The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for the Oct. 23 performance of “Norma.” The company noted that Marcelo Puente will sing the role of Pollione replacing Dmytro Popov. Puente has performed the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Stuttgart, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Hamburg State Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Canadian {…}
The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions, revivals, jung oper, and Chamber works. Premieres Gaetano d’Espinosa conducts a new production of Peter Konwitschny Bellini’s “Norma” with Yolanda Auyanet in the title role. The cast will also include Dmytro Popov, Alexandros Stavrakakis, and Stepanka Pucalkova. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-31, 2021 Ivan Repušić conducts a new production of {…}
(Credit: Hilbert Artists Management official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that mezzo-soprano Daniela Sindram will take over the role of Octavian for performances of Strauss‘ “Der Rosenkavalier” on June 13, 16 & 20, 2021. Sindram will join a cast that includes Albert Pesendorfer as Baron Ochs, Louise Alder as Sophie, and Marlis Petersen as Die Feldmarschallin. The cast is rounded {…}
(Credit: Werner Kmetitsch/Oper Graz) Barbara Klepsch, the Sächsische State minister for culture and tourism, announced that Nora Schmid has been appointed the new Intendant of the Semperoper Dresden starting 2024-25 season. “She convinced us with her inner connection and commitment to the Semperoper, whose prominent position and tradition will lead her into a promising future,” Klepsch said in a statement. {…}
(Credits: Semperoper Dresden official website) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will reopen its doors for live audiences in June 2021. The opera house will present the Josef E. Köpplinger’s production of Mozart‘s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte.” The opera will star Evelin Novak and Tuuli Takala in the role of Pamina, Tomislav Mužek, Joseph Dennis and Sebastian Kohlhepp as Tamino, {…}
The Semperoper Dresden has announced that will not be renewing Christian Thielemann’s contract as chief conductor. As a result, the conductor will leave the company at the end of the 2023-24 season. Barbara Kelpsch, the Minister of Culture Sajonia, confirmed the news and also noted that superintendent Peter Theiler will end his term at the end of the 2023-24 season. {…}
(Credit: Wolfgang Runkel) (UPDATE: While the following theaters are not performing for live audiences, they are streaming live concerts from various platforms. For more information, check out our streaming section of OperaWire.com) The Oper Frankfurt and Staatsoper Stuttgart have announced that they will extend the closure until at least June 2021 due to the worsening epidemiological situation in Germany. Meanwhile, {…}
(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced that it will remain closed until at least June 2021 due to the current epidemiological situation in Germany. “Performances will be canceled in all the state theaters of the federal state of Hessen,” said the opera house in the statement on its official website. The opera house also stated that {…}
(© Semperoper Dresden/Matthias Creutziger) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will remain closed until June 2021. The opera house canceled the rest of its regular season in January 2021 and expressed its wish to present an alternative program that could run from April until July 2021. Rehearsals for Richard Strauss‘ “Capriccio” are currently underway. German Parliament adopted changes to {…}
Credit: © Patrice Nin Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia has announced that mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch will perform Chausson’s “Poème de l’amour et de la mer,” Op. 19 in the concert. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 will be performed in the rest of the concert. Roberto González-Monjas will conduct. Sophie Koch recently performed the role of Kundry in {…}
(Credit: Semperoper Dresden official website) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will broadcast Mozart and Schikaneder’s popular singspiel “Die Zauberflöte.” The opera will star Klaus Florian Vogt, René Pape, Julia Muzychenko, Sebastian Wartig, Evelin Novak, Alexandros Stavrakakis, Nikola Hillebrand, Menna Cazel, Michal Doron, Lawson Anderson, Gerald Hupach, Doğukan Kuran, Jürgen Müller, Anna Kudriashova-Stepanets, and Aaron Pegram. Christoph Gedschold conducts {…}