On June 9, 2023, The North End Music & Performing Arts Center Opera Project (NEMPAC), in collaboration with Boston Festival Orchestra, will present “Le nozze di Figaro.” Held at the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts in Cambridge, the production will take the work to a 1950s American setting. This marks the second collaboration between NEMPAC and BFO, following their sold-out {…}
(Credit: Karen Almond) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a Live in HD transmission of “Die Zauberflöte” on June 3, 2023. The opera stars Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Stephen Milling, Kathryn Lewek, and Thomas Oliemans. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts and Ben Bliss hosts the performance, which kicks off at 12:55 p.m. local time. Of the opening night performance, OperaWire said, {…}
(Credit: Karen Almond) It’s fair to say that the 2022-23 season at the Metropolitan Opera can be dubbed “The Mozart Season.” “Idomeneo” took the stage on the second night of the season with a tremendous cast reviving Jean-Pierre Ponelle’s classic production. During the holiday season, the Met turned to its workhorse Julie Taymour production of “The Magic Flute.” And to {…}
Ohio-based Dayton Performing Arts Alliance will conclude its 2022-23 season with a special performance. The program, which will feature Mozart’s “Missa brevis in C Major, K. 259,” will include performances by soprano Kayla Oderah, mezzo-soprano Allison Deady, tenor Carl Rosenthal, bass Sankara Harouna, and the Dayton Philharmonic Chorus. “The program opens with the seventh of the eight ‘short masses’ that {…}
MassOpera will present an innovative and reimagined new version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” this May. The famed opera will be showcased with a libretto by Kelley Rourke in English in a production by theater director Pascale Florestal and Metropolitan Chorale director Dr. Lisa Graham. Performances are set for May 13- 21, 2023, at Suffolk University Modern Theatre in Boston. {…}
Connecticut Lyric Opera is set to present a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” this May. The opera will star Robert Garner as Don Giovanni, Nathan Resika as Leporello, Erin Duane Brooks as Don Ottavio, Jurate Svedaite as Donna Anna, Rebecca Almeida as Donna Elvira, Steven Fredericks as Commendatore, Jeremy Griffin as Masetto, and Stephanie Foster as Zerlina. Conductor Adrian Sylveen {…}
Distinguished Concerts International New York is set to present Mozart’s “Requiem” at Carnegie Hall on April 29, 2023 as part of a three-act performance. The showcase, entitled “A Performance of Life and Death,” will also feature Bradley Ellingboe’s “A Place Called Home” as well as “The Music of Russell Robinson.” During this latter segment of the program, Robinson will lead {…}
On May 13, 2023, the Hungarian State Opera will stage Mozart’s “Idomeneo.” This new production by András Almási-Tóth will mark the first time the work has been performed within the country in 50 years. Conductor Balázs Kocsár leads the HSO Orchestra and a cast comprised of Szabolcs Brickner, Emőke Baráth, Gabriella Balga, Zsuzsanna Ádám, and Laura Topolánszky. The production features {…}
(PC: Met Opera/ Marty Sohl) Happy April Fools from us at Opera Wire. This year, let’s take a look at what makes the crazy character Papageno from Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ so captivating. What makes us love him? And why do we root for him? Who is Papageno? This beloved bird man, who is scared by everything but courageous when {…}
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’s “Così fan tutte” was a night of great pleasures and punctual—but bitter—disappointments. The greatest triumph of the night was its making something new of one of Mozart’s most played operas. This “Così” was advertised as an “opera in concert version,” but ten minutes into the show, that was forgotten. Salomé Im Hof’s stage direction is truly a {…}
Photo: ShoutPR (Shout Factory) This review was written jointly by Chris and Finn Ruel. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” directed by Florian Sigl, hit the silver screen nationwide on Mar. 10, 2023. It’s a fantasy film that captures the essence of Mozart’s stunning operatic fairy tale and does it well. There is much to commend about Sigl’s film. It’s well put {…}