The Wiener Staatsoper has announced an opera change for the opening of the 2022-23 season. The company said that due to illness, Roberto Alagna and Sonya Yoncheva have canceled their participation in the revival of “La Juive.” According to a press release, Yoncheva is suffering from an otisis and according to doctor’s advice can’t travel nor sing until at least {…}
(Credit: Sesto Quatrini Official Website) The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet are set to present a new production of “La Juive.” The showcase, which will be conducted by Sesto Quatrini, will star Viktorija Miskunaite, Mickael Spadaccini, Mindaugas Jankauskas, and Tomas Pavilions, among others. Performances are set for April 8 and 9, 2022. “I felt it was appropriate to revive such {…}
Credit: Prudence Upton First performed in Paris in 1835, Fromontel Halévy’s “La Juive” finally opened its first Australian season at Sydney Opera House on March 9, 2022, in this co-production between Opéra National de Lyon and Opera Australia. The production was to have been staged in 2020, but COVID-19 stymied those plans. Nevertheless, the determination of Opera Australia and a {…}
OperaVision will present the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s production of Halévy’s “La Juive” on April 6, 2019. Roy Cornelius Smith will star as Éléazar with Corinne Winters taking on the role of Rachel. Other cast members include Enea Scala, Nicole Chevalier, Riccardo Zanellato, and Leon Kosavic. Antonino Fogliani conducts. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 2 {…}
« La Juive » premiered on Feb. 23, 1835 at the Opéra de Paris and remains the only one of Halevy’s to make a massivr impact. The work was widely admired during its early years and even Richard Wagner was said to have borrowed from portions of it. The work was famously the last one to be performed by Enrico {…}