Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Nonhlanhla Yende & Daniel Schmutzhard Lead Lucerne Festival’s 2026 Summer Season

The Lucerne Festival has announced its 2026 summer season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Baldur Brönnimann and join forces for music by Mark Andre commissioned by Lucerne Festival and the Philharmonie Essen. Performance Date: August 22, 2026 Gianluca Capuano conducts Gluck’s “Orfeo and Euridice” with “Cecilia Bartoli and Melissa Petit. Performance Date: August 23, 2026 The Luzerner Theater {…}

Mar 17, 2026

Cape Town Opera Reveals Details of International Tour

Cape Town Opera has announced the details of its upcoming tour of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” From Sept. 11 to 18 Cape Town Opera will perform a semi-staged version of “Porgy and Bess” in Paris, Lucerne, Berlin, Antwerp, and Dortmund. Siyabulela Ntlale and Nonhlanhla Yende take on the title roles, respectively. They are joined by Brittany Smith as Clara, Lukhanyo {…}

Dec 16, 2022

Cape Town Opera Names Four Soloists to its Permanent Roster

Cape Town Opera (CTO), the only permanently active opera company on the African continent, has announced its 2023 soloist lineup, which comprises baritone Conroy Scott, soprano Nobulumko Mngxekeza, soprano Brittany Smith and tenor Lukhanyo Moyake. The new soloists of CTO will hold permanent positions with the company. Each artist took part in some of the 97 performances given in 2022. Scott’s latest {…}

May 29, 2020

Plácido Domingo, Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Angela Gheorghiu, Dmitri Hvorostovsky Headline Vienna State Opera’s Star-Studded Streaming Slate for June 2020

(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg / Marius Baragan / Pavel Vaan & Leonid Semenyuk) The Vienna State Opera has announced its streaming slate for the month of June. Here is a rundown of the opera performances audiences can check on the company’s official website. June 1 – Die Frau Ohne Schatten Performance of Oct. 18, 2019 starring Stephen Gould, Camilla Nylund, Mihoko {…}

Jun 6, 2017

BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World 2017 Preview: South Africa Is With Tenor Lukhanyo Moyake

Lukhanyo Moyake will carry the hopes of a continent when he competes at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition this summer. Short Bio The South African tenor studied at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, between 2006 and 2009. From there he went on to finish his studies at the University of Cape Town in his native {…}