(Credit: James Hole) The Bergen International Festival has announced its 2023 season with Lise Davidsen as its Artist in Residence. Lise Davidsen sings the title role of Puccini’s “Tosca” with Freddie De Tommaso and Bryn Terfel. Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester. Performance Dates: May 24 & 26, 2023 Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu perform in recital a program {…}
OPERA NEWS has announced the recipients of the eighteenth annual OPERA NEWS Awards. The magazine said that this year’s honorees are soprano Lise Davidsen, soprano Erin Morley, and tenor and educator George Shirley. They will be honored at a black-tie gala on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at the Plaza in New York City with musical tributes by Stephanie Blythe and {…}
This week there is a special release from the Metropolitan Opera as well as two complete opera releases you will not want to miss. Here is a look! Crepuscolo BR-Klassik recorded a concert from Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich. The recital includes 27 songs spanning three decades of the composer’s career, including three complete song cycles as well as a selection {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to launch its Summer HD Festival this August. After a screening of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” on August 26, the company will showcase “Porgy and Bess” starring Angel Blue and Eric Owens from 2020. Performance Date: August 27, 2022 Next up is “Akhnaten” starring Anthony Roth Costanzo from 2019. Performance Date: August 28, 2022 {…}
PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of “Ariadne auf Naxos” on Sunday, July 10, 2022. The Strauss opera stars Lise Davidsen, Isabel Leonard, Brenda Rae, Brandon Jovanovich, and Wolfgang Brendel. Of the production, OperaWire’s Francisco Salazar raved about Davidsen’s performance noting, “In her third assignment at the Met, the Norwegian soprano showed many facets of {…}
Spain’s Festival Castell de Peralada has announced its 2022 season featuring many great stars. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Emily D’Angelo and Sophia Munoz lead a program of opera arias. Performance Date: July 23, 2022 George Petean, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Anna Pirozzi, and Silvia Tro Santafe lead Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Nicola Luisotti conducting. Performance Date: {…}
The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its May 8 performance of “Die Walküre.” The company announced that Lise Davidsen will not sing the role of Sieglinde and will be replaced by Simone Schneider. Davidsen also took to social media and said, “I’m to say that I won’t be singing Sieglinde in Vienna this Sunday. I went to {…}
The BBC Proms has announced its 2022 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the festival. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem on the First Night of the 2022 BBC Proms. Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Jennifer Johnston, Freddie De Tommaso, and Kihwan Sim are the soloists. Performance Date: July 15, 2022 David Bates and La {…}
(Credit: James Hole) Lise Davidsen has canceled her appearance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra scheduled for April 21. The orchestra noted that the soprano is ill and will not perform the Four Last Songs at Symphony Hall. As a result, the all-Strauss program will now include the Symphonic Fantasy on “Die Frau ohne Schatten.” The remainder of the program, which {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) This is a review of the April 1st performance, the opening night of this production’s first revival at the Metropolitan Opera. To stage a successful production of Strauss’ “Elektra” is a monumental feat all its own, but to do it with such sophistication and finesse as the Metropolitan Opera’s Friday night performance is herculean. {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature 20 new productions, nine world premieres, and three UK premieres. Our focus will be solely on the operatic productions the company will be showcasing. The season opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in a production by Kasper Holten. Constantin Trinks conducts a cast starring Luca Micheletti, Christopher Maltman, Maria {…}