Leah Crocetto, Luca Pisaroni & Brenda Rae Highlight Washington Concert Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Credit: Jiyang Chen/Dario Acosta The Washington Concert Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring three operas. The season opens with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra,” which was originally scheduled for May 2020. Artists to be announced. Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2020 Gioachino Rossini’s rarely performed “Maometto II” will get a concert performance featuring Luca Pisaroni in the title role, Leah Crocetto, {…}

Feb 18, 2020

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Così Fan Tutte

(Credit: Richard Termine / Metropolitan Opera) On Feb. 15, 2020, the Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on this season’s run of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte.” Phelim McDermott’s dazzling Coney Island production added a large amount of spectacle to what is the least staged of the operas born from the partnership of Mozart and Da Ponte. The afternoon saw a solid {…}

Feb 14, 2020

Nicole Car, Catalina Cuervo, Sondra Radvanovsky Headline Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America

It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and there is arguably no art form that captures the essence of love moreso than opera. With that in mind, we looked around and picked operas that probably won’t cater to ideal feelings of love, but are powerful in their own rights and would probably make for unbelievable nights at the opera. Frida – Anchorage Opera, {…}

Feb 12, 2020

Renée Fleming, Sondra Radvanovsky & Matthew Polenzani Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Pictures courtesy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago) The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s has announced its 2020-21 season celebrating its 66th season. The season will include three Lyric premieres, two Lyric Original productions, nine operas, three concert events and one musical. Main Stage The first production of the season will be the famed double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” {…}

Feb 11, 2020

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Preview: Nicole Car, Ben Bliss, Luca Pisaroni Star in ‘Così Fan Tutte’

(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive its new production of “Così Fan Tutte” for the first time since its initial run back in 2018. With the exception of Serena Malfi and Ben Bliss, who were among the singers to open the production, every other singer in this run is new to Phelim McDermott’s {…}

Jan 29, 2020

Diana Damrau, Simon Keenlyside & Florian Boesch To Be Featured In Wigmore Hall’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Jiyang Chen/ Robert Workman) Wigmore Hall has announced its 2020-21 Season with a number of recitals from some of the world’s greatest singers. The season will include a plethora of performances, including chamber music, song, piano, early music, contemporary music, and jazz. For this article, we will highlight singers. Some of the biggest highlights of the season will include {…}

Jan 28, 2020

Joyce DiDonato & Diana Damrau Headline New CD/DVD Releases (Week Of 1/27)

This week there are new releases from a recent Grammy winner, a Cardiff winner, and two well-known artists performing songs. Agrippina Coming off her Grammy win, Joyce DiDonato brings her acclaimed interpretation of Handel’s opera “Agrippina” in a complete CD recording. Performing alongside Maxim Emelyanychev, Chief Conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro, DiDonato is joined by a cast that also includes {…}

Nov 20, 2019

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

(Photo Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) On Nov. 16, 2019, the Metropolitan Opera premiered this season’s production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Amidst the modern set of Richard Eyre’s production, the stellar cast of artists brought no shortage of laughter while delivering a musically splendid performance. Making his conducting debut with the company was Antonello Manacorda who was {…}

Nov 13, 2019

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Preview: ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ Gets Star Casting For Winter Runs

The Metropolitan Opera will revive Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” this Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. The famed worked has appeared at the Met 494 times to date with the first performance coming in 1894. This season’s revival will feature 15 total performances divided up between two conductors. Antonello Manacorda, in his company debut, will get the first slew of shows {…}

Oct 25, 2019

Lisette Oropesa, Russell Thomas Among Major Stars In Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend

October is at an end and opera season is in full force. This weekend features a plethora of fascinating options across the country, making it truly challenging to single out a few specific performances. And despite the high quality all around, we zeroed in on a few showcases that we feel really rise to the top. Here are our top {…}

Oct 22, 2019

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Set To Lead First-Ever Co-Production Between Opéra de Montréal & Orchestre Métropolitain

(Credit: Metropolitan Opera) The Opéra de Montréal and the Orchestre Métropolitain are set to come together for their first co-production with Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” The concert version of the famed opera, which is set to take place on Oct. 25 and 27 at the Maison Symphonique, will feature maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the podium; the famed conductor was recently awarded a {…}