The Los Angeles Opera has announced its scheduled for LAO at Home during the week of April 13-16. The company will showcase a living room recital on Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m. PDT / 10 p.m. EDT featuring such artists as Morris Robinson, Janai Brugger, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, and Erin Morley, with a focus on what they are doing to {…}
The Deutshce Oper Berlin has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six new productions and a new Ring Cycle. Premieres The season kicks off with “The 7 Deaths of Maria Callas,” which will be directed by Marina Abramovic. Marina Abramovic, Nadezhda Karyazina, Whitney Morrison, Leah Hawkins, Adela Zaharia, Selene Zanetti, Gabriella Reyes, and Mané Galoyan will lead the cast. Performance Dates: {…}
The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2020-21 season with 13 new productions and a number of international stars. Premiere Michael Volle sings the title role in a new production of Mussorgky’s “Boris Godunov” by Barrie Kosky. Lina Dambrauskaité, Irène Friedli, John Daszak, Konstantin Shushakov, Brindley Sherratt, Edgaras Montvidas, Oksana Volkova, Johannes Martin Kränzle, and Wenwei Zhang also star. Kirill Karabits {…}
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season, featuring a number of vocal and orchestral works. For the purpose of this article, we will highlight vocal works. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo will take part in a concert featuring Mozart arias conducted by Gustavo Gimeno. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-27, 2020 Soprano Karina Gauvin performs in a concert featuring works by {…}
The Vienna State Opera will live stream Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The famed opera will star Anita Hartig in a role that she has performed around the world. Saimir Pirgu will star as her beloved Rodolfo with Marco Caria as Marcello, and Mariam Battistelli as Musetta. The iconic Franco Zeffirelli production will be conducted by Marco {…}
The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announced its 2020 season, which will feature eight productions and a number of concerts and chamber works. Here is a look at the operas that will be presented. Main Stage The season opens with Verdi’s “Nabucco” starring Sebastián Catana and Leonardo López Linares in the title role, Rebeka Lokar and Mónica Ferracani sharing {…}
The Teatro Filarmonico has announced its 2020 season. This article will only go through the operatic repertoire for 2020. Here is a look: The season kicks off with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring Ruth Iniesta and Enkeleda Kamani in the title role. Enea Scala and Pietro Adaini star as Edgardo while Simon Lim sings the role of Raimondo and Biagio Pizzuti {…}
The LA Opera is set to present a live broadcast of a performance of Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Sept. 28, 2019. The live stream is set to take place the Santa Monica Pier as well as the Columbia Park in Torrance. The broadcast will start at 7:30 p.m. and end three hours later. Per a press release, those that choose {…}
(Photo: Cory Weaver) In an incredibly interesting interview with Simon Berger in the program booklet for Los Angeles Opera’s latest production “La Bohème” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, director Barrie Kosky asserts that Puccini’s “La Bohème” is actually about death. Many might counter that it’s about young love or, more fully, young love cut short by death, but Kosky’s tighter {…}
(Credit: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de / Courtesy of LA Opera) There is a lot going on this weekend on the North American opera scene. With the 2019-20 season really coming into its own, major companies and opera stars are launching their big seasons. So here are the top five operas to see this weekend. Bounce: The Basketball Opera – Ardea {…}
The LA Opera is set to open its 2019-20 season with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The new production by Barrie Kosky will open on Sept. 14 with the Marina Costa-Jackson in the lead role, Saimir Pirgu as Rodolfo, Erica Petrocelli as Musetta, and Kihun Yoon as Marcello. James Conlon will conduct the production which also star Nicholas Brownlee, Michael J. Hawk, {…}