Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa & Plácido Domingo Lead Arena di Verona’s Revised Summer 2020 Edition

The Arena di Verona has announced its alternative 2020 Summer Festival entitled “In the Heart of Music.” The season opens with a concert entitled “Il cuore italiano della Musica” featuring soloists Eleonora Buratto, Donata D’Annunzio Lombardi, Rosa Feola, Barbara Frittoli, Maria José Siri, Daniela Barcellona, Annamaria Chiuri, Veronica Simeoni, Annalisa Stroppa, Fabio Armiliato, Roberto Aronica, Francesco Meli, Saimir Pirgu, Fabio {…}

Jun 5, 2020

Rosa Feola, Riccardo Muti, Anna Prohaska Headline Ravenna Festival’s 2020 Season

(Image Source: Ravenna Festival Official Website) The Ravenna Festival in Italy has announced its program for the 2020 festival. For the purposes of this article, we will be focused solely on vocal performances. The season kicks off with Riccardo Muti leading a concert starring Rosa Feola in music by Mozart. Performance Date: June 21, 2020 Soprano Pamela Lucciarini and Ensemble {…}

Jun 1, 2020

Elina Garanča, Ailyn Pérez & Lawrence Brownlee Headline Teatro San Carlo di Napoli’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Chris Singer/ Paul Schirnhofer/DG/ Shervin Lainez) The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2020-21 season which will be the first under superintendent Stéphane Lissner. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a new production by Emma Dante. Selene Zanetti stars as Mimì with Damiana Mizzi as Musetta, Stephen Costello in his house debut as Rodolfo, {…}

May 22, 2020

Riccardo Muti, Rosa Feola to Headline Re-Imagined Ravenna Festival in 2020

(Credit: © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2012) The Ravenna Festival is set to bring live concerts back to Italy for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival, which takes places in Ravenna, Italy, will offer a re-imagined program, featuring up to 40 events between June 21 and July 30 starting with an open air concert led {…}

May 12, 2020

Opera di Roma to Stage New ‘Rigoletto’ Production in Summer With Vittorio Grigolo, Rosa Feola

The Opera di Roma has announced it will stage opera during the summer season. In an interview with Corriere della Serra, sovrintendente Carlo Fuortes announced that the company would be performing a new production of “Rigoletto” at the Villa Borghese with a maximum of 1,000 spectators. In the interview he said that the production would follow government regulations and also {…}

May 1, 2020

The Top 5 Moments From the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s At Home Gala

After the Metropolitan Opera presented an at home gala, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino announced it would also showcase its own similar event with some of the greatest artists around the world. The Maggio Musicale is not as famous as the New York theater but it is currently run by Alexander Periera, one of the most popular and influential General directors {…}

Apr 21, 2020

Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Olga Peretyatko Highlight Berlin Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season

Credit: Alexey Kostromin/Dario Acosta/Paul Schirnhofer-DG The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of tours, vocal performances and world famous stars. For the purposes of this article we will only concentrate on vocal performances. The season opens with Musikfest, which was announced previously. Click here for more details. Philharmonie Daniel Harding conducts countertenor Andrew Watts in music {…}

Mar 15, 2020

Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros & Anna Netrebko Headline Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2020-21 Season

The Bayerische Staatsoper announced its 2020-21 season which includes eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres The first new production of the year will be “Die Vögel” by Walter Braunfels, who also penned the libretto. Ingo Metzmacher conducts a production by Frank Castrof that will star Wolfgang Koch, Günter Papendell, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Eliza Bloom, and Yajie Zhang, among {…}

Feb 21, 2020

Elizabeth Llewellyn, Maxim Mironov & Patricia Racette Headline International Weekend (2/21-23)

(Credit: Courtesy of English National Opera ) This weekend there are a number of new productions including two comedies, three modern masterpieces, and one classic repertoire staple. Here is a look at our recommendations. Egmont – Theater an der Wien, Austria Edgaras Montvidas, Bo Skovhus, Maria Bengtsson, Angelika Kirchschlager, Theresa Kronthaler, and Károly Szemerédy star in Christian Jost and Christoph {…}

Jan 3, 2020

Rosa Feola, Klaus Florian Vogt & Hye Jung Lee Highlight Top 5 International Weekend (1/3-5)

(Credit: © Olaf Struck) It’s the first week of the year and many festivals are underway. This week we focus on some of the standard repertoire and some rising stars. L’Elisir d’Amore – Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Austria Sesto Quatrini conducts Dorothea Kirschbaum’s production of “L’Elisir d’Amore” with a cast that includes Benedetta Torre, Sam Handley, Jonathan Abernethy, Mikołaj Trąbka, and {…}

Nov 14, 2019

Jonas Kaufmann, Jamie Barton & Rosa Feola Highlight Park Avenue Armory 2020 Season

The Park Avenue Armory has announced its 2020 seasons. Here is a look at the vocal performances from the season. Monteverdi’s “Marian Vespers” gets a North American premiere at the Wade Thompson Drill Hall in an interpretation directed by the Armory’s Marina Kellen, French Artistic Director Pierre Audi and featuring world-renowned orchestra and choral ensemble Pygmalion under the baton of conductor Raphaël Pichon. Performance {…}