Random Opera is set to present “Don Giovanni.” The Mozart masterpiece will be presented on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 at Temple Speech Room, Rugby, and features James Gillett at the piano and conducting a cast that stars Mike Dewis in the title role. Richard Tegid Jones’ production showcases the infamous anti-hero as an aging rock star who is still able {…}
(Photo: Erik Berg) Malmö Opera is set to live stream Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” on Dec. 8, 2024 on its website. The production opens on Nov. 30 and stars Matilda Sterby, Annie Fredriksson, David Risberg, Caspar Singh, Elinor Fryklund, and Daniel Giulianini headline the third Da Ponte-Mozart collaboration. Magnus Fryklund conducts a production directed by Katrine Wiedemann. For Wiedemann’s production, {…}
A number of new works by Mozart were discovered, while the new Köchel-Verzeichnis was in preparation. The new Köchel offers the latest results of international Mozart research. This edition contains new entries in the main section from KV 627 for 95 works, mainly fragments and lost compositions by Mozart, which were missing in the previous editions or only mentioned in {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl) Throughout the entire history of opera, from its beginning in the Francophile 18th century to the American 21st, there have been numerous moments which stand out as having been controversial of their time and controversial even today due to the contentious nature of the events. If one looks to contemporary issues like Anna Netrebko’s alleged blackface while {…}
(Credit: Clive Barda) As marriages go, this wasn’t one made in heaven. But despite an uneven performance, it ultimately won the audience over and did have moments of striking musical beauty. As the opening night for the 2024-25 season at Covent Garden, the revival of David McVicar’s “Le nozze di Figaro” did predictably well, and filled the house on a {…}
Tri-Cities Opera is set to kick off its new season with a production of “The Magic Flute.” The Binghamton-based company will showcase the opera as part of the LUMA Arts Projection Festival on Sept. 6 and 8, 2024. The Mozart opera will be conducted by David Bloom and features a production directed by Stefanos Koroneos. The opera has been adapted {…}
Sarasota Opera has unveiled its 2024-25 season. First up is “The Music of Giuseppe Verdi” featuring principal artists of the company. Victor DeRenzi conducts the two performances of the concert. The showcase includes music from nine operas, including “I Lombardi alla prima crociata,” “Aida,” “Rigoletto,” “Attila,” “La Traviata,” and “Don Carlos.” Performers include Virginia Mims, Rochelle Bard, Jean Carlos Rodriguez, {…}
Ohio’s Queen City Opera is set to present “The Magic Flute” in an adaptation that pays homage to the world of video games. The famed Mozart opera has been set to a new English libretto by Josh Shaw and E. Scott Levin that has a duration of two hours and 30 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission. The production, which premiered {…}
Malmö Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Verdi’s “Giovanna d’Arco” will be conducted by Daniela Musca and directed by Philipp M. Krenn. The cast will include Ania Jeruc, Magnus Tödenes, Fredrik Zetterström, Gustavo Johansson, and Tor Lind. Performance Dates: Oct. 12 – Nov. 24, 2024 There will be a run of performances of the children’s opera “Snösystern.” Performance Dates: Nov. 16, 2024 {…}
(Credit: Matthias Horn) The Whitsun Festival in Salzburg this year is titled “Tutto Mozart” and is dedicated to the city’s most famous son. The program features only one full opera, “La clemenza di Tito,” written by Mozart in 1791 while he was finishing “The Magic Flute,” making it his final opera. Created to commemorate the coronation of Emperor Leopold II {…}
(Photo credit: © C.Stadler/Bwag) Belvedere Park will be the host of the new “Wiener Opernsommer Belvedere 2024.” The new open-air showcase was initiated by the Friends of the Wienner Opernsommer association with Joji Hattori as the Artistic Director and Dominik Am Zenhoff-Söns as director and casting director. The festival is presented in collaboration with the Austrian Burghauptmannschaft. The main event {…}