Gisèle Ben-Dor will celebrate 25 years as Conductor Emerita of Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, leading the opening concert of the 2025-26 season. The concert will be titled “Sweet Love, Wild Dance” and will be held on Sept. 21, 2025 at historic Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. The evening will showcase the overture to Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” followed by his Piano Concerto No. 17. {…}
Credit: Juan Diego Castillo The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogota, Colombia has announced a cast change for its production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company said that Günther Haumer will no longer sing the role of the Count of Almaviva and will be replaced by Marcelo Guzzo. Guzzo has performed with the Teatro Mayor in a {…}
In February 2022, OperaWire got a sneak peek at Thomas Cabaniss’ new song cycle, “FireSongs” at Bare Opera’s season opening gala. Cabaniss took to the stage himself and sang a few selections, and in doing so, brought the audience inside of his creative process. Cabaniss, in a June 2022 interview with OperaWire, stated, “I spend a lot of time speaking, {…}
National Sawdust and Chelsea Factory are set to present Bare Opera’s production of “Fire Songs” on June 18, 2022. The production, which will be directed by Malena Dayen, will features a song cycle by composer Thomas Cabaniss under the musical direction of David Rosenmeyer. The work will feature vocal performances by such artists as Anicet Castel, Inna Dukach, Eugenia Forteza, {…}
New York-based company Teatro Grattacielo has announced that it will be kicking off 2021 with a presentation of Umberto Giordano’s “Fedora” on Jan. 3, 2021. The showcase, which will be presented via the company’s official website and YouTube channel, will be free to the public for 24 hours. As part of the streaming showcase, audiences will be able to enjoy {…}
Opera Hong Kong is set to present Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in mid-May at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The production of the famed Mozart and da Ponte opera will be directed by Jean-Louis Grinda with Richard Ollarsaba and Marcelo Guzzo rotating in the famed title role. The opera will be conducted by Martins Ozolins. He will lead the Hong Kong {…}
The Teatro Mayor in Bogota Colombia in co-production with the Ópera de Colombia has announced that it will present Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” next month. The production by renowned director Alejandro Chacón is set to star an international cast. Alexia Voulgaridou sings the title role of Cio-Cio-San with Colombian tenor César Gutiérrez as Pinkerton. Baritone Marcelo Guzzo will portray Sharpless, while mezzo-soprano Asude {…}
Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer never intended for “Maria de Buenos Aires” to be your typical night at the theater. Known for their own countercultural artistry, they went so far as to label the work a “tango operita” and created a work filled with surrealist imagery and full of musical invention. Written in “Lunfardo,” or the language of tango, the {…}