Corinne Winters, Lucio Gallo, Federica Lombardi & Atalla Ayan Lead Staatsoper Stuttgart’s 2022-23 Season

The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced its 2022-23 season Premieres “Liebstod” from concept by Johannes Müller and Philine Rinnert will be performed. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-25, 2022 Wagner’s “Siegfried” will star Daniel Brenna, Matthias Klink, Tommi Hakala, David Steffens, Beate Ritter, Stine Marie Fischer, and Simone Schneider. Cornelius Meister conducts the production by Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito. Performance Dates: Oct. 9, {…}

Apr 15, 2022

Adam Smith, Danielle de Niese, John Relyea & Sean Panikkar Lead English National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

The English National Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring eight productions and seven operas. Leo Hussain conducts Puccini’s “Tosca” in a new production by Christof Loy. The cast will include Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Adam Smith, and Noel Bouley. Performance Dates: Sept. 30–Nov. 4 2022 Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Yeomen of the Guard” will include Anthony Gregory, Neal Davies, Alexandra Oomens, Heather {…}

Mar 8, 2022

Greer Grimsley, Deanna Breiwick & Susan Bullock Lead Atlanta Opera’s 2022-23 Season

The Atlanta Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring some of the great classics in the repertoire. Mainstage Season Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” opens the season with Timothy Myers conducting the production by Tomer Zvulun. Yasko Sato stars in the title role with Gianluca Terranova, Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Julius Ahn, and Allen Michael Jones. Performance Dates: Nov. 5-13, 2022 Arthur Fagen {…}

Oct 8, 2021

Renée Fleming, Giorgio Misseri & Emily D’Angelo Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences get to discover two Bel Canto gems, a world premiere recording, a debut album, and a new album by the “people’s diva.” Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene Renée Fleming releases a new album for Decca Classics featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the piano. The record feature music by Edvard {…}

Aug 17, 2021

Glimmerglass Festival 2021 Festival: Il Trovatore

(Credit: Karli Cadel Photography) This review for a performance on August 7, 2021 For the past few years, I have been a big fan of the Glimmerglass opera festival. Taking place in Cooperstown — a significant three and a half hour drive from New York City, and set on a lake — this jewel of a festival consistently presented powerful {…}

May 25, 2021

Megan Marino & Michael Mayes Take on Crossover Project at The Midnight Cricket Club

Michael Mayes and Megan Marino will join forces with two bluegrass artists to perform as a new band at The Midnight Cricket Club between May 25 through 30. Marino and Mayes, billed as “genre-mixing opera singing spouses by trade,” will team up with KC Groves and Jason Hicks as a new band. Groves will perform vocals, mandolin, guitar, and bass {…}

Mar 2, 2021

Isabel Leonard, Denyce Graves, Eric Owens & Latonia Moore Headline Glimmerglass Festival’s 2021 Season

The Glimmerglass Festival has announced that it will be moving forward with its 2021 season. The upstate New York festival, which typically performs in its intimate, 915-seat theater, will take place outdoors on a new stage built on the Festival grounds. In a press release Francesca Zambello, Festival Artistic & General Director said, “We have re-imagined the Glimmerglass experience for {…}

Feb 25, 2021

Jay Hunter Morris, Megan Marino, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Michael Mayes Headline The Atlanta Opera’s Spring 2021 Slate

The Atlanta Opera has announced the world premiere adaptations of two renowned operas as well as three concerts this spring as part of its Big Tent series season. First up, the company will present “The Threepenny Carmen” and “The Threepenny Opera” as conceived by Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun. “The Threepenny Opera” will star tenor {…}

Feb 15, 2021

Markus Marquardt, Daniel Kirch & Diana Haller Lead Staatsoper Stuttgart Streaming Slate

(Credits: Opera Online / © Hermann und Clärchen Baus / Opera Online) The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced that it will stream four operas on its website in February, March, and April 2021. Here is the full slate. First up is Ravel’s “Verzauberte Welt.” The showcase stars Schorsch Kamerun, Diana Haller, Maria Theresa Ullrich, Carina Schmieger, Claudia Muschio, Linsey Coppens, Jasper {…}

Oct 5, 2020

Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Stéphanie d’Oustrac Headline Top 10* Operas to Stream This Week

This week’s recommendations list comes with a caveat – there are actually more that 10 performances to stream among our recommendations. The reason? Some of the companies are presenting package deals that were simply too good to ignore. If you are a lover of the standard repertory, we have a lot of unique options for you among this week’s recommendations. {…}

Sep 4, 2020

Christabel Nunoo, Michael Mayes Among Stars of Opera Parallèle’s 2020-21 Season

Opera Parallèle has unveiled its 2020-21 season, which will feature a mix of live and virtual performances. First up will be the “No Boundaries” virtual gala honoring the Horizons Foundation. The showcase will feature performances by Christabel Nunoo and Michael Mayes. There will also be a performance of a “graphic novel” opera by Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer, starring Nikola {…}

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