Toledo Opera is accepting applications for first-time opera attendees to be guest critics for the company’s “View Then Voice” focus groups. If chosen, attendees would receive two tickets to the final dress rehearsal of the company’s “La Traviata” on April 20, 2022. Following that, participants would come together for a focus group session at the ProMedica Ebeid Center. The company {…}
(Credit: Gerard Collett) Theater St. Gallen is set to showcase Verdi’s “La Traviata” starting on March 19, 2022. The showcase, which will be presented in the UMIBAU venue, will be directed by Nina Russi who has no intention of setting the opera in its original 19th-century milieu. Instead, she will present the opera in a newer time period noting in {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features “Mes Frères et {…}
The Opéra de Montréal has canceled its production of “La Traviata.” The company announced that due to the “upsurge in the number of cases and variants of COVID-19, combined with the government’s resulting public health directives has compelled the Opéra de Montréal to cancel its production of ‘La Traviata,’ which was set to take place at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Jan. 29 {…}
(Credit: Bolshoi Theatre official website) Plácido Domingo withdrew from a performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Bolshoi Theatre on Nov. 25. The reason for the last minute cancellation was Domingo’s indisposition. As a result, Polish baritone Stanislav Kuflyuk took over the role of Giorgio Germont. Kuflyuk joined a cast that included Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Alfredo Germont, and Nadezhda Pavlova {…}
(Credit: Anush Hovhannisyan official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that Lisette Oropesa will not be appearing in the role of Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s “La Traviata” for the performance on Nov. 15, 2021. As a result, Anush Hovhannisyan will take over the role. Hovhannisyan joins a cast that includes Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo Germont, and Christian {…}
Opera Orlando is set to present its latest Bandwagon Community Concert on Oct. 28, 2021. The showcase, which will take place in collaboration with the Milk District Main Street Program and The Nook On Robinson, will feature soloists from the company taking on selections from Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Performers include Logan Webber, Rachel Quereveld, Laura Zahn, and Geoffrey Peterson. That {…}
On Oct. 15, ItsART is set to broadcast Verdi’s “La Traviata” from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The broadcast will showcase the new production by Davide Livermore which starred Nadine Sierra as Violetta in her role debut and Francesco Meli as Alfredo. Leo Nucci sang the role of Germont with Zubin Mehta conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale. {…}
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced that it will not cancel the final performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata” due to the orchestra’s strike. The company noted that rather than cancel the performance, Zubin Mehta will conduct the performance with a piano accompanying. The news comes as the union Fials Cisal noted there was a “distrust in the work of the {…}
Boston-based MassOpera is set to kick off its 2021-22 season with Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Oct. 17-24, 2021. The opera will be presented at the Historic Eustis Estate in collaboration with Historic New England. Katy Early will direct with Dan Ryan conducting the site-specific production with audience members led through four locations throughout the Estate. In a press statement, Early {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced three new mainstage productions at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts for the 2021-22 season. In a statement COC General Director Perryn Leech, “Through our digital fall, it’s been wonderful to be able to support artists, creators, and technicians in returning to the stage and sharing their talents with audiences from coast {…}
