Celso Albelo, Vittorio Prato & Roberto de Candia Highlight Teatro Massimo di Palermo’s Second Gala

The Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Italy has organized a second gala entitled “Gli Artisti Uniti.” The gala, which is set to premiere on April 18 on the theater’s website, will feature a number of stars from the Teatro Massimo including Vittorio Prato, Marco Filippo Romano, Matteo Mezzaro, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Roberto De Candia, Alessandro Luongo, Desirée Rancatore, and Celso {…}

Apr 14, 2020

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, Renée Fleming Headline Week 6 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

(Credit: Ken Howard) The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled week 6 of its streaming service which features an all-star gala and six operas with such stars as Sonya Yoncheva, Anna Netrebko, Nina Stemme, Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, and Juan Diego Flórez, among others. Here is a breakdown. Monday, April 20 – Strauss’s Elektra Starring Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier, {…}

Apr 6, 2020

Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko Headline Top 10 Operas to See This Week (4/6-13)

(Photo by © Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano | Teatro alla Scala) It’s Monday, which means a lot of companies are re-upping their streaming services and offering up a completely new slate. Over the last few weeks, we have been emphasizing operas you should see over the weekend, but in reality that is just cutting down on the multitude of {…}

Mar 21, 2020

Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Sondra Radvanovksy Headline Week 3 of Met Opera Nightly Streams

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed the programming for its third week of “Night Met Opera Streams. After a week in which audiences will be privy to productions of operas by Wagner, the third week will feature a wider range of repertory. The Met also announced that streams would be available for 23 hours after the initial stream, up from the {…}

Mar 15, 2020

Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros & Anna Netrebko Headline Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2020-21 Season

The Bayerische Staatsoper announced its 2020-21 season which includes eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres The first new production of the year will be “Die Vögel” by Walter Braunfels, who also penned the libretto. Ingo Metzmacher conducts a production by Frank Castrof that will star Wolfgang Koch, Günter Papendell, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Eliza Bloom, and Yajie Zhang, among {…}

Feb 12, 2020

Renée Fleming, Sondra Radvanovsky & Matthew Polenzani Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Pictures courtesy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago) The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s has announced its 2020-21 season celebrating its 66th season. The season will include three Lyric premieres, two Lyric Original productions, nine operas, three concert events and one musical. Main Stage The first production of the season will be the famed double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” {…}

Jan 29, 2020

Riccardo Muti, Anita Rachvelishvili & Francesco Meli Highlight Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 Season

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season with Riccardo Muti leading a number of important and rare works and international soloists. For this article we will highlight the vocal performances. A highlight of the year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth will be Riccardo Muti conducting the composer’s Missa solemnis. The maestro will conduct the Chicago {…}

Jan 1, 2020

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: New Year’s Eve Gala

(Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera New Year’s Eve gala started at 5:30 p.m and was scheduled to end around four hours later, leaving plenty of time for pre-midnight festivities. However, throughout the performance, you often wondered if the audience, despite witnessing three short Puccini acts from “La Bohème,” “Tosca,” and “Turandot,” might actually welcome the {…}

Dec 29, 2019

Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau & Gaёlle Arquez Lead New Year’s Eve Performances!

(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, Jiyang Chen Photography) New Year’s Eve is a night of non-stopped celebration. It is a night often associated with fireworks, champagne, and time spent with loved ones. It is also a night of opera galas, with many companies around the world showcasing top talents for the last time in the calendar year. As such, OperaWire has compiled {…}

Dec 9, 2019

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Preview: Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kozená Among Major Stars of Robert Carsen Revival

(Credit: Ken Howard / Met OPera) On Friday, Dec. 13, the Metropolitan Opera will revive its Robert Carsen production of “Der Rosenkavalier” with a fantastic cast of singers. As the Marschallin, Camilla Nylund will make her hotly anticipated Met Opera debut. Katie Van Kooten will sing a single performance on Dec. 28; this is her third opera at the Met, {…}

Nov 1, 2019

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: La Bohème

Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” is back at the Metropolitan Opera. It’s big, grand and a crowdpleaser thats gets reaction from the audience, particularly at the opening of Acts two and three. It’s well-known for its detailed, classic take on the opera and is the most staged production in the Met’s repertory. Since its premiere in 1981 the {…}