Opera in Williamsburg Announces ‘FED-SHUDOWN’ Discounts on Tickets for Upcoming Performances

(Photo Credit: Eliana Brea) Opera in Williamsburg, Virginia, is offering special “FED-SHUDOWN” pay-what-you-can (PWYC) tickets for its upcoming Nov. 7, 2025 performance of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” at the Kimball Theatre. Countertenor The opera will star Nicholas Tamagna as Orfeo alongside Maria Brea as Euridice and Laura Leon as Amore. Maestro Jorge Parodi leads the orchestra, with Zahavi-Ely directing. “We {…}

Jun 18, 2025

Americas Society to Showcase Tango Adaptation of Gluck’s Most Renowned Opera

Americas Society is teaming up with La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York City to present “Euridice, una sombra.” The U.S. premiere features Gluck’s iconic work presented through the lens of tango. The reimagined version is set in a Buenos Aires tango club in the early 20th century and is scored for tango quartet. The arias are reorchestrated while {…}

May 24, 2024

Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Orfeo ed Euridice

(Credit: Ken Howard) The Met Opera’s production of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” is as timeless as the work itself. You couldn’t really ask for more from Mark Morris’ production, which is in the midst of a revival to close out the 2023-24 season. The two curved rafters converging to form a semi-circle at the center of the stage serve numerous {…}

May 15, 2024

Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its revival of “Orfeo ed Euridice.” The company said that “For all performances of Gluck’s ‘Orfeo ed Euridice,’ the conductor will be J. David Jackson.” He will replace Christian Curnyn, who was originally announced. Jackson made his Met debut in 2008 leading “Hansel and Gretel.” He has since conducted “Porgy and {…}

Aug 7, 2023

Salzburg Festival 2023 Review: Orfeo ed Euridice

(Credit: Photo © SF/Bernd Uhlig) When Cecilia Bartoli enters the stage, all eyes are on her. The leading headliner in Salzburg has made herself a living legend. I know many music-lovers, of all ages, who have fallen in love with opera first and foremost because of Cecilia. Such talent has made legions of fans—myself included— to feel entitled to use {…}

Jan 24, 2023

Cecilia Bartoli, Rolando Villazón, Mélissa Petit, Andriana Chuchman, Thomas Hampson Headline Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2023

The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced its 2023 festival and it will feature a very heavy emphasis on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. “As a musician and singer, I firmly believe in the power of music and the human voice. Therefore, the Orpheus myth is naturally one of the ancient stories that fascinates me most. It heartens me when {…}

Sep 22, 2022

San Francisco Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’

San Francisco Opera has announced a cast change for its Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice.” The company said Meigui Zhang will make her role debut as Eurydice, replacing Christina Gansch who is expecting her second child and has withdrawn from the production. Zhang made her company debut this past summer as Dai Yu in Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang’s “Dream {…}

Sep 16, 2022

New National Theatre, Tokyo to Stream ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’

(Credit: Rikimaru Hota) The New National Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, has announced that it will be streaming “Orfeo ed Euridice” via OperaVision and NNTT Stream starting on Oct. 7, 2022. The opera, which was performed on May 21 of this year, can be seen for six months with subtitles in English, French, Italian, German and Japanese. It will be part {…}

Jul 17, 2022

Q & A: Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson On Making An Opera Career In Ireland

(Photo: Patrick Browne) Opera in Ireland has recently been going through a boom time. Whereas only a few years ago, Irish singers were being forced to look abroad to establish a career, owing to the lack of opportunities at home, now, with the emergence of Opera Collective Ireland, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, and, most significantly, Irish National Opera, along {…}

Nov 24, 2021

Michael Spyres, Golda Schultz, Sabine Devieilhe & Emily D’Angelo Lead Festival D’Aix-En-Provence’s 2022 Season

The Festival D’Aix-En-Provence has announced its 2022 slate featuring a varied repertoire and international stars. The festival will begin on July 4 and is set to run through July 23, 2022. Here is a look at the upcoming season: Mahler’s “Resurrection” will be conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen in a production by Romeo Castellucci. Golda Schultz and Marianne Crebassa star. Performance {…}

Nov 19, 2021

Carlo Vistoli & Nadja Mchantaf Lead Damiano Michieletto’s Production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ at Komische Oper Berlin

(Credits: Fabio Lovino / Daniele Ferroni / Semperoper Dresden official website) The Komische Oper Berlin will stage Damiano Michieletto’s production of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera “Orfeo ed Euridice.” It will be presented in the Italian version, which premiered in Vienna in 1762. Italian countertenor Carlo Vistoli and soprano Nadja Mchantaf will perform the title roles, and will be joined onstage {…}

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