(Photo credit: Zohar Izenberg) Soprano Eliza Boom has won the $40,000 2024 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award in Sydney. Boom competed with arias from “Capriccio,” “Thais,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “Cosi fan Tutte.” The five judges on the panel gave a unanimous first-place vote for Bloom. The competition featured 32 singers. Coming in second place, with the Richard {…}
The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha” will be conducted by Masaru Kumakura and directed by Daniel Kramer. The production will star Shanul Sharma, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Beatriz Miranda, Lluís Calvet i Pey, Markus Suihkonen, Ruzana Grigorian, Darwin Prakash, and Markus Suihkonen. Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Oct. 31, 2024 Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will receive a new {…}
Staatsoper Hannover has announced the extension of Music Director Stephan Zilias contract until the end of the 2025-26 season. In a statement, Zilias said, “I consider my job a privilege and am deeply grateful for all the artistic and human experiences that I am able to have every day. In intensive discussions with Bodo Busse, I discovered that there are {…}
The Staatsoper Hannover has named Bodo Busse as its next Intendant starting 2025-26. In a statement, the opera company said, “At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of the Lower Saxony Staatstheater Hannover GmbH has decided that Busse will take over the intention of the State Opera Hannover starting from 2025-26. Vasco Boenisch will take over the management of the Schauspiel {…}
The Staatsoper Hannover’s intendant Laura Berman will end her contract earlier than expected. In a statement, the company said, “State Opera director Laura Berman will end her contract at the end of the 2024-25 season. After six years as director of the Hanover State Opera, Laura Berman would like to turn to other tasks. The Supervisory Board complied with this {…}
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 {…}
The Staatsoper Hannover has extended the contract for its intendant. The company announced that Laura Berman will continue in her position until 2029. Berman began her tenure with the company during the 2019-20 season. She was previously the opera director at the Theater Basel. She is the founder of u.a. with Manos Tsangaris and Carola Bauckholt, a collective for experimental music {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Hannover official website) The Staatsoper Hannover has announced that it has been forced to reschedule its performances in January 2022. The opera house has canceled the performances of Bizet’s “Carmen” on Dec. 18 & 28, 2021, and Jan. 7 & 27, 2022. The opera was set to star Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Barno Ismatullaeva, Kiandra Howarth, Germán Olvera, Daniel {…}
The Staatsoper Hannover has announced the cancelation of its Opera Ball, which was originally set to be held on Feb 18 & 19, 2022. According to current rules in Germany to contain the spread of COVID-19, an event with more than 2,000 guests is not allowed, especially since nobody knows yet which rules will apply in February. “Due to the extensive {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Hannover) The Staatsoper Hannover has announced the cancellation of all performances until at least Dec. 12, 2021. The cancellation comes on the heels of a COVID-19 outbreak at the opera house. “According to the information from the health department, with which we are in constant contact, there was no danger to the public at any time due to {…}
(Credit: David Kanaga, Jaap Dankert, Muhammad Desta Laksana, Danika Perkinson) The Dutch National Opera launched a new podcast series, “Soft Valkyrie,” on June 3. Presented by American composer and game designer David Kanaga, the episodic radio play presents Wagner’s “Die Walküre” in completely electronic form. The podcast is a production of Dutch National Opera, Holland Festival, and Staatsoper Hannover. Billed {…}