The Met: Live in HD will continue with Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Oct. 17. The broadcast will star Quinn Kelsey in the title role alongside Lise Davidsen stars as Lady Macbeth. The cast will also include tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts, and Louisa Proske {…}
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen and pianist James Baillieu will open Schubert Club’s 2026-27 International Artist Series with a recital at Ordway Concert Hall in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The showcase, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, marks Davidsen’s Schubert Club debut. The first half of the all-Schubert show includes “Am Bach im Frühling,” “Ganymed,” “Der Zwerg,” “Gretchen am Spinnrade,” “Mignons Gesang,” {…}
Back in 2007, the Metropolitan Opera premiered Adrian Noble’s take on Verdi’s “Macbeth,” a grim and dark modern day setting, transforming Shakespeare’s dark thriller into a horror story. It was a visually striking and theatrical production on which some of the company’s most renowned and striking performances, especially Lady Macbeth, took center stage. To open its 2026-27 season, the Met {…}
Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear a Verdi album from a leading soprano as well as a “Carmen” from one of the great interpreters of today. There is also a re-release by one of the foremost popera tenors of our time. Bizet: Carmen Aigul {…}
(Credit: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to open its 141st season on Sept. 22 with the company’s first new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in nearly 20 years. The production will star soprano Lise Davidsen as Lady Macbeth and baritone Quinn Kelsey in the title role as well as tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and {…}
Decca Classics has announced the release of Lise Davidsen’s new album “Verdi.” The album will be released on Sept. 11 and will feature the soprano alongside Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The album will feature excerpts from “Macbeth,” “Un ballo in maschera,” “La forza del destino,” “Don Carlo” and “Aida.” The album arrives one week before she opens the {…}
BroadStage announces its 2026-27 season. Here are the classical voice events. Baritone Huw Montague Rendall opens the Celebrity Opera Series. Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2026 Soprano Lise Davidsen gives a Holiday Concert as part of the Celebrity Opera Series. Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2026 The Los Angeles Master Chorale presents “Lagrime di San Pietro.” Peter Sellars conducts. Performance Date: June {…}
The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival will return to Lincoln Center Plaza for six free screenings from September 2 through 7, 2026. Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres star in Yuval Sharon’s new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” screened across two evenings due to its extended running time. Screening Dates: Sept. 2, 2026 (Act I) | Sept. 3, 2026. (Acts {…}
Lise Davidsen is set to grace the stage of Carnegie Hall in her Stern Auditorium debut on June 5, 2026. The soprano will be joined by James Baillieu for an all-Schubert program that will last approximately 100 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission. The concert is part of a tour that Davidsen and Baillieu are doing that will take them to {…}
The Palau de les Arts has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera “Estètica i massacre” will star Maria Patak, Carlos Varela, Pablo Meléndez, Álvaro Rodríguez, Claudia López, and Jorge Bosch. Carles Prat conducts the production by Oriol Pla. Performance Dates: Sept. 17 & 18, 2026 Vasilisa Berzhanskaya stars in Bizet’s “Carmen” with Charles Castronovo, Ruth Iniesta, and Davide Luciano. Michele Spotti conducts {…}
Lise Davidsen has announced two Christmas Arena concerts. The soprano will perform at the Stavanger’s DNB Arena on Dec. 2 and Oslo’s Spektrum on Dec. 5. For the concert in Oslo Spektrum she will be joined by both the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra (KORK) and Solistkoret Ung, while in Stavanger she will be joined by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Solistkoret {…}
