mascagni’s “Iris,” replacing Helena Dix. Dix announced her cancellation via social media on the day of the performance stating, “I’m devastated to announce that I’ve had to withdraw from {…}