The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring seven new productions and two new revivals. There will also be a notable company premiere with many rising and established stars taking the stage. Main Stage The 2019–20 season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” in a new production by Jean-Louis Grinda. The opera returns after a 31-year absence with {…}
This spring, a new production of “Semele,” directed by Thomas Guthrie, will take the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, and John Eliot Gardiner on a European tour. This will be the team’s first time collaborating together on Handel’s 1744 opera since recording it for Erato Records over 30 years ago. The ensemble is set to perform at Europe’s foremost concert halls {…}
Opera Vision will start streaming Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” from the Garsington Opera starting on Sept. 14, 2018. The Mozart masterpiece will feature Louise Alder as Pamina with Benjamin Hulett as her lover Tamino. Other cast members include Jonathan McGovern, James Creswell, and Sen Guo. The work will be sung in its original German in a production by Netia Jones. {…}
The World Cup is underway, but the opera companies don’t seem to care all that much. Here is a look at what we think you have to see! Der Freischütz – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria Camila Nylund, Daniela Fally, Alan Held, and Andreas Schager star in a new production of Weber’s gem. The all-star cast is led by Tomáš Netopil at the {…}
Oper Graz has announced its 2018-19 season with a number of rarely-performed operas and musicals. It will also include a number of operatic warhorses. Here is a look. Productions The double bill “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” opens the season with a distinguished cast that includes Aldo di Toro singing both lead roles, while Audun Iversen and Yngve Soberg share the roles {…}
Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring 14 new productions, a number of revivals and recitals. The season will feature a number of Frankfurt premieres and one world premiere. Here is a look at what to expect. New Productions Peter Eötvös ‘s “Tri sestry” gets its first Frankfurt performances in a new production by Dorothea Kirschbaum. The unique opera, {…}
English soprano Louise Alder is moving on to the final round of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. The soprano performed “Da tempeste il legno infranto” from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” “Je suis encore tout étourdie” from Massenet’s “Manon,” and “No word from Tom” from Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress.” Alder entered the competition as one of the most experienced {…}
The Song Prize finalists for the Cardiff Singer of the World competition have been announced. The five people competing in the final round of this segment include John Chest, Catriona Morison, Iurii Samoilov, Louise Alder, and Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar. Chest got through primarily on American songs that included “At the River” and “Simple Gifts,” both arranged by Aaron Copland. He also {…}
