Wuppertal Opera’s 2026-27 season is announced. Premieres Yorgos Ziavras directs Verdi’s “Otello” directed by Katharina Kastening. Charne Rochford, Zurab Nakeuri, Milan de Korte , Zicong Han, Sergio Augusto, Oliver Weidinger, David Jerusalem Schnitzler, Andreas Heichlinger, Francesca Chiejina, Edith Grossman, and Rosamond Thomas make up the cast. Set design is by Matthias Kronfuss, with costumes by Devi Saha. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
La Monnaie / De Munt has announced a series of concerts to end 2022. For the purposes of this article, we will focus solely on the vocal performances. First up will be a showcase featuring Sir Antonio Pappano and Ian Bostridge as they present “Winterreise” in an arrangement with the La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra by Hans Zender dating from 1993. {…}
Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège in Belgium has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. Here is the full slate. Opera Verdi‘s “La Forza del Destino” will star Marcelo Álvarez as Don Alvaro, María José Siri as Donna Leonora, and Simone Piazzola as Don Carlo di Vargas. The cast also {…}
(Photo Credits: In Art Management / © Jiyang Chen / Gillian Riesen / © Raphael Brand / LA Opera official website / © Jean-Baptiste Millot) La Monnaie De Munt has announced its new 2021-22 season, consisting of 12 operas and seven recitals. Here is the full slate. Operas Kris Defoort and Peter van Kraaij’s opera “The time of our singing” {…}