OperaVision has gained renewed support from the European Union’s “Creative Europe” program. Through the program, the online streaming service will receive a grant of 2 million euros over three years to continue to develop its platform and reach. OperaVision streams opera performances from around the world, partnering with 30 companies across 16 countries, including the Teatro Real de Madrid, the {…}
(Credit: Chris Christodoulou) OperaVision has announced its streams for the month of January. Polly Graham’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” from the Royal College of Music kicks off the streaming slate. The opera features Jamie Woollard as Sarastro, Michael Bell as Tamino, Charlotte Bowden as Pamina, and Clara Barbier as Die Königin der Nacht. The cast also includes Dafydd Allen, {…}
(Credit: Mikel Ponce / Miguel Lorenzo) OperaVision has announced its streams for the month of December. Clément Hervieu-Léger’s production of Philippe Hersant and Jean Echenoz’s “Les Éclairs” from Opéra Comique kicks off the streaming slate. The opera features Jean-Christophe Lanièce, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, François Rougier, Elsa Benoit, André Heyboer, Jérôme Boutillier, Alban Dufourt, and Mathieu Dubroca. Ariane Matiakh conducts. Streaming dates: {…}
The Hungarian State Opera and OperaVision have announced that they will continue their partnership with a presentation of composer Janos Vajda and librettist Szabolcs Varady’s “The Imaginary Invalid or the Cabal of Hypocrites.” Directed by Mate Szabo, conductor Janos Kovacs leads the HSO Orchestra and a cast featuring Andras Habetler in the double roles of Argan and Moliere, Eva Batori {…}
OperaVision has canceled the stream of Haydn’s “Missa in tempore belli” from the Dutch National Opera. The streaming platform announced the news that the cancelation was for reasons “beyond our control” and therefore would not go ahead with the stream as planned tonight at 7:00. As a result, the Dutch National Opera’s new production of “Der Zwerg” will be available {…}
OperaVision will celebrate World Opera Day on Oct. 25 in the company of young artists from seven opera studios. The streaming platform will present filmed performances and fly-on-the-wall documentaries from Tokyo, Paris, London, Hannover, Amsterdam, Warsaw, and Rome. Companies that will participate include the New National Theatre Tokyo, Opéra Comique Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Staatsoper Hannover, Dutch National {…}
OperaVision has announced its streams for the month of October. It all kicks off with the New National Theatre Tokyo’s production of “Carmen” starring Stéphanie D’Oustrac in the title role alongside Toshiaki Murakami as Don José, Alexandre Duhamel as Escamillo, and Ryoko Sunakawa as Micaëla. Other cast members include Hidekazu Tsumaya, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Hidekazu Machi, Shuhei Itoga, Mari Moriya, and {…}
OperaVision has announced its streaming slate for the months of August and September. First up will be a production of “Rusalka” from the Staatstheater Braunschweig starring Julie Adams, Kwonsoo Jeon, Jisang Ryu, Ekaterina Kudryavseva, and Edna Prochnik. Srba Dinić conducts. Streaming Dates: August 18, 2021 – Nov. 13, 2021 Next up is Lviv National Opera’s “When the Fern Blooms” starring {…}
OperaVision has announced its July 2021 streaming slate. First up will be a production of “Andrea Chénier” from the Hungarian State Opera. The work will feature Boldizsár László, Eszter Sümegi, and Michele Kalmandy. Balázs Kocsár conducts a production by Fabio Ceresa. Streaming Date: July 2, 2021 Next up will be a production of “The Haunted Manor” from Poznan Opera. The {…}
OperaVision has announced the June streams featuring three complete works and a competition. The month opens with Calixto Bieito’s new “St. John Passion” from Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Les Talens Lyriques and a group of amateur singers who form the chorus at the heart of the narrative star alongside Benjamin Appl, Joshua Ellicott, Lenneke Ruiten, and Carlos Mena Streaming {…}
OperaVision has announced the streams for the month May. The first stream of the month will be from the Nationaltheater Mannheim. “Hippolyte et Aricie” will feature a production by Lorenzo Fioroni and is conducted by Bernhard Forck. Streaming Date: May 1, 2021 The Royal Swedish Opera’s “Tosca“ from a performance in February will be streamed. Malin Byström stars as Tosca {…}