(Credit: Ilona Sochorova) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced multiple cast changes for its upcoming performances. Per an official statement on the opera houses’ website, tenor Carlos Osuna will perform the role of Narraboth and Robert Bartneck will take on the role of the Third Jew in Richard Strauss’ “Salome” on Oct. 6, 2020. Osuna and Bartneck will join a cast {…}
(Credit: Opéra National de Paris official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that Italian baritone Nicola Alaimo will take over the title role in Donizetti and Ruffini’s opera “Don Pasquale,” replacing Erwin Schrott. Alaimo will perform for the presentations on Oct. 13, 17, 21, and 24, 2020. The Italian baritone will join a cast that includes Dmitry Korchak in the {…}
(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that tenor Juan Diego Flórez will sing the role of Nemorino in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” on Sept. 21, 2020. The tenor will replace Liparit Avetisyan, who is ill, in the final performance of the run. Flórez is the latest artist in a series of cast changes at the {…}
(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced two cast changes for the upcoming performances of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’amore” and “La fille du régiment.” Per an official statement on the company’s website, Swedish soprano Johanna Wallroth will take over the role of Giannetta in the presentations of “L’Elisir d’amore” on Sept. 17 & 21, 2020. Per the same statement, conductor {…}
The Wexford Festival Opera has announced that it will team up with RTÉ and ARTE to bring opera to audiences in Ireland and worldwide. The festival will run between Oct. 11-18 and features performances by Lisette Oropesa, Antonio Pappano, Angela Meade, Celine Byrne, Ermonela Jaho, Aigul Akhmetshina, Simone Alberghini, Nicola Alaimo, Daniela Barcellona, Joseph Calleja, Roberto de Candia, Paolo Bordogna, Helena {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) This review is for the performance on July 25, 2020. One of the unique features of the Teatro Real de Madrid’s “Traviata” was the fact that the company provided audiences with a chance to see four different sopranos perform the iconic title role in close proximity to one another. While we have already looked at Marina {…}
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2020-21 season featuring concerts, opera productions, and a star-studded summer festival. For this article, we will only focus on the Italian theater’s operatic and vocal concerts. Season Federico Maria Sardelli conducts a new production of Handel’s “Rinaldo” with Pierluigi Pizzi directing. The cast includes Raffaele Pe in the title role, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Carmela {…}
(Credit: Chris Singer/ Paul Schirnhofer/DG/ Shervin Lainez) The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2020-21 season which will be the first under superintendent Stéphane Lissner. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a new production by Emma Dante. Selene Zanetti stars as Mimì with Damiana Mizzi as Musetta, Stephen Costello in his house debut as Rodolfo, {…}
The Rossini Opera Festival has announced it will take place from August 8 to August 20 with a readjusted program. The festival announced that it will still stage a new production of “La cambiale di matrimonio” at the Teatro Rossini on August 8, 11, 13, 17, and 20. To ensure social distancing the orchestra will be located in the stalls {…}
After the Metropolitan Opera presented an at home gala, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino announced it would also showcase its own similar event with some of the greatest artists around the world. The Maggio Musicale is not as famous as the New York theater but it is currently run by Alexander Periera, one of the most popular and influential General directors {…}
The Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Italy has released the first star-studded opera gala from home. The gala, entitled “Gala: Artisti uniti in tempi di isolamento,” aligned a number of international stars including Enea Scala, Nicola Alaimo, Arturo Chacón Cruz, Ruth Iniesta, Roberta Mantegna, and Ian Bostridge, among many others. The performance features music by Bellini, Puccini, Lara, Lehar, Verdi, and {…}