Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week it’s all about the tenor. Three of opera’s leading tenors release albums that feature their vocal depths and their passion. There are a number of the world premiere recordings and several choral albums. Ways You Went Donald Nally’s chamber choir The {…}
Iago Campello is set to join Intermusica as the Associate Artist Manager of Vocal and Opera. Campello’s role begins on Sept. 2. He will work alongside the new Head of Vocal and Opera Nathan Morrison on a list of singers to be announced over the next few months. Iago Campello Álvarez is a pianist and artist administrator. At age 12, he {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced that its 2022 production of “Fedora” is now available on LaScalaTV. The production, which premiered in 2022, is directed by Mario Martone and was the first time since 2004 that the opera had been performed at the legendary Milanese theater. Sonya Yoncheva and Roberto Alagna led the starry cast which also included Serena Gamberoni {…}
A new festival, “Masters of Classic,” will celebrate its first year in Bucharest, Romania with a star-studded lineup. The festival will occur between Sept. 1 and 15, 2024 at the Sala Palatului and the National Opera House in Bucharest. For this article, vocal performances will be emphasized. The season opens with Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov performing in concert. Performance {…}
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2024-25 season. Festival Centenaire Puccini Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Puccini’s “La Rondine“ in Concert. Pretty Yende, Charles Castronovo, Deanna Breiwick, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Roberto de Candia. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2024 Anna Netrebko, Nino Machaidze, Mariam Battistelli, Yusif Eyvazov, and Florian Sempey lead Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Biagio Pizzuti, Giorgi Manoshvili, and Matteo Peirone {…}
The Deustche Oper Berlin has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Respighi’s “La Fiamma” will be directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Carlo Rizzi. The cast will include Aušrine Stundyte, Georgy Vasiliev, Vladislav Sulimsky, Martina Serafin, Sua Jo, Cristina Toledo, Martina Baroni, Karis Tucker, Caren Van Oijen, Doris Soffel, and Patrick Guetti. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 18, 2024 Enrique Mazzola {…}
The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Orchestre de Paris Klaus Mäkelä conducts music by Beethoven, Peteris Vasks, and Tchaikovsky. Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2024 Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts a program of music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Alexandre Tcherepnine. Golda Schultz stars. Performance Date: Oct. 9, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s “Turandot” for 17 performances. The production will showcase Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv in her Met debut with two casts. The first cast will feature Elena Pankratova in the title role opposite tenor SeokJong Baek as Calàf. They will be joined by Aleksandra Kurzak as Liù and Vitalij Kowaljow {…}
Having recently become a Knight and awarded the prestigious, “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,” baritenor Michael Spyres has quickly arisen as one of modern opera’s central luminaries, sensuously consonant with others like the ineffable Sondra Radvanovsky, the Puccini grande dame Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Susan Graham, Mikhail Kruglov, Allan Clayton, Elīna Garanča, and Javier Camarena to name only a {…}
Roberto Alagna has released a statement after his name appeared in an open letter alongside 50 actors in support of Gérard Depardieu. The tenor took to social media and said, “Was I set up? I was in New York when I was contacted about a petition denouncing the media lynching of a man, the censorship and total erasure of an {…}
Tenor Roberto Alagna has signed an open letter alongside 50 actors in support of Gérard Depardieu. The letter which was posted on Monday, Dec. 25 in Le Figaro said, “We can no longer remain silent in the face of the lynching he is facing” and added, that he is being attacked “in defiance of a presumption of innocence from which he {…}