Ópera al Parque de Bogotá is set to present a new production of Piazolla’s “Maria de Buenos Aires.” The new production by Hyalmar Mitrotti is set to star mezzo-soprano Mónica Danilov in the title role, Carlos Gutiérrez as the Duende, and Leonardo Estévez as the Payador. Riccardo Jaramillo conducts the Nueva Filarmonica Orquesta with guests Giovanni Parra and Beatriz Batista. {…}
The Teatro Colón de Bogota in Colombia is set to present Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” on Sept. 14 and 15, 2019. The production by Pedro Salazar is set to star Monica Danilov and Andrés Silva in the title roles. The production will also star Meliza Metzger, Mónica López, Claudia Grenier, Mónica López, Valeria Bibliowicz, Luis Mora, Emilio Angola, Juliana Morales, Matilde Acevedo, Andrés Gaitán, David Agudelo, and {…}
This weekend, it’s all about new productions. From South America to Europe, three of Verdi’s greatest opera are getting new productions. Meanwhile, Saint-Saëns’ masterpiece is getting a rare performance while the Festival Donizetti is in full swing. Check it out. La Traviata – Teatro Municipal Enrique Buenaventura, Colombia Federico Figueroa directs a new production of “La Traviata” in Cali starring Gabriela {…}
The world of late 20th and 21st-century opera is a strange one. On one hand, there are a plethora of new works appearing, only to be one and done. Some manage a few more performances, though they might not manage a way to cross international borders. Then there are the handful of recent works that actually have a continued life {…}
You’ll see some standard classics and quite a number of rare works in this weekend’s list from Latin America and all around Europe. Here are five picks for this weekend’s top opera to see! Guillaume Tell – Theater an der Wien, Austria John Osborn and Christoph Pohl lead Rossini’s final masterpiece in a production by Torsten Fischer. Jane Archibald rounds out {…}
Audiences in Bogotá, Colombia will be taken on a musical journey on July 6, 2018, when soprano Eugenia Forteza and mezzo-soprano Mónica Danilov join forces for a recital at the Museo Nacional. The concert, entitled “Viaje Musical,” kicks off at 6 p.m. and will include arias and duets from such composers as Bizet, Rossini, Puccini, Catán, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gershwin, {…}
