The 2018-19 Paris Opera will celebrate a double anniversary including the signing, in 1669, of the letters patent authorizing Perrin to establish an Academy of Opera – rapidly named the Royal Academy of Music and that of the inauguration of the Opéra Bastille in 1989. The season will feature a number of new productions, classic revivals, and world premieres. It {…}
It was a big week for some of opera’s greatest divas. Here is what they shared with the world on their social media accounts. Anna Netrebko had some things to share about her new “Andrea Chénier.” Генеральные репетиции идут полным ходом… rehearsals are on full speed. @teatroallascala A post shared by @anna_netrebko_yusi_tiago on Dec 1, 2017 at 12:39am PST Hibla {…}
It’s festival season and many artists are performing in high profile concerts and productions while other are simply enjoying vacation time. This week on social media we’ll focus on Salzburg and Pesaro. Salzburg While Michele Mariotti is working hard on “I Due Foscari,” his wife Olga Peretyatko is enjoying vacation time after a fabulous season. She visited rehearsals of “Foscari” {…}
It’s a star-studded weekend with Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Plácido Domingo, and Nino Machaidze headlining major concerts and productions around the world. Find out where you can catch them this weekend right here. Australia Jonas Kaufmann returns to Australia for a run of Wagner’s “Parsifal” at the Sydney Opera House with Michelle DeYoung. Verdi’s Requiem will also get {…}
In 2008 a new star graced the stage of the Salzburg Festival in “Roméo et Juliette,” showcasing dramatic power and promising to become the next big star in the opera world. All eyes were on Nino Machaidze who many believed would follow a specific route in the lyric repertoire. However, after nine years of an immensely successful career, Machaidze has {…}
Festival season continues and many of the greatest artists are preparing new roles or in rehearsals portraying some of their favorite characters. Find out what some of them were up to, Ildar Abdrazakov attended the dress rehearsal of “Aida” at the Salzburg Festival, showing support for his friends and colleagues. He posted two videos from the curtain call and another {…}
The Teatro di San Carlo has announced its 2017-18 season with a number of classics and one musical being presented. The season kicks off on Dec. 12, 2017, with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with Anna Pirozzi, Kristin Lewis, and Virginia Tola leading the way. That opera will be followed by Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Jan. 11, 2018. Eleonora Buratto and {…}
“Rigoletto” can’t be topped for its humanity. A father and a daughter, a jester, a virginal naif, longing for and trying to sustain a good a life in selfish and lecherous world, power-hungry and greedy, 16th century Mantua. Such is the subject of Verdi’s middle period masterpiece. The libretto by Francisco Maria Piave is based on the play “Le Roi {…}
The Gran Theatre de Genève has announced its 2017-18 season. The Three Figaro Operas Geneve will present three operas from the life of Figaro, over three days. The series will begin with Gioachino Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” followed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Le Nozze di Figaro and concluding with Elena Langer’s “Figaro Gets a Divorce.” The operas will run {…}
This week was a busy week for singers. Not only were many performing at festivals but a few were preparing new roles that are set to premiere in the next few weeks! Check it out. Nino Machaidze shared pictures of her current Gilda at the San Francisco Opera with Quinn Kelsey. Operawire will be at one of the performances later {…}
Another light weekend in North America’s Opera World with only a few companies putting on shows. Opera Theater of Saint Louis continues its run of Gordon’s “The Grapes of Wrath” on Friday. The next day the company puts on Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito.” The company closes out the weekend with “Madama Butterfly.” Portland Opera puts on its lone performance {…}