Opera Australia has announced its Winter Season featuring four productions. The season opens with Verdi’s “Aida“ directed by Dave Livermore and conducted by Lorenzo Passerini and Tahu Matheson. The production stars Leah Crocetto in the title role; Elena Gabouri as Amneris; Stefano La Colla and Najmiddin Mavlyanov sharing the role of Radamès; and Warwick Fyfe and Michael Honeyman as Amonasro. Performance {…}
(Credit: The Semperoper Dresden official website) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that Polish baritone Andrzej Dobber will sing the role of Scarpia in the Semper Essenz presentation of Puccini’s “Tosca” on Oct. 17. 2020, replacing Alexey Markov. Dobber will join a cast that includes tenor Najmiddin Mavlyanov in the role of Mario Cavaradossi, and soprano Elena Guseva in the title {…}
(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper) A performance of Franz Lehár operetta “Die lustige Witwe” at the Theater in der Gumpendorfer Straße on Sept. 6, 2020 in Vienna has caused a series of COVID-19 infections. In all, 46 cases have been confirmed so far. As a result, the Wiener Staatsoper had to make two changes to the cast of Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” on {…}
(Credit: Iko Freese / Operavision) OperaVision has announced that its May streaming slate will be dedicated to Russian opera. On May 1, the company will stream the Komische Oper Berlin’s production of “Eugene Onegin.” The opera stars Asmik Grigorian, Karolina Gumos, Ales Briscein, and Günter Papendell under the musical direction of Henrik Nánási. The performance will be available for repeat {…}
Les Théâtres De la Ville De Luxembourg has announced 2019-20 season, featuring eight productions. The season opens with Weber’s “Der Freishutz” with Laurence Equilbey conducting a production by Clément Debailleul & Raphaël Navarro. Tuomas Katajala sings the role of Max alongside Johanni van Oostrum, Chiara Skerath, Vladimir Baykov, and Christian Immler. Performance Dates: Oct. 6-8, 2019 Gustavo Gimeno conducts Michael Thalheimer’s production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” {…}
Opera Vlaanderen has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a diverse array of repertoire from repertory staples to world premieres. For this article, we have only included the opera performances. The season opens with a five-act French version of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” with Alejo Perez conducting. Leonardo Capalbo makes his company and role debut of this version, playing the title role alongside Mary {…}
The Grand Theatre Geneve has announced its 2019 season featuring eight productions. Check it our right here. The season opens with Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s monumental opera “Einstein on the Beach.“ The work is set to be conducted by Titus Engel with Daniele Finzi Pasca directing the work. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-18, 2019 Serena Farnocchia and Elena Stikhina share the {…}
Najmiddin Mavlyanov will sing the role of Cavaradossi in “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera. The Met announced that Mavlyanov will make his Met debut singing the final two performances of “Tosca” on the May 8 and 12. He will join Anna Netrebko and Željko Lučić. Mavlyanov has performed the role of Cavaradossi at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, {…}