Manfred Honeck is set to lead a unique performance of Mozart’s Requiem with the Pittsburgh Symphony this March. The showcase, entitled “Requiem: Mozart’s Death in Words and Music,” will take place on March 17-19, 2023. The showcase features Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, the renowned actor of “The White Lotus” and “Amadeus,” who will serve as narrator for the performance. {…}
Shout Factory is set to release “The Magic Flute” on March 10, 2023. The film, which is directed by Florian Sigl and executive produced by Roland Emmerich, stars Jack Wolfe, F. Murray Abraham, Iwan Rheon, Stéfi Celma, Asha Banks, Stefan Konarske, Niamh McCormack, Amir Wilson, and Tedros Teclebrhan. The film also includes international opera stars Sabine Devieilhe, Rolando Villazón, and Morris {…}
Washington D.C.-based Bel Cantanti Opera will present Mozart’s “Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail” this February. The opera, which will be conducted by Dr. Katerina Souvorova, will star Alejandra Sandoval and Emily Casey as Konstanze, Catherine Wethington, and Robin Steitz as Blonde, Kevin Short as Osmin, Chris Plaas as Belmonte, Daniel Sampson as Pedrillo, and Peter Joshua as Bassa Selim. The {…}
Random Opera is set to present “Così fan tutte” on March 11, 2023 at the Temple SpeechRoom, Rugby. The opera, which will be directed by Richard Tegid Jones and conducted by Ashley Beauchamp, is set to star Susie Gibbons, Anna Cooper, Rebecca Madden, Joseph Doody, Mike Dewis, and Richard Tegid Jones. The performance is set to kick off at 6:30 {…}
Classical Movements is set to present “The Magic Flute in the Secret Garden” this June. The company will showcase the Mozart favorite at The Rectory in Alexandria on June 8 and 9, followed by two performances on June 10 and 11 at the Castleton Festival and George Washington Masonic Memorial, respectively. The famed work will be sung in German with {…}
(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) The designation of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s libretto for Mozart’s 1787 opera “Don Giovanni” is “dramma giocosa” – that is, playful or jocular drama. However, Don Giovanni (aka the legendary Don Juan) roamed Europe seducing women (2,065 of them by calculation of the servant Leporello in Mozart’s version of the tale), and the 19th century’s Romantics saw {…}
Glyndebourne has announced a series of holiday performances. First up will be performances of Mozart’s Requiem and arias by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The first part of the concert, which will spotlight Bologne and his opera “The Anonymous Lover,” will feature writer and director Simone Ibbett-Brown as she interweaves stories from the composer’s life. In the second half of {…}
(Photo Credit: Grant Legan) Jennifer Johnson Cano will join forces with musicians from the Met Orchestra for “Music of Kevin Puts” on Nov. 21, 2022 as part of Music Mondays in New York City. The showcase, which will take place at the Advent Lutheran Church on Broadway, will feature selections from Puts’ new opera “The Hours,” his “Credo,” “Seven Seascapes,” {…}
This week, baritone Jacques Imbrailo returns to the title role of “Don Giovanni” for his big debut at Ópera de Oviedo. The South African singer has performed the iconic role throughout his career with such companies the Perm Opera and Scottish Opera, among others. But his “Don Giovanni” isn’t the only thing he has in store for this coming season. {…}
Soprano Julie Fuchs will headline a concert by Les Grands Voix / Les Grandes Solistes at the Théâtre Champs-Élysées on Nov. 21, 2022. The showcase will feature the soprano alongside Les Siècles and concertmaster Kati Debretzeni. As part of an all-Mozart program, Fuchs will perform arias from “Le Nozze di Figaro” and the “Cantata per la recuperate salute di Ofelia.” {…}
(Photo: Michele Crosera) On May 13th 1767, the students of the Salzburg University Gymnasium premiered the three-act intermezzo “Apollo et Hyacinthus.” The significance of the event was that it was the first performance of an opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time. Although its music certainly has much to commend it, dramatically it {…}