Luca Salsi has canceled his upcoming engagements at the Teatro alla Scala and Teatro Regio di Parma due to back pain and sciatica. In a statement via social media, the baritone announced the news saying, “I regret to tell you that I have been forced to stop for a while due to the sudden onset of agonizing lower back pain {…}
(Credit: Opus 3 Artists official website) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that the Italian bass-baritone Alex Esposito has been awarded the honorary title of the Kammersänger of the state of Bavaria. Esposito is regarded as one of the most talented opera singers of his generation. He has appeared on the leading stages, including Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera {…}
(Credit: Michael Cooper) “People are craving music and all the healing, soothing, and bonding elements it provides.” American-Canadian soprano superstar Sondra Radvanovsky was in Rio de Janeiro on March 13, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in full force. Radvanovsky was slated to perform at the Theatro Municipal, but the performance ended up being canceled. Faced with a {…}
(Credits: © Johannes Ifkovits / © A. Karnaushenko / Hilbert Artists Management GMBH official website / © Wiener Staatsoper GmbH / Michael Pöhn) The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has announced that it will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 on Sep. 14, 16 & 17, 2020. The special performance on Sep. 12, 2020 has been reserved for the {…}
(Credit: Marco Borrelli) Back in March at the height of the Pandemic, OperaWire stopped writing Artist of the Week profiles as every opera house was shut down. Now with theaters reopening in Europe, OperaWire will resume its Artist of the Week series highlighting one artist a week. This week marks the reopening of the Teatro alla Scala nearly four months {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced its reopening program. The famed Italian house reopens on July 6 with a concert featuring baritone Luca Salsi accompanied by Beatrice Rana. They will be joined by legendary cellist Mischa Maisky in a program of arias and chamber music. On July 8, Francesco Meli and Federica Lombardi will share the stage with violinist Patricia {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has launched a digital archive with Google Arts and Culture. The theater announced its via social media stating, “Walk with Street View in the Theater, in the backstage and the workshops, discovering unique details and over 259,000 images digitalized from our Archives. The archive is presented with La Scala performing in quarantine. Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, {…}
More options, more variety. That is what is going on with the release of more streams from more companies. This week’s recommendations features the best mix of classical performances, traditional operas, and new works to engage the widest range of audience. Eugene Onegin – Opera Vision / Komische Oper Berlin (NOW) OperaVision kicks off its Russian festival in May with {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has confirmed that it will open in September after losing 23 million due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dominique Meyer, the new director of the theater, confirmed that the theater will present the Verdi Requiem in honor of the many people who lost their lives to the virus and the families affected by the pandemic. The director {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced it is planning to reopen in September with Verdi’s Requiem. Dominque Meyer and the administration announced the news stating that Riccardo Chailly would lead the famed work in memory of the victims of COVID-19. The concert would also be performed at later dates in Bergamo and Brescia, two of the hardest hit cities in {…}
In 2016, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman announced Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, an initiative to diversify the economy of the Kingdom and implement across-the-board reforms, including creating pathways and supporting those seeking a career in the arts. For the first time, the government put its weight behind bringing the arts to the Saudi public, and as part of Vision 2030, {…}