North Carolina Opera has released its casting for “The Barber of Seville,” which will take place Feb. 2 and 4, 2024. Baritone Luke Sutliff takes on the leading role of Figaro. Bass-baritone Musa Ngqungwana sings Don Basilio, with tenor David Walton as Count Almaviva, mezzo-soprano Lisa Marie Rogali as Rosina, who is joined by bass-baritone Ben Brady as her guardian, {…}
Credit: Wade Caldwell Master Chorale of South Florida has unveiled its 2023-24 schedule featuring music by Fauré, Beethoven, and Mozart. The season opens with Fauré’s Requiem, which will be preceded by Joshua Rist’s powerful “Invictus” and followed by Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” an emotional contemporary work based on the final words of Black Americans killed by {…}
The Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” opens the season with Lunga Eric Hallam, John McCullough, Stephanie Lauricella, and Musa Nqungwana. Antony Walker conducts the production by Crystal Manich. Performance Dates: October 14, 17, 20, 22, 2023 Kyle Albertson, Marjorie Owens, Daniel O’Hearn, and Leah Heater lead Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman.” Antony Walker {…}
The Florentine Opera in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has announced its 2022-23 season. Mainstage Duke Kim and Emily Pogorelc star in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” alongside Chris Kenney, Matt Treviño, Musa Ngqungwana, and Cassandra Zoe Velasco. David Lefkovich directs and Francesco Milioto conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 16, 2022 Ricardo Aponte directs the world premiere of “Covers.” Performance Dates: Feb. 9 {…}
(Photo: ©Tristram Kenton) English National Opera haven’t had a live audience in their home at the London Coliseum since March 2020. But they’ve hardly been idle: their costume department made hospital scrubs, they devised a singing program for those suffering with “long COVID,” and performed “Tosca” and “La bohème” in striking outdoor settings. Their 2021-22 season opened last week with {…}
(Credit: SF/Maarten Vanden Abeele) Venetian composer Luigi Nono is no stranger at the Salzburg Festival. His operas and instrumental works have been regularly played here over the past decade. However, his most outspoken and outraged work, directed against the persistent violence perpetrated against innocent people was presented at the festival for the very first time. “Intolleranza 1960” premiered at Teatro {…}
(Credit: Kristin Hoebermann) Washington Concert Opera is set to present Bellini’s “I Puritani” starting on June 26 via the company’s official streaming platform. The recording of the opera will be available for repeat viewings up until July 26, 2021, and will be free for all who register in advance. The opera will star Brenda Rae, René Barbera, Javier Arrey, and {…}
Austin Opera has announced its 2021-22 season which includes two productions and a deep dive into an iconic work by one of the greatest composers of all time. “Our next season reinforces the new identity of Austin Opera—we are programming a beautiful production of one of the most beloved and classic operas of all time, premiering a new production of {…}
(Credits: © Dario Acosta / Charles Castronovo official website / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website / Kristian Schuller/Decca) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2021 edition, featuring 8 operas and numerous concert performances. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will feature Mika Kares as Il Commendatore, Nadezhda Pavlova as Donna Anna, Michael Spyres in the role of Don Ottavio, Federica Lombardi as {…}
(Credit: – Dan Norman/Dominic M. Mercie/David Bachman) The Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring three main stage production and three modern operas. Here is a look at the ambitious season. Main Stage – Benedum Center Productions The season opens with Dvořák’s “Rusalka,” the first time the opera will be preformed with the company. The opera is set to {…}
The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six productions on the main stage. Here is a look at what to expect. Autumn 2020 The season opens with a revival of Janáček and Preissová’s “Jenůfa” starring Amanda Majeski in the title role. She is joined by a cast that includes Peter Berger, Helena Zubanovich, Ed Lyon and Rhodri {…}