(Photo: © Vito Lorusso / Teatro alla Scala) During the Classical period, audiences entertained themselves with theatrical farces, literary comedies and other artistic forms that, besides amusing, also served as social critique. “Così fan tutte,” premiered in Vienna in 1790, is a direct heir to that tradition. Mozart’s work explores seduction, fidelity and the illusion of love. Its characters take {…}
(Photo credit: Koen Broos) Over the past twenty years or so, there have been plenty of programs on television, radio and the internet devoted to oral history, in which everyday people recall major and minor events along with the social and economic conditions from their own past to create an anecdotal montage that can be accessed by current and future {…}
The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2023-24 season featuring eight new productions. Premieres Stephan Zilias conducts Wagner’s “Parsifal” in a new production by Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson. The cast includes Michael Kupfer-Radecky, Daniel Eggert, Shavleg Armasi, Marco Jentzsch, Tómas Tómasson, Seth Carico, and Irene Roberts. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 31, 2023 “Turning Turandot” will be conducted by Richard Schwennicke and directed by Olivia Hyunsin {…}
(Credit: Magali Dougados) OperaVision will showcase Barry’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” live from the Nouvel Opéra Fribourg on Nov. 22, 2019. The production will star Ed Ballard, Alison Scherzer, Nina van Essen, Timur, Jessica Walker, Graeme Danby, Vincent Casagrande, and Steven Beard. Jérôme Kuhn conducts a production directed by Julien Chavaz. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local {…}