Ópera de Oviedo commemorated their 75th season by presenting Massenet’s “Manon,” a new coproduction between opera de Oviedo, Teatro Municipal Santiago de Chile and Auditorio de Tenerife. All performances were dedicated to the great Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles who performed 75 years ago at the Oviedo coliseum. Emilio Sagi’s Beautiful Labyrinth The veteran and admired stage director Emilio Sagi {…}
Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its April 24 performance of Massenet’s “Manon.” The company said that Amina Edris will sing the title role replacing Nadine Sierra, who performed two nights in a row on April 22 and 23, 2023. Edris has been performing the title role in the second cast of the production and {…}
(Credit: Merri Cyr) The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its production of Massenet’s “Manon.” The company said that for the April 23 performance, Soprano Nadine Sierra will sing the role of Manon, replacing Amina Edris who has pharyngitis. Sierra is currently headlining the first cast of “Manon” and sang the April 22 performance. She is {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its production of Masenet’s “Manon.” The company said that tenor Michael Fabiano will sing the role of chevalier Des Grieux replacing Javier Camarena, who will not make his role debut this season. The company added that Camarena believed that his voice would evolve in a different direction but unfortunately did not {…}
The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, CR is set to present a production of Massenet’s “Manon.” The production will mark the first time the theater performs the masterwork in 53 years. This time it will be shown in the French original, conducted by Bruno Ferrandis, and directed by Jiří Nekvasil. In a statement, Nekvasil noted, “Not even the pure love {…}
The Opéra de Paris has canceled the second performance of “Manon” on Feb. 8, 2022. The company announced that due to the identification of positive cases of COVID-19, it will not be able to present the opera. This is the latest performance that the Paris Opera cancels following the similar decisions on presentations of “Khovanshchina” and the opening night of {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) This week the Teatro Villamarta de Jerez is set to present a new production of Massenet’s “Manon” with some of Spain’s leading singers. Among them is Sabina Puértolas who will make her highly anticipated role debut. Ever since 2001, when she made her Teatro alla Scala debut under Riccardo Muti, Puértolas has been one of the {…}
(Credit: Lorena Chirino) The Teatro Villamarta de Jerez is set to present a production of Massenet’s seminal “Manon” on Jan. 28 and 30, 2022. Centro Lírico del Sur will produce the showcase conducted by Carlos Aragón and directed by Alfonso Romero. Sabina Puértolas is slated to sing the title role, with Ismael Jordi as Chevalier Des Grieux. Other cast members {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Opéra National de Paris is set to present a new production of Massenet’s “Manon” this February. The production will be directed by Vincent Huguet with musical direction by James Gaffigan. Headlining the cast in the title role will be Ailyn Pérez, who will be joined by Roberto Alagna, Atalla Ayan, and Benjamin Bernheim; Alagna and Ayan {…}
(Credit: Gabriel Gastelum) The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Manon.” The company noted that Joshua Guerrero has withdrawn from production in the role of Chevalier des Grieux. As a result, three tenors will take over the role. Roberto Alagna will perform on Feb. 5, 11, and 17 while Atalla Ayan will sing on {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) “Page to Opera Stage” looks at stories–real-life or fiction, old and new–that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. In this instalment, we look at one novel–Abbé Prevost’s ‘Manon Lescaut’–and the two (very different) audience favourite operas it inspired: Jules Massenet’s “Manon” and {…}
