Plácido Domingo has postponed his upcoming Mexico concerts due to COVID-19. The Arena Ciudad de Mexico noted that due to the rapid spread of the virus, the 81-year-old singer would not be able to travel over to Mexico. However, Domingo did announce new dates for the concerts. The Ciudad de México concert will be held on August 16, 2022, while {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The Tio Pepe Festival has announced its 2022 slate featuring singers from all over the world. For the performances of this article, we will only focus on the operatic concerts at the festival. The Spanish festival will showcase Plácido Domingo in a concert at the Bodega Las Copas – Jerez. Performance Date: August 3, 2022 Javier {…}
Plácido Domingo is set to receive the Giovanni Verga award in 2022. The singer will receive the prize as a career tribute, which will also coincide with the 40th anniversary of Franco Zeffirelli’s “Cavalleria rusticana;” Domingo had starred in that production. The 2022 prize will also coincide with Verga’s 100th year since his death in 1922. The tenor was well {…}
(Credit: Luigi Caputo) The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced its 2022 slate, focusing on the Spanish city of Seville. “There are said to be 153 operas set in and around Seville. It is a city which unites a unique mixture of proud ancient cultures which has generated and inspired incredibly varied music and enchants visitors with its stunningly bright light, {…}
(Credit: Victor Santi) La Salle Gaveau in Paris has announced an upcoming concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “I Due Foscari.” The opera will star Plácido Domingo in the role of Francesco Foscari, Anna Pirozzi as Lucrezia Contarini, Arturo Chacón-Cruz in the role of Jacopo Foscari, and Emanuele Cordaro as Loredano. Mathieu Herzog will conduct the Ensemble Appasionato. La Salle Gaveau {…}
Plácido Domingo is set to return to Mexico in 2022 to offer concerts in February. The famed singer will sing at a concert on Feb. 1 in the Arena Monterrey and on Feb. 4 at the Arena Ciudad de México. He will be accompanied by the Orquesta Filarmónica del Desierto. The last time Domingo performed in México was in February {…}
(Credit: Bolshoi Theatre official website) Plácido Domingo withdrew from a performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Bolshoi Theatre on Nov. 25. The reason for the last minute cancellation was Domingo’s indisposition. As a result, Polish baritone Stanislav Kuflyuk took over the role of Giorgio Germont. Kuflyuk joined a cast that included Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Alfredo Germont, and Nadezhda Pavlova {…}
(Credit: © Fiorenzo Niccoli) Plácido Domingo was replaced after intermission of the final performance of Verdi’s “Nabucco” at the Wiener Staatsoper on Nov. 12, 2021. An announcement was made before the performance that Domingo was suffering of a sore throat and that he asked for an audience understanding. However, after a break, the General Director of the Wiener Staatsoper Bogdan {…}
The Teatro Massimo di Palermo has announced its 2022 season featuring opera and concerts. Here is a look at the productions the company will be performing. The season opens with Verdi’s “Les vêpres siciliennes” starring Selene Zanetti, Piero Pretti, Leonardo Caimi, Gezim Mishketa, Luca Tittoto, and Fabrizio Beggi. Omer Meir Wellber conducts the production by Emma Dante. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-26, 2022 {…}
Rolando Villazón will celebrate his 50th birthday with a concert “Cinquentañero.” The concert, which will be held on Feb. 21, 2022, one day before his 50th birthday, will take place at the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg. Many of Villazón’s closest collaborators will celebrate the famed tenor’s milestone birthday including Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo, Charles Castronovo, Magdalena Kozena, Regula Muehlemann, Fatma Said, {…}
Operalia has announced the winners of its 2021 competition. Held at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the competition saw young artists from all over the world compete before a distinguished panel of judges in the categories of opera and zarzuela. First Prize – Tenor Ivan Ayon-Rivas (Peru) and mezzo-soprano Victoria Karkacheva (Russia) Second Prize – Soprano Mane Galoyan (Armenia), tenor {…}