The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has unveiled its 2020 season which will include several operas, concerts, a poetry reading, and lectures. It all kicks off with the Gather of the Goddesses Gala Concert at the Playhouse at Pont Park University. The concert will feature Marianne Cornetti, Alexandra Loutsion, and Christine Goerke. Performance Date: June 20, 2020 “Pagliacci” will take the stage {…}
OperaVision will showcase “Rusalka” live from the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen starting on Feb. 14, 2020. The production will feature Pumeza Matshikiza in the title role with Kyungho Kim as the Prince and Goderdzi Janelidze as Vodnik. Giedrė Šlekytė conducts a production directed by Alan Lucien Øyen. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1 p.m. Eastern {…}
(Credit: Johannes Ifkovits) The Vienna State Opera will live stream Dvorak and Kvapil’s “Rusalka” on Feb. 4, 2020. The opera will feature Piotr Beczala, Elena Zhidkova, Jongmin Park, Olga Bezsmertna, and Monika Bohinec in the production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf. The work will be conducted by Tomas Hanus. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1p.m. EDT {…}
(Credit: Karli Cadel) Over the past two season Steven LaBrie’s star has risen. He had breakouts with the New Amsterdam Opera and Teatro Nuovo and made major role debuts as well as house debuts with some of the United States’ major regional theaters including the San Diego Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Florida Grand Opera. This week LaBrie makes his long {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) American tenor Bryan Register is set to make his role debut in “Rusalka” on Oct. 18, 2019 at the Opera National du Rhin. The tenor, who will also be making his house debut is stepping into the role just a few weeks before opening night and has undertaken the task of learning the opera in just over {…}
Staff and volunteers of San Francisco Opera will participate in the city’s 2019 Pride Parade and Celebration on Sunday, June 30. According to the press release, the company wishes to celebrate and honor “[our] LGBTQIA+ artists, staff, audience and community, and the community’s connection to opera.” This year they will march alongside SFJAZZ, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Conservatory of {…}
The San Francisco Opera is set to present Dvořák’s “Rusalka” in a production by David McVicar. The production will showcase Rachel Willis-Sørensen in her role debut as Rusalka, Brandon Jovanovich as the Prince, Jamie Barton as Ježibaba, bass Kristinn Sigmundsson as Vodník and Sarah Cambidge as the Foreign Princess. South Korean maestra and Houston Grand Opera Principal Guest Conductor Eun {…}
The Academy of Vocal Arts begins 2019 with a production Dvořák’s “Rusalka,” an opera that it will present for the first time ever in the academy’s 84-year history. The opera is set to star Kara Mulder in the title role, John Myers and Piotr Buszewski as the Prince and Claire de Monteil and Renée Richardson as the Foreign Princess. Alice Chung and Chelsea {…}
Resonance Works will close its fifth season with a fully staged production of Dvořák’s “Rusalka” on Friday, May 11, 2018. The performance will continue an exciting partnership with the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Theatre Arts and will be presented with generous support from the Heinz Endowments. Director Andrew Nienaber, who previously directed Resonance Works’ acclaimed “Elixir of Love,” will return to {…}
The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2018-19 season, which features eight operas and one important concert performance. All of the productions will be brand new for the 2018-19 season. The season opens on Sept. 7, 2017, with the famed “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” as directed by Jose Cura. The production will star Ekaterina Semenchuk, Roberto Aronica, and Dimitri Platanias {…}
Audiences around the world will get a chance to see Antonín Dvorák’s “Rusalka” live on their computers from the Vienna State Opera on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, as the latest addition to the company’s live streaming service. The Sven-Eric Bechtolf production will be headlined by Krassimira Stoyanova with Dmytro Popov as her prince and Jongmin Park as her father. Elena {…}