(Photo source: Official website) Szymanowski’s “King Roger” unfolds as a hypnotic meditation on desire, power, and spiritual awakening. Set in a world suspended between Byzantine splendour and Mediterranean sensuality, the opera follows a Christian ruler, King Roger, whose carefully ordered reality is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious Shepherd. Radiating an almost dangerous charisma, the stranger awakens in Roger {…}
FEDORA has announced the launch of the nominee phase for its 2021 prizes. Jury nominees in the opera category belong to Kaija Saariaho and Sofi Oksanen’s “Innocence” in a co-production by Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera & Ballet, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and San Francisco Opera; Jamie Man and Peter Stamm’s “Zelle, wenn es dunkel wird” {…}
OperaVision will present a live stream of “Paria” from the Poznan Opera House on June 30, 2019. The stream kicks off at 6 p.m. local time. That’s around 1 p.m. EDT and 10 a.m. PST for the start time. It will be available for repeat viewings on Opera Vision until Dec. 29, 2019. The work by Moniuszko will feature a {…}
