Sarah Aristidou, Joel Prieto, Sidney Mancasola & Ramona Zaharia Headline Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur’s 2024-25 Season

The Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. OPÉRA The season opens with “Festival Hip Hop’Era.” Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2024 Hélène Guilmette, Valentine Lemercier, Enguerrand de Hys, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Matthieu Lécroart, Floriane Derthe, Antoine Foulon, Geoffrey Carey, and Matthieu Walendzik star in Charles Lecoq’s “La Fille de Madame Angot.” {…}

Mar 22, 2024

Opéra National de Paris Review 2024: The Exterminating Angel

Photo credit: Agathe Poupeney-OnP Thomas Adès’s “The Exterminating Angel” is one of the most successful contemporary operas of the century. Beyond its many productions—the Parisian one being the best of them all—, the opera quickly entered the symphonic repertoire with a very well-crafted symphonic suite. The opera, based on Luís Buñuel’s homonymous film, follows its source material: more than a {…}

Jun 16, 2023

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023 Review: The Dialogue of the Carmelites

(Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Whether you like Barrie Kosky’s stagings or not, they always have an enormous presence. Think of the Marlene Dietrich-inspired gorilla suit in his “Carmen” for the Royal Opera House, the inflatable Beckmesser caricature in the Nuremberg trial “Meistersinger”, or the eerie sea of ash and candles in his “Saul” for Glyndebourne. The latter, highly acclaimed, meant {…}

Apr 25, 2023

Lise Davidsen, Thomas Hampson, Jeanine De Bique & Magdalena Kožená Lead BBC Proms’ 2023 Season

The BBC Proms has announced its 2023 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Paul Lewis, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Dalia Stasevska perform the first night of Proms. Performance Date: July 14, 2023 Early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico explores the many facets of William Byrd. Performance Date: July 15, 2023 Soprano Rainelle {…}

Jan 18, 2021

Georg Nigl, Marisol Montalvo, Christel Loetzsch & Sandrine Piau Highlight France Musique’s Streams

(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper official website / Marisol Montalvo official website / © Christel Loetzsch / © Sandrine Expilly) France Musique will stream two vocal performances on Jan. 19 & 20, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. CET. First up, on Jan. 19, audiences will get a chance to hear a concert of soprano Sandrine Piau at L’Auditorium du Louvre featuring works by {…}

Oct 19, 2020

Charles Castronovo Takes Over Run of ‘Les Pêcheurs de Perles’ at Staatsoper Berlin

Staatsoper unter der Linden has announced that tenor Charles Castronovo will fully take over the role of Nadir in Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de Perles” on Oct. 19 and Oct. 24, 2020. He will replace tenor Pavol Breslik in the role. The American tenor already stepped in for the vocal part of the Oct. 17, 2020 performance, while Breslik acted the {…}

Oct 17, 2020

Charles Castronovo Takes Over ‘Les Pêcheurs de Perles’ at Staatsoper Berlin

The Staatsoper unter der Linden has announced that tenor Charles Castronovo will take over the singing part of the role of Nadir in a performance of Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de Perles,” replacing tenor Pavol Breslik. Breslik will still appear onstage, acting the role of Nadir. Castronovo will join a cast that includes Olga Peretyatko, Alfredo Daza and Paul Gay. Victorien {…}

Mar 23, 2018

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (3/23-25): Anja Harteros & Joseph Calleja Headline New Productions

Let the Holiday season begin as many of the world’s festivals begin their Easter celebrations. Here is a breakdown of the performances you should see this weekend. Tosca – Salzburg East Festival, Austria The Easter Festival begins in Salzburg with a new production of “Tosca” starring the extraordinary Anja Harteros alongside Aleksandrs Antonenko and Ludovic Tézier. Christian Thielemann conducts the new {…}