The Festival Perelada is set to present its 4th Easter Edition. The Festival opens with the revival of “Cristo condannato” by Antonio Caldara and Pietro Pariati. The cast includes Ana Quintans, Maite Beaumont, Nicolas Brooymans, Montserrat Seró, and Josep Ramon Olivé, accompanied by the Francesc Valls Choir, under the direction of Pere Lluís Biosca, who debuts at the festival as {…}
The Luzerner Theater has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the opera productions. Brett Sprague, Eyrún Unnarsdóttir, Vladyslav Tlushch, and Judith Schmid star in Britten’s “Peter Grimes.” Jonathan Bloxham conducts the new production by Wolfgang Nägele. Learn more about the opera here. Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Dec, 23, 2025 Jennifer O’Loughlin stars in Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” alongside André Baleiro, Michael Hauenstein, {…}
The Ópera de Oviedo has announced the titles for its upcoming 2025-26 season. Pablo González conducts Humperdinck’s “Hansel und Gretel” in a production by Raúl Vázquez. The cast will include Carles Pachon, Teresa Fuentes, Anna Harvey, Erika Baikoff, Stéphanie Müther, Ana Nebot, and Sofía Gutiérrez-Tobar. Performance Dates: Sept. 12-20, 2025 Gound’s “Romeo et Juliette” is set to star Génesis Moreno, Annya {…}
This week the Teatro alla Scala opens its 2024-25 season with “La Forza del Destino.” The Dec. 7 opening is considered one of the most important evenings in opera as the opera will be streamed and broadcast live around the world and will feature some of the most important opera stars currently performing. It will also include a rising star, {…}
(Photo: Íris Zanetti) At the start of October, the show “O Grão da Voz” (The Grain of the Voice) with the acclaimed Brazilian male soprano Bruno de Sá was presented at Theatro São Pedro, in São Paulo. Bruno and Ligiana Costa, the show’s stage director, gave an interview to João Marcos Copertino on OperaWire. The concert is available on YouTube. {…}
(Photo credit: Brescia & Amisano | Teatro alla Scala) Premiering in 1851, the French comedy “Un chapeau de paille d’Italie” left an indelible mark on theater history with its witty plot, inspiring five film adaptations over the last century: three French, one German, and one Soviet. In Italy, the story was revived by Nino Rota, who transformed it into the {…}
The 61st Concurso Tenor Viñas has announced its 2024 winners. The competition, which took place at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on Sunday, Jan 21, 2024, saw tenor Filipe Manu from New Zealand and mezzo-soprano Marcela Rahal from Brazil take home first prize. The prize comes with 25,000 € and a contract to sing at the Liceu in the next seasons. {…}