Tenor Leonardo Capalbo has joined the roster of Tartiere Artists for General Manager worldwide. Capalbo has become well-known for his roles in the music of Verdi, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, and Puccini, and has performed at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Teatro Real de Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro dell’Opera de Roma, Glyndebourne, La Monnaie, Ópera de Lyon, and {…}
(Photo credit: (***Trigger warning based on topics of suicide and violence towards women) Madrid’s Teatro Real closes its season with an astonishing number of 19 performances with four different casts of Puccini’s tragic tale: “Madama Butterfly.” Nicola Luisotti was in charge of the Orchestra of Teatro Real for most of the performances, and the excellent Italian stage director Damiano Michieletto {…}
The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the opera productions. New Productions Strauss’ “Salome” will star Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Ursula Pfitzner, Astrid Kessler, Tommi Hakala, and JunHo You. Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Salzburger Festspiele 1992 by Luc Bondy. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-Oct. 29, 2023 Offenbach’s “Die Reise zum Mond” is set to be conducted by Alfred Eschwé and {…}
Belgium’s Opera Vlaanderen has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the opera productions and recitals the season will offer. Opera Kurt Weill’s “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny” will be conducted by Alejo Pérez and Ivo Van Hove. Leonardo Capalbo, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Katharina Persicke, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Bongani Justice Kubheka, James Kryshak, Thomas Oliemans, Frederick Ballentine, and Marcel Brunner star. Performance Dates: Sept. 9 {…}
The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature three new productions and seven revivals. The season kicks off with a new production of Händel’s “Giulio Cesare” starring Marianne Beate Killand, Etsuko Kanoh, Mika Kaneko, Mari Moriya, Daichi Fujiki, and Vitaly Yushmanov. Laurent Pelly directs and Rinaldo Allessandrini conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-10, 2022 Evgeny Nikitin, {…}
Audiences are in for several comedies this week as well as rarely performed works. New releases also include star-studded casts as well as rising stars. Here is a look at what to stream or watch this week! Candide The LSO releases a new recording of Bernstein’s iconic work conducted by Marin Alsop. The new version was captured during celebratory concerts {…}
The Israeli Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring eight productions. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” opens the season with Alla Vasilevitsky, Yael Levita, Alasdair Kent, Aaron Blake, Theo Hoffman, Oded Reich, and Beate Ritter. Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 4-15, 2021 Ira Bertman, Alla Vasilevitsky, Andrei Bondarenko, and Kostas Smorginas lead Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Dan Ettinger conducting. {…}
(Credit: Adam Ulrich) La Monnaie has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The Belgium company announced that Leonardo Capalbo will join the cast for two performances. Capalbo will perform on June 30 and July 2 and will join a cast that includes Myrto Papatanasiu and Dimitri Tiliakos. Capalbo is a rising star who has performed {…}
With election day in full swing, opera singers have also added their voices advocating for Americans to vote. Many have been vocal about their support for the Democratic candidates, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, including Christine Goerke, Jamie Barton, Lawrence Brownlee, Leonardo Capalbo, Zachary James, Greer Grimsley, Karen Slack, Breanna Sinclaire, Jennifer Rowley, Elizabeth Deshong, and Kenneth Overton, among many {…}
(Credits: Lars Andreas Kristiansen / Andrey Uspensky / Adam Ulrich / José Antonio López official website) The Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid will present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Sep. 19, 2020 at the Teatro Real de Madrid. The ensemble will replace the famed Mahler Chamber Orchestra, who is unable to travel due to Spain’s travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19. The {…}
(Credits: Lars Andreas Kristiansen / Andrey Uspensky / Adam Ulrich / José Antonio López official website) La Sinfónica de Galicia will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Sep. 18, 2020, as a tribute to the civil society faced with COVID-19 pandemic. The concert will take place at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. The initial plan by the {…}
