(Credits: Sony Classical / Chris Gloag / Todd Rosenberg / Elena Cherkashyna) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Feb. 7 – Feb. 13, 2021. The opera broadcasts will be dedicated to composer Gioachino Rossini. The stream on Feb. 7 will be dedicated to the late soprano Mirella Freni. Operas The broadcast of Cilea’s opera “Adriana {…}
(Credit: Uwe Arens) The celebrated British baritone Sir Simon Keenlyside will not be appearing for the concert at the Teatro alla Scala on Feb. 6, 2021. It was originally planned for Sir Simon Keenlyside to perform alongside soprano Chen Reiss with Maestro Zubin Mehta conducting. The Teatro alla Scala did not provide a reason for the famed baritone’s withdrawal. Keenlyside {…}
(Credits: Opera Australia / Dario Acosta / © Sergey Misenko / Lourdes Balduque / Chris Gloag) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Jan. 25 – Jan. 29, 2021. The broadcasts will be dedicated to opera stagings by Davide Livermore. First up will be a production of Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” with Chiara Amarù, Edgardo {…}
(Credits: Ilia Korotkov / Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Mariinsky Theatre will live stream a performance of Prokofiev’s opera “The Fiery Angel” on MEZZO TV on Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m. CET. The opera will star Elena Stikhina, Evgeny Nikitin, Anna Kiknadze, Evgeny Akimov, and Mikhail Petrenko. Valery Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in the production by David {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced that a production of R. Strauss’ “Salome” will be streamed on Feb. 20, 2021. The new production by Damiano Michieletto was set to open on March 8, 2020, but was canceled due to COVID-19. The production had already been in rehearsals when the production was canceled and was originally set to star Malin Bystrom and {…}
(Credits: © Carmine Maringola / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / Erwin Schrott / Dario Acosta / Francesco Squeglia) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Jan. 18 – Jan. 22, 2021. The broadcasts will be dedicated to the director Emma Dante’s opera stagings. The only opera in the slate that was not directed by {…}
(Credit: Opera Australia official website) Celebrated Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky has died at the age of 75. Moshinsky graduated from the University of Melbourne and made his operatic debut in 1975 at the Royal Opera House with a production of Britten’s opera “Peter Grimes.” The famed director went on to stage a number of highly successful productions at the {…}
(Credit: David Agassi) Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili will give a recital at Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía on Jan. 17, 2021. Rachvelishvili will be accompanied by pianist Vincenzo Scalera. The program will include works by Otar Taktakishvili, Piotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Francesco Tosti, and Manuel de Falla. Rachvelishvili recently performed the role of Amneris in concert performances of Verdi’s {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced its January streaming program. The month will begin with a recital by Markus Werba accompanied by Michele Gamba. The program will be dedicated to Robert Schumann. Streaming Date: Jan. 4, 2021 The month continues with Lorenzo Viotti conducting the La Scala orchestra in a program featuring Brahms Symphony No. 3 and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7. {…}
(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music) France has announced the traditional New Year’s list of honors. La Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d’honneur has published the full list of recipients. Among those awarded is the celebrated tenor Roberto Alagna, thus becoming the Officer of Légion d’honneur . The famed tenor recently debuted the title role of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” at the Staatsoper Berlin. {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to stream a Christmas Concert starring Aida Garifullina. The performance, conducted by Michele Mariotti, will also feature pianist Beatrice Rana and will include music by Mozart including the Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, “Exsultate, jubilate” K 165, and Symphony n. 41 in C major K 551 “Jupiter.” The concert will be streamed on Dec. 25 {…}