The “Screaming Divas” have released a new video entitled “Save the Arts.” The video showcases Sondra Radvanovsky performing alongside Rachael Kerr from Koerner Hall as images of empty theaters, newspaper headlines, and hopeful messages appear on the screen. Soprano Keri Alkema edited the video. In a message from Radvanovsky and Alkema, the sopranos noted they posted the video “in the {…}
(Credit: Met Opera / Ken Howard / Marty Sohl) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 24th week of its nightly streams. For the final week of August, the company will be dedicated to presenting operas by Verdi. This is the second time that the company places a focus on one composer, having done a similarly themed marathon of Wagner operas. {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced week 20 of its nightly streams. This coming week’s slate will feature a number of renowned artists including Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Natalie Dessay, Ileana Cortrubas, Leona Mitchell, and Christine Goerke among others. Check out the streams on the company’s official website. Here is the full rundown. Monday, July 27 – Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor Starring {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a new pay-per-view series “Met Stars Live in Concert” featuring opera’s greatest stars from around the world. The concert series, which was announced via a Zoom press conference, will consist of 12 live performances starting on July 18 and running through December. “This new initiative is intended to create live performance opportunities for our artists {…}
(Credit: Theo Gosselin/Andrea Torres Balaguer, persimmon, 2018) FRA Cinema has announced the 2020-21 cinema season for the Opéra de Paris. The season will include previously recorded performances and live performances. The season begins with Massenet’s “Manon” starring Pretty Yende and Benjamin Bernheim. The production, which was the final production of the 2019-20 season at the Opéra de Paris also stars {…}
(Credit: Elena Cherkashyna) The Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña, Spain has announced its 2020 season. Here is a look at what the organization has in store. The season opens with “Grandes voces para grandes óperas” starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Carlos Álvarez, Simón Orfila, and Alejandro Roy performing excerpts from Verdi’s “Aida,” “Ernani,” “Otello,” “Nabucco,” “Attila,” and “Macbeth,” Puccini’s “Tosca,” Giordano’s {…}
The Opéra de Paris is set to celebrate the Fête de la Musique on June 21, 2020 by streaming a concert program featuring Sondra Radvanovsky, Aleksandrs Antonenko, and Anita Rachvelshvili. The performance, which dates from June 2016, features music from such operas as “Carmen,” “La Forza del Destino,” “Il Trovatore,” “Aida,” “Nabucco,” “Tosca,” “Norma,” and “La Traviata,” among others. Opéra {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2020-21 season featuring multiple productions, concert operas, and stars. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” starring Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Ludovic Tézier, Okka von der Damerau, and Dmitry Belosselskiy. Performance Dates: Oct. 1 & 4, 2020 Christof Loy directs Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Christopher Maltman in the title role and {…}
In keeping with last week’s themes of dialogue regarding racial equality in the opera world, we highly recommend checking out the several online shows such as Karen Slack’s “KikiKonversations,” Kenneth Overton’s “Black Opera Live,” and The Sitdown with LB,” hosted by Lawrence Brownlee. There is also a new conversation from Long Beach Opera regarding “Equity & Diversity in the Arts” that is {…}
(Image Source: Canadian Opera Company) The Toronto Alliance for Performing Arts has unveiled the nominees for the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards. For this article, our sole focus will be on nominations related to the opera world. Tapestry Opera led the way with 13 nominations spread over two different projects, including three nominations apiece in the Outstanding Achievement in Design {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced the 2020-21 season featuring premieres, new productions and some of the greatest stars in the world. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Lorenzo Passerini conduct a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera“ directed by Gianmaria Aliverta. The production stars Michael Fabiano and Ramón Vargas as Riccardo, Anna Pirozzi and Tatiana Serjan as Amelia, Artur {…}