The Bregenz Festival in Austria issued a statement regarding its 2020 summer season noting it was still set to continue as planned. In a press release the festival said, “As things stand at present, the Bregenz Festival should go ahead as planned from July 22 to August 23 2020. As last year’s production, ‘Rigoletto,’ is returning for its second run {…}
(Credit: Gerard Collett) On the eastern side of the Cape of Good Hope, at the very tip of South Africa, sits Port Elizabeth, a city with a population just shy of one million people. The population size matters because it makes soprano Vuvu Mpofu one in a million, a ratio perhaps not unlike the shot she had at making it {…}
The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires is also streaming operas for audiences around the world during this time of social distancing to contain the spread of COVID-19. Every Sunday evening at 8 p.m. local time, audiences can connect to the company’s official YouTube or Facebook page to watch past performances. The famed company kicked off its slate with a showcase {…}
The Nashville Opera has rescheduled its production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” to end its 2020-21 season. The company announced that all details will be revealed in full in the coming weeks. The opera house announced on Saturday, March 14, 2020 that it had canceled its final production scheduled originally for April 9 and 11, 2020. “Rigoletto” is set to star Michael {…}
(Credit: Allan Richard Tobis) Russian lyric coloratura soprano Elena Tsallagova is a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She has performed on a number of the biggest opera stages in the world, including Opéra National de Paris and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Known for her deep vocal versatility and theatrical prowess, Tsallagova has performed title {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Luc Besson’s “Anna.” {…}
(Credit: Keith Rogers) Florida Grand Opera is set to revive the Verdi and Piave’s masterwork “Rigoletto” this March, April, and May. The company’s first slew of performances of “Rigoletto” are set for March 28-April 5 at the Arsht Center in Miami, with two additional showcases on April 30 and May 2, 2020 set for Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center. “Rigoletto” will {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver) Opera lovers in Frankfurt were excited about the opening night of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” at the Oper Frankfurt on January 24, 2020. Christopher Maltman was in the title role, and joined Bianca Tognocchi as Gilda with Pier Giorgio Morandi conducting. The cast also included bass Barnaby Rea and mezzo-soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, among others. Also making his debut {…}
Faymous will present the second installment of “A Night of Opera at the Box” on Feb. 29, 2020, with proceeds going to Sing for Hope. The showcase, which will take place for one-night only at The Box in New York City, will present a re-imagined look at Verdi and Piave’s “Rigoletto.” In this version, the opera will take place at {…}
Cinelife Entertainment and CinemaLive are set to showcase “Rigoletto on the Lake” across U.S. Cinemas between Feb. 10-16, 2020. Audiences will get a chance to see the famed production of the Verdi and Piave opera from the Bregenz Festival, which OperaWire called a “feat of creative imagination, combining technical achievement with emotional richness, this interpretation of the Verdi score is {…}
Baritone Željko Lučić was born in Serbia, in a small town of Zrenjanin, northeast of the capital Belgrade. For anyone familiar with the looks of historical small towns in the countries of the Western Balkan, this is a significant fact. “Yes, my hometown is indeed a small one, but also an absolutely wonderful place,” Lučić, smiling, told OperaWire in a recent {…}