“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a film section or a film in its entirety and highlight the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Nicholas {…}
(Credits: Andreas Schager official website / Polina Plotnikova) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that heldentenor Andreas Schager and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov will take part in the New Year Gala concert on Jan. 2, 2021. Schager and Vinogradov will join a cast that includes Sara Jakubiak, Anna Pirozzi, Aigul Akhmetshina, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat. The Australian-born Kapellmeister of the Deutsche {…}
This week, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is set to open “Nabucco,” the work that put Verdi on the map and is regarded as one of his early masterpieces. At the core of the opera is the challenging role of Abigaille, which requires a soprano who can sing both very low and very high with dramatic force and is also capable {…}
(Credit: LA Opera official website / Cory Weaver) The InClassica Malta International Music Festival has announced its 2021 slate, which will take place from April 17 to May 11, 2021. The line-up will include 33 soloists, including Martha Argerich, Grigory Sokolov, Rudolf Buchbinder, Gautier Capuçon, Danielle De Niese, Carmen Giannattasio, Daniel Hope, Gidon Kremer, Denis Matsuev, Andreas Ottensammer and Maxim {…}
(Credit: Michael Cooper) Celebrated American-Canadian soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will return to the stage in a live concert on Sept. 3, 2020 at the Teatro Colón in A Coruña, Spain. The famed soprano will be joined onstage by baritone Carlos Álvarez, tenor Alejandro Roy, and bass Simón Orfila. Radvanovsky’s first live performance after a six-month hiatus will feature different excerpts from {…}
(Credit: Opera Naţională Română din Timişoara official website) Romanian soprano Constanța Adriana Mesteș passed away in Bucharest at the age of 64. She graduated from the singing section of the Timișoara’s High School of Arts “Ion Vidu” in 1975. That same year, she got her first job at Opera Naţională Română din Timişoara, at first as a member of the {…}
For this week’s quiz, we turn back to one of the giants of the operatic canon – Verdi. In this iteration, you will be presented with a scenario regarding one of Verdi’s main operas. These scenarios will usually relate to which characters are designated opening or closing lines of an opera, or other unique details in terms of their positioning {…}
(Image Provided by Marquee TV) Marquee TV has announced that it will be presenting two operas on its platform this month. Both works, classics from the standard repertory, can be viewed on Marquee TV’s official website. It begins with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in a production from Glyndebourne. The opera is conducted by Omer Meir Wellber and features Olga Busuioc in {…}
The Lyric Opera of Chicago has released a video of the chorus performing “Va, pensiero” from “Nabucco.” In a statement, the company said, “We’d like to thank the wonderful members of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus for sharing their talents with us during these difficult times. Here, they perform “Va, pensiero” (also known as the “Chorus of the Hebrew {…}
Anna Netrebko is giving her fans a little preview of her upcoming role debut in Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Over the past two days the soprano has posted stories of her rehearsing different sections of the opera in her apartment in Vienna. Now she has posted a video of the second act aria “Anch’io dischiuso un giorno” and Abigaille’s entrance in the {…}
The Festival Napa Valley has released a virtual performance of “Va, pensiero,” the chorus from Verdi’s “Nabucco.” The performance is led by two alumni of the Festival’s Blackburn Music Academy, conductor Zach Salsburg-Frank and violinist Sienna Peck and features 126 past and present Festival Napa Valley musicians. In a press release said Richard Walker, President & CEO of Festival Napa {…}