Gustavo Dudamel, Pretty Yende, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha & Nicholas Brownlee Lead LA Philharmonic’s 2025-26 Season

The LA Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season. Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Master Chorale perform Ellen Reid and Strauss. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-28, 2025 Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with soloists Chen Reiss and Beth Taylor. Performance Dates: Oct. 9-12, 2025 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a program of music by Debussy, Gabriella Smith, and Scriabin with soloists Pekka {…}

Mar 13, 2025

Bayerische Staatsoper Announces New Cast Change for ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’

The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a new cast change for its production of “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The company announced that Nicholas Brownlee will sing the title role, replacing the originally announced Gerald Finley. Brownlee has performed the role at the Santa Fe Opera, Palau de les Arts, and Oper Frankfurt. He has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Dutch {…}

Mar 6, 2025

Angel Blue, Tamara Wilson & Stuart Skelton Lead Houston Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Houston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the Vocal performances of the season. Juraj Valčuha and Angel Blue team up for the opening night for an evening featuring music from J. Wolfe, Schmitt, and Stravinsky. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-21, 2025 Juanjo Mena conducts Sara Couden and Jean-Yves Thibaudet in music by De Falla {…}

May 27, 2024

Anna Netrebko, Lisette Oropesa, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, Juan Diego Flórez & Joyce DiDonato Lead Palau de Les Arts’ 2024-25 Season

Palau de les Arts in Valencia has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Gorges Ocloo’s “The Golden Stool” will star Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga and Nonkululeko Nkwinti. Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2024 Lisette Oropesa sings the title role of Massenet’s “Manon” with Carles Pachon and Charles Castronovo. James Gaffigan conducts the production by Vincent Huguet. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-15, 2024 Elena Stikhina, Piero {…}

Apr 16, 2024

Jacquelyn Wagner & Eric Cutler Lead Dutch National Opera’s New ‘Fidelio’

The Dutch National Opera is set to present a new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” as part of the Holland Festival. The new production will be directed by Ukrainian director Andriy Zholdak, whose visual imagery, replete with symbols, is reminiscent of great film directors such as Andrei Tarkovsky and Ingmar Bergman. The production is made in Co-production with the Grand Théâtre {…}

Apr 16, 2024

Prague Philharmonia Announces 2024-25 Season

The Prague Philharmonia led by Emmanuel Villaume has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Helen Charlston and Lukáš Pospíšil perform the music of Händel and Haydn. Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2024 Kristina Mkhitaryan, Petr Nekoranec, Vincenzo Taormina, and Nicola Alaimo lead Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Marco Armiliato conducts. Performance Date: Nov. 29, 2024 Next up {…}

Mar 21, 2024

Patricia Racette, Lucas Meachem, Marjorie Owens, Nicholas Brownlee Headline The Dallas Opera’s 2024 Streaming Slate

The Dallas Opera has announced that it will be releasing free digital streams of its recent productions over the course of the next six months. First up is “Rigoletto” from 2022, directed by Tomer Zvulun and starring George Gagnidze, Madison Leonard, and René Barbera. Emmanuel Villaume conducts. Streaming Dates: April 1 – May 31, 2024 Then comes “Hansel and Gretel,” also {…}

Mar 16, 2024

Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča, Nicholas Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende & Christopher Maltman Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2024-25 Season

The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Tobias Krazter directs a new production of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Nicholas Brownlee, Milan Siljanov, Sean Panikkar, Markus Brück, Matthias Klink, Matthew Rose, Timo Riihonen, Ekaterina Gubanova, Mirjam Mesak, and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 27, 2024-July 31, 2025 Damiano Michieletto directs Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” with {…}

Jun 28, 2023

Artist of the Week: Nicholas Brownlee

This week the Santa Fe Opera is set to open a new production of Wagner’s early work “Der Fliegende Holländer” with a cast of superstars and rising stars. Among the cast is Nicholas Brownlee, who is singing the title role and making his role debut. Brownlee has been a mainstay at the Santa Fe Opera since his debut in 2015 {…}

Jun 22, 2023

Nicholas Brownlee, Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Amanda Woodbury Lead Irish National Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The Irish National Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Éna Brennan’s “Breathwork” will star Andrew Gavin, Michelle O’Rourke, and Kelli-Ann Masterson. John McIlduff directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 28-30, 2023 Duke Kim sings the title role of Gounod’s “Faust” alongside Nicholas Brownlee, Jennifer Davis, Gyula Nagy, Mark Nathan, and Gemma Ní Bhriain. Elaine Kelly conducts the production by Jack Furness. Performance {…}

Apr 20, 2023

LA Opera Announces Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award Winners

LA Opera has announced the 2023 recipients of the Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award. This year, the company will honor conductor Lina González-Granados and bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee who will split an award of $50,000. The prize will recognize the artists for their deep ties to LA Opera and is an expression of gratitude for past and future artistic collaborations {…}

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