(Credit: Johannes Ifkovits) Polish tenor Piotr Beczała has announced on his official Facebook account that his concert at the Narodowe Forum Muzyki in Wrocław has been postponed due to the worsening epidemiological situation. Beczała was supposed to perform with the Polska Filharmonia Kameralna Sopot and the program for the concert included works by Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Moniuszko, Giordano, and Mascagni. {…}
(Credit: Emilie Brouchon) This week the Polish National Opera will open a new production of Massenet’s “Werther” by Willy Decker. The production was originally set to open in May of 2020 but was canceled due to the coronavirus. Now the company has lined up an extraordinary group of soloists including Piotr Beczala, who returns to his country to sing one {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced updates to the schedule for its Met Stars Live in Concert series. The company revealed that the concert starring Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczala has been postponed until Jan. 23, 2021. The concert was originally set to take place on Sept. 26, 2020 but had to be postponed. Meanwhile, the company also revealed that the {…}
(Credit: Michael Cooper) “People are craving music and all the healing, soothing, and bonding elements it provides.” American-Canadian soprano superstar Sondra Radvanovsky was in Rio de Janeiro on March 13, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in full force. Radvanovsky was slated to perform at the Theatro Municipal, but the performance ended up being canceled. Faced with a {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the HD schedule for its 2021-22 season, which will feature 10 performances. Here is a full breakdown. Oct. 9, 2021 – Boris Godunov René Pape headlines a cast that includes Alexey Markov, Stanislav Trofimov, David Butt Philip, Ain Anger, and Maxim Paster. Sebastian Weigle conducts. The opera will be presented in its original 1869 version. {…}
(Credit: Johannes Ifkovits) Piotr Beczala has revealed he will sing Wagner’s “Parsifal” at the Bayreuth Festival in 2022. In an interview with Platea Magazine, the tenor revealed that he will make his role debut in 2022 first in a concert version with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst and then in Bayreuth with Anja Harteros and Ludovic Tézier. The tenor {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has postponed its upcoming live concert performance with Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała. The company noted that it was forced to postpone “due to pandemic-related limitations on its Munich-based production team’s movement between Germany and Spain.” As a result, the concert, which was originally scheduled to take place on Sept. 26 in Spain, will be rescheduled with a {…}
(Credit: Michael Cooper) Celebrated American-Canadian soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will return to the stage in a live concert on Sept. 3, 2020 at the Teatro Colón in A Coruña, Spain. The famed soprano will be joined onstage by baritone Carlos Álvarez, tenor Alejandro Roy, and bass Simón Orfila. Radvanovsky’s first live performance after a six-month hiatus will feature different excerpts from {…}
(Credit: Met Opera / Ken Howard / Marty Sohl) The Met Opera has unveiled its 25 and 26th weeks of streaming, continuing its theme-based streaming options. For week 25, the company will focus on 20th-century classics, while the ensuing week of streams will place an emphasis on French operas. Monday, August 31 – R. Strauss’s Elektra Starring Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud {…}
(Credit: Met Opera / Ken Howard / Marty Sohl) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 24th week of its nightly streams. For the final week of August, the company will be dedicated to presenting operas by Verdi. This is the second time that the company places a focus on one composer, having done a similarly themed marathon of Wagner operas. {…}
(Credit: Johannes Ifkovits) The Ópera de las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain has announced the rescheduling of two productions previously postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis. The company announced that the canceled “Aida” production will now be performed in 2022. Additionally, Puccini’s “La Bohème,” which was originally scheduled for May will now be performed on Sept. 16, 18, and {…}