The Grange Festival’s 2019 season was recently announced, revealing that the event will showcase three new opera productions. Richard Egarr conducts Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” in a new production by Martin Lloyd-Evans. Toby Girling stars as the Count, while Simona Mihai is set to portray the Countess. Ellie Laugharne will sing Susanna, while Roberto Lorenzi will take on the {…}
As the summer ends, distributors are staying rather quiet with only one major release available this week. Here is what you can look forward to. La Bohème Opus Arte will release “La Bohème” from the Royal Opera House. The new DVD showcases Richard Jones’ new production, which opened the 2017-18 Royal Opera season and stars Michael Fabiano and Nicole Car. Simona {…}
Ainhoa Arteta has canceled her performances of Nedda in “Pagliacci” at La Monnaie. The company announced that due to family matters, the Spanish soprano would not be able to participate in the new production. As a result, Simona Mihai will take over the run. Mihai has performed the role of Nedda at the Royal Opera. She is also well known for {…}
Romanian-born British soprano Simona Mihai will not sing the role of Mimì in tonight’s performance of “La Bohème.” The Royal Opera House reported that the soprano was forced to cancel due to illness. As a result, the role of role of Mimi will be sung by Australian soprano Nicole Car, who is also scheduled to sing the role on Oct. {…}
As is the case with a number of major opera houses around the world, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden is presenting Puccini’s “La Bohème.” And is often the case with all of these major companies, there are so many performances of this beloved opera, 25 in total spread across the fall and summer, that it can be tough to {…}
Nadine Sierra has withdrawn from the Royal Opera House’s new production of “La bohème.” As a result, Simona Mihai and Joyce El-Khoury will replace her. First Romanian-born British soprano Simona Mihai will sing in performances scheduled between Sept. 11 and Oct. 3 excluding the Sept. 23 performance. Then Lebanese-Canadian soprano El-Khoury will take over Sept. 23 and Oct. 6, 7, and 10. As originally scheduled Mihai will sing the role of Mimì {…}