(Credit: Operabase official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that Italian baritone Davide Luciano is indisposed and has withdrawn from performing the role of Count Almaviva in all performances of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” from Jan. 9-27, 2022. As a result, Argentine baritone and former Jette Parker Young Artist Germán E. Alcántara will take over the {…}
© The Royal Opera, 2021. Photos by Tristram Kenton Jonathan Kent’s production of “Tosca” for Covent Garden is getting its tenth revival, under the baton of Oksana Lyniv. It’s a regular fixture and a top-seller – though this particular run has already faced down two dramas of its own. First, the cancellation of the original opening night owing to a {…}
(Credit: GM ART&MUSIC official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that tenor Bryan Hymel has withdrawn from all the scheduled performances of Puccini’s “Tosca” due to indisposition. Accordingly, multiple cast changes have been made. Italian tenor Riccardo Massi will perform the role of Cavaradossi on Dec. 14 at 7:30 p. m. GMT, replacing British-Italian tenor Freddie De {…}
(Credit: Yuriy Yurchuk official website) Ukrainian Baritone Yuriy Yurchuk will bring his acclaimed album of Rimsky-Korsakov’s romances to the Royal Opera House’s Crush Room on Dec. 20, 2021. The album, which was produced by Stone Records, was created alongside soprano Anush Hovhannisyan and pianist Sergei Rybin. Yurchuk will repeat the recital on Feb. 14, 2022, at the Stadthalle Kasten in {…}
(Credit: Semperoper Dresden official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that tenor Bryan Hymel will not be appearing in the role of Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s “Tosca” on Dec. 11, 2021 at 7:30 p. m. GMT. As a result, Italian tenor Riccardo Massi will take over the role. Massi joins a cast that includes Alexey Markov as {…}
(Credit: Royal Opera House official website) The Royal Opera House has announced multiple cast changes for its upcoming productions of Puccini’s “Tosca,” Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” and Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Per an official press release, Oksana Lyniv will conduct the full run of Tosca in 2021, replacing Francesco Ivan Ciampa who was due to conduct the performances on Dec. 11, 14 & {…}
(Credit: James Bellorini) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the English National Opera have both mandated face coverings inside their buildings. “We have made the decision to make the wearing of face coverings a requirement in all parts of the Royal Opera House. With government rules now in force which make the wearing of face coverings mandatory on public {…}
The Royal Opera House is set to present “Tosca” to over 750 cinemas worldwide on Dec. 15, 2021. The opera will star Elena Stikhina in the title role alongside Bryan Hymel as Cavaradossi and Alexey Markov as Scarpia. “I am delighted to be opening The Royal Opera’s Cinema Season with Puccini’s Tosca – setting the tone for what is shaping {…}
(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg) The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced an upcoming concert by tenor Roberto Alagna. The concert, entitled “THE ART OF Roberto Alagna,” will feature music by a wide variety of composers ranging from Händel to Wagner. Alagna will be joined onstage by pianist Morgane Fauchois-Prado. Alagna is broadly regarded as one of the greatest living tenors. His huge {…}
On Dec. 17, 2021, the Royal Opera will present “Wolf Witch Giant Fairy.” The production represents the company’s first fully-staged work at the Linbury Theatre since the pandemic. Presented in collaboration with theatre company Little Bulb, this new work will take audiences to enchanted forests inspired by Scandinavian roundwood buildings, designed by Samuel Wyer. The cast includes Alexander Scott, Clare {…}
(Credit: Gerald Finley official website) Famed Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley has joined the roster of the MWA Management. “I am absolutely thrilled to welcome one of my favorite artists to the MWA family. I have always been a huge fan of Gerald Finley’s astonishing artistry and commitment to the art form. It is hard to imagine a more complete artist {…}