(Photo Credit: Gunnar Geller) Komische Oper Berlin has announced the cancellation of the remainder of its 2020-21 season. The opera house said that due to the current epidemiological situation in Germany, it was forced to end the season prematurely. The season 2021-22 should be announced on June 22, 2021 and is set to open with the premiere of Enescu’s opera {…}
(Credit: AE Ebener / Staatsoper Berlin official website) The Staatsoper unter der Linden and Komische Oper Berlin have announced closures until at least June 2021. Additionally, the Staatsoper unter der Linden has canceled productions of Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz” and Jörg Widmann’s “Babylon” in June, as well as Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in July 2021. The opera house stated {…}
(Credit: dpa) The Senate of Berlin has announced new measures in order to stem the exponential spread of new and highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 variants in the capital of Germany. Per the decision, theaters, concert venues, and opera houses will remain closed until April 18, 2021. Thus, the Senate has opted to align its decision with the latest extension of the {…}
(Credit: www.weimar.de) State theaters, opera houses, and concert venues of the German federal state of Thuringia have decided to extend closures until May 2021. The decision comes as a result of a decision made by the German federal government and Prime Ministers of German federal states to extend the COVID-19 lockdown until March 28, 2021. A meeting between all the {…}
I’m going to kick off this week’s edition of the top 10 operas to stream by saying that it is probably among the most varied from a repertory standpoint. You have your Verdi, Mozart, Strauss, and Wagner, of course. But then you also have music by African American composers, a baroque opera, a modern operatic classic, and even a recital {…}
(Credit: Gunnar Geller) The Komische Oper Berlin has announced that it will cancel all performances until May 1, 2021. Per an official statement on the company’s website, the opera house said that it was forced to cancel the presentations in April due to the current epidemiological situation. The opera house believes that the decision is in the best interest of {…}
(Credit: Iko Freese/drama-berlin.de) Komische Oper Berlin has announced that it will stream a production of Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt.” The opera will star soprano Sara Jakubiak, tenor Aleš Briscein, and baritone Günter Papendell. The cast also includes Maria Fiselier, Georgina Melville, Adrian Strooper, and Ivan Turšić. Ainārs Rubiķis conducts the production by Robert Carsen, which was filmed on Sept. 30, {…}
(Credit: Rosa Frank) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Vera-Lotte Boecker will sing the role of Micaëla for the premiere of Bizet’s “Carmen,” replacing Olga Kulchynska. Boecker is the second cast change in the production after Piotr Beczała took over the role of Don José replacing Charles Castronovo. Last month there was a COVID-19 outbreak at the opera house {…}
( Credit: Gunnar Geller) The Komische Oper Berlin has announced that it will remain shut down until at least Easter 2021, due to continued concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The opera house has officially stated that the productions of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s “Les Boréades,” George Enescu’ s “Œdipe,” and Jacques Offenbach’s opera “Orphée aux enfers” will be postponed until future {…}
(Credits: Klaus Frahm / dpa / Gunnar Geller) Berlin Senator for Culture and Europe Dr. Klaus Lederer has announced that Berlin’s opera houses will stay shut at least until Easter 2021. In view of the serious infection situation in Berlin, Dr. Lederer had a meeting with representatives of the state’s theaters, as well as the independent theaters on January 13, {…}
(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) OperaVision has announced streams for the first month of 2021. The first opera to be streamed starting on Jan. 3, 2021 will be Barrie Kosky’s production of Handel’s operatic masterpiece “Semele” from the Komische Oper Berlin. The opera features Eric Jurenas as Athamas, Prince of Bœotia; Allan Clayton in the role of Jupiter, King of the Gods; {…}