Lucia Lucas is set to make her Metropolitan Opera debut and premiere a new work. In a recent interview with OperaNews, the baritone, who was set to make her Met debut during the 2020-21 season as the Bosun in “Billy Budd,” revealed that she will now make her debut in the role of Angelotti in “Tosca” in 2022. Lucas also {…}
With the Metropolitan Opera’s Live concert series continuing this week, General Manager Peter Gelb recently spoke with several artists separately via Zoom and revealed numerous future productions and engagements for many of the singers. In his conversation with Sonya Yoncheva, Gelb noted that the diva will perform a new production of “Fedora,” as well as revivals of “Madama Butterfly,” “The {…}
(Image Source: Metopera.org) The Metropolitan Opera has officially announced the names of nine singers that have advanced to the final round of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The singers that have made the final round include mezzo-sopranos Gabrielle Beteag and Lindsay Kate Brown; sopranos Chasiti Lashay, Jana McIntyre, Alexandria Shiner, and Denis Vélez; baritones Blake Denson and Xiaomeng {…}
With much anticipation, the New Amsterdam Opera is bringing “La Forza del Destino” back to the stage in New York City after a long absence. “We believe that this work has not been performed in New York City in at least ten years,” said Keith Chambers, artistic director. This rare concert performance will happen on Friday, March 24th in Manhattan {…}
The show will go on at the Metropolitan Opera despite the threat of one of the biggest snowstorms in history. New York, among a number of other states, is slated to be hit by a blizzard that has already shut down schools around the entire area and is set to cause massive traffic problems. Twelve to 18 inches of snow {…}