Regula Mühlemann, Kiandra Howarth & Jonathan McGovern Lead Berner Symphonieorchester’s 2025-26 Season

The Berner Symphonieorchester has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Alevtina Ioffe conducts the Openair concert with Kiandra Howarth and Andeka Gorrotxategi in a program of music by Verdi, Puccini, Lara, Giménez, Bernstein, Ravel, and Humperdinck. Performance Date: August 23, 2025 Krzysztof Urbański conducts an evening featuring music by Connesson, Morley, Debussy, Ligeti, and Ticheli. The Karol {…}

Sep 1, 2024

Sarah Brady Joins IMG Artists for Management

(Credit: Linden Shots) Irish soprano Sarah Brady has joined IMG Artists for general management. Artist Manager Callan Coughlan will manage her from the London office. This season Brady is set to make her role and house debut as Woglinde in Tobias Kratzer’s new production of “Das Rheingold” at the Bayerische Staatsoper, her debut as the Sandman and cover Gretel in {…}

Jun 22, 2023

Nicholas Brownlee, Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Amanda Woodbury Lead Irish National Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The Irish National Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Éna Brennan’s “Breathwork” will star Andrew Gavin, Michelle O’Rourke, and Kelli-Ann Masterson. John McIlduff directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 28-30, 2023 Duke Kim sings the title role of Gounod’s “Faust” alongside Nicholas Brownlee, Jennifer Davis, Gyula Nagy, Mark Nathan, and Gemma Ní Bhriain. Elaine Kelly conducts the production by Jack Furness. Performance {…}

Apr 25, 2023

James Newby, Pumeza Matshikiza & Massimo Cavalletti Lead Staatsoper Hannover’s 2023-24 Season

The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2023-24 season featuring eight new productions. Premieres Stephan Zilias conducts Wagner’s “Parsifal” in a new production by Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson. The cast includes Michael Kupfer-Radecky, Daniel Eggert, Shavleg Armasi, Marco Jentzsch, Tómas Tómasson, Seth Carico, and Irene Roberts. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 31, 2023 “Turning Turandot” will be conducted by Richard Schwennicke and directed by Olivia Hyunsin {…}

Oct 11, 2022

Sarah Brady Joins Promethean Artists

(Credit: Linden Shots) Promethean Artists has announced that Irish soprano Sarah Brady has joined its roster for General Management. Callan Coughlan will represent the singer who is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and joined the prestigious young artist program OperAvenir at Theater Basel in 2017. Brady became a member of the ensemble at Theater Basel during {…}

Jan 2, 2022

Kiandra Howarth, Charlotte Bowden & Hanna Husáhr Headline OperaVision’s January 2022 Streaming Lineup

(Credit: Chris Christodoulou) OperaVision has announced its streams for the month of January. Polly Graham’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” from the Royal College of Music kicks off the streaming slate. The opera features Jamie Woollard as Sarastro, Michael Bell as Tamino, Charlotte Bowden as Pamina, and Clara Barbier as Die Königin der Nacht. The cast also includes Dafydd Allen, {…}

May 29, 2021

Scott Hendricks, Martin Muehle & Kiandra Louise Howarth Lead Staatsoper Hannover’s 2021-22 Season

The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a wide variety of repertoire from repertoire staples to new operas. Here is a look Premieres Verdi’s “Otello“ gets a new production starring Martin Muehle in the title role. He will be joined by Pavel Yankovsky, Daniel Miroslaw, Marco Lee, Sunnyboy Dladla, Barno Ismatullaeva, and Kiandra Louise Howarth. Stephan Zilias conducts the {…}

Feb 26, 2019

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Announces 2019-20 Season

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. Kicking off the 2019-20 season is “James Gaffigan Leads Debussy and Roussel,“ to be held in the Royal Concert Hall’s Large Hall. James Gaffigan will conduct the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in an evening of French works of exotic influence. {…}