Carlos Álvarez, Ainhoa Arteta, Saioa Hernandez & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2020-21 Season

The Teatro de la Zarzuela in Spain has announced its 2020-21 season featuring several productions, concerts, and recitals. Productions The season opens with a double entitled “Granada.” The first work in the double bill will be “La Tempranica” starring Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Ana Ibarra, Javier Franco, Rubén Amoretti, Gustavo Peña, Gerardo Bullón, and Miguel Sola. Meanwhile, Ainhoa Arteta and Virgnia {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Teatro Real de Madrid Unveils Safety Regulations On Stage & In Theater for Upcoming ‘Traviata’ Performances

The Teatro Real de Madrid has unveiled the safety regulations it will undertake in performing Verdi’s “La Traviata” starting on July 1. On Monday, the company unveiled that its star cast members, which include Marina Rebeka, Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Matthew Polenzani, and Artur Rucinski, among others, will perform a semi-staged production in costume 2 square meters apart. Artists’ individual {…}

Jun 22, 2020

Teatro Real Announces Complete ‘La Traviata’ Casts For July Performances

The Teatro Read de Madrid has announced the complete cast for its upcoming performances of Verdi’s “La Traviata” The Spanish theater announced that the role of Violetta will be shared by Marina Rebeka, Ekaterina Bakanova, Lisette Oropesa, Lana Kos, and Ruth Iniesta while Michael Fabiano, Ivan Magrì, Matthew Polenzani, and Ismael Jordi will alternate as Alfredo. The role of Germot {…}

Jun 8, 2020

Jonas Kaufmann, Frederick Ballentine, Sonya Yoncheva, Metropolitan Opera At-Home Gala Among Top 10 Operas To Stream This Week

(Credit: Dario Acosta / Vienna State Opera) Let’s kick this off with arguably the most essential streaming from around the opera world that you can engage with this week. Several of opera’s prominent black artists have been very outspoken in recent weeks about the issue of racial injustice that has taken hold of the international conversation, and many others have {…}

May 28, 2020

Thomas Hampson, Ailyn Pérez, Kristine Opolais, Luca Pisaroni Headline IDAGIO’s Global Concert Hall

(Photo Credits: Dario Acosta / Elena Nezenceva / Chris Singer / Frances Marshall) IDAGIO has announced that it will be launching a digital concert hall featuring some of the great classical music artists of our time. Among the artists involved in the initiative are Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Kristine Opolais, Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, and Matthew Polenzani, among many others. {…}

May 18, 2020

Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Anna Netrebko, Renée Fleming, Shirley Verrett Headline Weeks 11 & 12 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown theaters around the world, the Metropolitan Opera has announced not one but two weeks of nightly streams in advance. The next few weeks feature a mix of more recent performances with some classic showcases from decades ago. Here’s the rundown. Monday, May 25 – Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust Conducted by James {…}

May 15, 2020

Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani Among 100 Singers Join Forces for Campbell & Moravec’s ‘Light Shall Lift Us’

Over 100 singers came together for a video performance of “Light Shall Lift Us,” a work by librettist Mark Campbell and composer Paul Moravec. The duo, which has worked together on “The Shining” proposed the idea to Marc Scorca of Opera America, who embraced the idea and helped put together the 107 artists who would eventually record their individual parts {…}

May 11, 2020

Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams Week 10 to Feature Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 10th week of its nightly streams. Here is a rundown of all the performances which includes two classic performances. Monday, May 18 – Mozart’s Idomeneo Conducted by James Levine, starring Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Alice Coote, and Matthew Polenzani. Transmitted live on March 25, 2017. Tuesday, May 19 – Wagner’s Lohengrin – {…}

May 8, 2020

Michael Fabiano, Bryan Hymel, Matthew Polenzani Join Forces for ‘Three Tenors’ Online Concert

On Monday, May 11, 2020, audiences can check out a concert performances featuring tenors Michael Fabiano, Bryan Hymel, and Matthew Polenzani. The event, which starts at 3 p.m. EST, will be broadcast live over Facebook and YouTube with each artist performing two songs with piano accompaniment. One song will be focused on a specific city, while another will be all {…}

Apr 25, 2020

The Top 7 Moments From the Metropolitan Opera’s At-Home Gala (And One Major Misstep)

The Metropolitan Opera’s At-Home Gala was one of the most hotly anticipated performances of the first half of 2020; one might argue that given its sheer star power, the showcase, which was announced just two weeks ago, was more anticipated than any performance the Met had lined up as part of its regular season. While the Met initially reneged on {…}

Apr 21, 2020

Leontyne Price, Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo Headline Week 7 of Metropolitan Opera Weekly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has announced Week 7 of its weekly streams. This week’s slate will feature Donizetti’s Tudor Trilogy in addition to showcasing a rare modern opera and a Russian classic. But the big surprise this week will be the showcase of a legendary performance starring Leontyne Price, suggesting that the company will start to showcase some of its historic {…}