Roderick Cox has been named Music Director of the Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier Occitanie. He will begin his tenure during the 2024-5 season and will become the youngest permanent conductor at the head of the Montpellier Orchestra since its creation. Cox is a winner of the 2018 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Prize and in 2019 he launched a program {…}
The Finnish National Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Leevi Madetoja’s “The Ostrobothnians”, which is known as Finland’s “national opera” will be directed by director Paavo Westerberg. The cast will include Jukka Rasilainen, Ville Rusanen, Jussi Vänttinen, Johanna Lehesvuori, Maria Turunen, Iida Antola, Päivi Nisula, Tuomas Pursio, Aarne Pelkonen, Ilkka Hämäläinen and Mika Pohjonen. The Orchestra of the Finnish National {…}
Photos by: Sachyn Mital, © Lincoln Center Jeanine De Bique is one of the most exciting sopranos to catch onstage these days. Animated, joyful, and technically flawless, the Trinidadian vocalist with the light, starry voice that soars before landing on audiences’ ears like a musical meteor shower. While De Bique does staged productions, she throughly enjoys singing in concert format. {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Roderick Cox will conduct “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” during the 2020-21 season. In a statement, the conductor said, “I am thrilled to announce my debut with The Metropolitan Opera in Rossini’s ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia,’ March 2021. I adore this opera, and I am indeed honored and humbled to be able to perform it {…}