Cecilia Molinari, Airam Hernández, Zarina Abaeva & Anna Stephany Highlight Teatro Nacional de São Carlos’ 2021 Fall Performances

(Credit: https://www.visitlisboa.com/) Portugal’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos has announced the schedule until January 2022. Here is a look at operatic and vocal performances. Operas The season opens with concert performances of Tchaikovsky‘s “Iolanta.” The opera spotlights Misha Didyk, Evgeny Stavinsky, Guriy Guryev, and Zarina Abaeva in the title role. Graeme Jenkins conducts. Performance Dates: Sep. 29 – Oct. 3, 2021 {…}

Jun 9, 2021

Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Amanda Majeski, Christian Van Horn Headline Opéra National de Paris’ ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ Production

The Opéra National de Paris has announced that it will be presenting Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” at the Palais Garnier, starting on June 30, 2021. The production will star Stanislas de Barbeyrac in the title role alongside Amanda Majeski, Anna El-Khashem, Christian Van Horn, Michèle Losier, and Jeanne Ireland. Mark Wigglesworth will conduct the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de {…}

Apr 28, 2021

Royal Opera House Announces Performance of ‘La Bohème’ To Thank NHS Workers

The Royal Opera House announced that it will present the special performance of Puccini’s opera ‘La bohème’ in order to express their gratitude to the staff of the National Health Service. The presentation will take place on June 27, 2021. The opera will be performed for specially-invited NHS staff, including nurses and healthcare support workers from the Royal Opera House’s {…}

Apr 1, 2021

Opera Critic & Historian Fred Plotkin to Host Virtual Talk: ‘A Gay Romp Through Four Centuries of Opera’

(Photo credit: Frances Marshall) What’s opera about? Passion? Drama? Politics? Sex? All the above, of course, and it’s been that way since 1597, even in the face of censorship. Yet, the prohibitions around taboo topics such as politics and sex caused composers and librettists to get creative when including such material in their operas. Opera critic, author, and historian par {…}

Mar 10, 2021

Royal Opera House Announces Reopening

(Credit: Royal Opera House official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that it will reopen for live audiences on May 17, 2021. For the grand reopening, the Royal Opera House is planning to stage Mozart’s opera “La Clemenza di Tito” in a new production directed by Richard Jones. Mark Wigglesworth will conduct. The opera house also announced {…}

Mar 4, 2021

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Bergen National Opera to Stream Mozart’s ‘La Clemenza di Tito’

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” starting on March 13, 2021. The work will be presented Bergen National Opera and represents the final opera in Mary Miller’s tenure as Artistic and General Director for the company. The run of the work will continue through March 19 (four total performances) {…}

Feb 18, 2021

Grand Théâtre de Genève & Theater Basel Extend Closure Until April

Credit: Fabien Bergerat / Basel.com The Grand Théâtre de Genève and Theater Basel have announced that they will remain closed until March 31, 2021. The two opera houses thus join the Opernhaus Zürich, which has already closed until Easter 2021. Per official statements, the opera houses said they were forced to extend the closure based on the decision of the {…}

Feb 12, 2021

Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczała, Isabel Leonard, Juan Diego Flórez, Luca Pisaroni Headline Wiener Staatsoper Streaming Slate

(Credits: David Agassi / Johannes Ifkovits / Deniz Saylan / Sony Classical / Wiener Staatsoper official website) Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. First up is Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Marina Rebeka, Juliane Banse, and Benjamin Bruns. Ádám Fischer conducts {…}

Feb 8, 2021

Bernard Richter, Serena Farnocchia & Anna Goryachova Lead Livestream of ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ from Grand Théâtre de Genève

(Credits: Kiran West / sbs.com.au / Wiener Staatsoper official website) Le Grand Théâtre de Genève will live stream a new production of Mozart’s opera “La Clemenza di Tito” on GTG Digital and MEZZO TV. Due to Swiss COVID-19 regulations, the premiere on Feb. 19 will be presented without the live audience. The opera will star Serena Farnocchia in the role {…}

Feb 7, 2021

Mariusz Kwiecień, Marina Rebeka, Federica Lombardi & Lisette Oropesa Headline Wiener Staatsoper Streaming Slate

(Credits: Mikołaj Mikołajczyk / Tatiana Vlasova / Schneiderphotography / Jason Homa) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. The broadcasts will focus on operatic masterworks of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. First up is the new production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” which will get two {…}

Jan 19, 2021

Angela Gheorghiu, Patrizia Ciofi & Stefan Pop Highlight Streams from Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

L’Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège in Belgium ill stream two operas on the MEZZO TV throughout January and February. First up will be the production of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” starring Patrizia Ciofi in the role of Vitellia, Anna Bonitatibus as Sesto, Veronica Cangemi as Servilia, Cecilia Molinari in the role of Annio, and Markus Suihkonen as Publio. Thomas Rösner {…}

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