Michael Fabiano, Elza Van Den Heever & Sondra Radvanovsky Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Courtesy of San Francisco Opera) The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of new productions and stars. Here is a look. Productions The first production of the season will be Beethoven’s “Fidelio” celebrating the composer’s 250th anniversary. The new production will be directed by Matthew Ozawa with Music Director Designate Eun Sun Kim conducting {…}

Dec 18, 2019

Vallejo Community Arts Foundation To Showcase ‘Three Tenors! – The Next Generation’

Vallejo Community Arts Foundation will present “Three Tenors! – The Next Generation,” on February 1, 2020, spotlighting tenors Pene Pati, Alex Boyer, and Christopher Oglesby. The event will take place at the Empress Theatre in Vallejo, California. The event will feature a rich program consisting of popular arias, from “Aida,” “Rigoletto,” “La Traviata,” “Tosca,” “Turandot,” “La Bohème,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “L’Elisir {…}

Sep 6, 2019

Nadine Sierra, Inside Series Lead The Top Operas To See This Weekend – North America

(Credit: Merri Cyr) The 2019-20 season continues to ramp up this weekend with a number of fantastic works, some of them from the standard repertory. Here are the top operas to see this weekend. Looking at You – HERE, New York City The New York City company will showcase this unique work starting on Friday. The piece, described as a {…}

Sep 3, 2019

Bryan Hymel Cancels San Francisco Opera’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’

The San Francisco Opera has announced that Bryan Hymel will no longer perform in the upcoming production of Gonoud’s “Roméo et Juliette,” which opens the Company’s 97th season. The company announced that due to personal reasons the tenor had to bow out of the production, which is also set to star Nadine Sierra. As a result, Samoan-born New Zealand tenor {…}

Sep 3, 2019

San Francisco Opera And San Francisco Chronicle To Present Opera In The Park

San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Chronicle will celebrate the start of the company’s 97th season with the latest edition of Opera in the Park. The free event will “bookend an action-packed weekend” for San Francisco Opera, according to the press release. The season will open with Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the Opera Ball, and the BRAVO! CLUB Gala on {…}

Jul 6, 2019

Real Filharmonía De Galicia Announces 2019-20 Season

The Real Filharmonía de Galicia has announced its 2019-20 season. For purposes of this article, we will only concentrate on the vocal performances. Miren Urbieta Vega and Damián Del Castillo perform a night of Zarzuela with works by J. Guridi, F. Moreno Torroba, and P. Sorozábal. Manuel Coves conducts. Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2019 Fernando Buide’s “A amnesia de Clío” is set to be performed with Paul {…}

May 24, 2019

Nadine Sierra, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Rachel Willis-Sorensen Highlight Opera De Bordeaux’s 2019-20 Season

The Opéra de Bordeaux has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions, great stars and a number of acclaimed recitals. Eric Cutler and Adam Smith share the title role in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Jessica Pratt singing the four heroines, Nicolas Cavallier as the four villains, and Aude Extrémo as Nicklausse. Marc Minkowski conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 1, 2019 Marianne Crebassa {…}

Nov 9, 2018

Top 7 Operas to See This Weekend – International (8/9-11)

This weekend, OperaWire goes a little traditional in its weekend offerings. Granted if you look at the list many of the works recommended are not the most popular. Instead, there are rarely performed works, role debuts, and in the case of one production, a legendary showcase that has to be seen every time it is on stage. Here is a look {…}

May 5, 2018

Marina Rebeka, Nadine Sierra & Levy Sekgapane Headline Opera de Bordeaux’s 2018-19 Season

The Opera de Bordeaux has announced its 2018-19 season featuring six productions, recitals and a number of concert performances of diverse repertoire for opera lovers. The season will also include a number of international opera singers making role debuts and anticipated debuts. Here is a look. Operas Bordeaux opens a new production of Offenbach’s “La Perichole” with Aude Extremo in the {…}

Mar 16, 2018

Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 2018-19 Season To Feature Quinn Kelsey, Amanda Woodbury & Pene Pati

The Hawaii Opera Theatre has announced its 2018-19 season featuring three opera productions with numerous acclaimed American artists. The season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” starring Soprano Amanda Woodbury as Juliet, following her acclaimed performance of the role at The Met. Emmanuel Plasson will conduct the production after his acclaimed “Il Trovatore” in 2016. Performance Dates: October 12, 14, & 16 2018 {…}

Dec 11, 2017

Richard Tucker Gala 2017 Review: Stephanie Blythe & Ailyn Perez Shine As Nadine Sierra Shows Promise

Every year the Richard Tucker Foundation awards a promising young American opera singer with the annual Richard Tucker Award. The award comes with a star-studded gala that showcases the victorious artist alongside some of the greatest singers in the world, many of which are also previous winners. This year Nadine Sierra was given the award and headlined the gala at {…}