The Teatro Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia is set to present Puccini’s “Tosca” on Dec. 17-19, 2021. The showcase represents the first time in 24 years that the famed Italian work is performed in Colombia. The co-production withLa Compañía Estable will be conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Principal Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and directed by Pedro Salazar. {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia has announced its 2022 programming. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. Tenor Ramón Vargas will kick the season off with a recital performance. Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2022 Soprano Veronica Cangemi will also perform in recital. Performance Date: April 8, 2022 Superstar tenor {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo is set to present the Chorus of the Ópera de Colombia on Sunday, July 25, 2021. The performance, entitled “Latinoamérica en el corazón” will be led by Luis Días Hérodier and accompanied by Rubén Darío Pardo. The showcase will include the premiere of Samuel Zyman’s “Siluetas” which was composed for the Chorus of {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Colombia has announced its 2021 programming and V Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Bogotá . The programming will be comprised of 28 digital performances while the V Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Bogotá will feature an all baroque program featuring 31 concerts from Nov. 12 to 15, 2021. The festival {…}
The Ópera de Colombia and the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo have teamed up for Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi,” the first operatic production in Colombia since the pandemic struck. The production was filmed on Oct. 3 at the Teatro Mayor following all health regulations and will be streamed in November on the company’s Teatro Digital. The production is directed by {…}
The Teatro Digital, a project of Bancolombia and el Teatro Mayor de Bogota, will stream “El Rey Mono crea caos en el cielo” from the Beijing Opera. The opera will stream between Oct. 1 and 8 and is inspired by the book “Monkey” by Wu Cheng’en, which was published during the Ming Dynasty. The original book is considered one of {…}
(Credit: Met Opera) ***UPDATE: Opera America has released a comprehensive database of all streaming options from around the world with more details about schedules and offerings. We highly recommend you check it out here. There are a lot of opera companies currently offering up streaming services for opera lovers around the world. While we have published individual pieces over the {…}
(Photo provided by Teatro Mayor) The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Colombia will transmit a performance of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” via its Teatro Digital platform starting on April 16, 2020. The showcase, which took place this past season, stars Colombian bass-baritone Valeriano Lanchas, who celebrated the 25th anniversary of his professional debut during this run of {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo will present Joyce DiDonato’s “In War and Peace” through its Teatro Digital between April 2 to 9, 2020. The concert, which features Il Pomo d’Oro, will be shown on the Teatro Mayor’s Facebook page and on the www.teatrodigital.org. The program features baroque music from composers Händel, Leo, De Cavalieri, Purcell, Gesualdo, and Pärt. {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia has announced that it will be offering up a streaming service of past performances and productions for those stuck at home. Among those offerings is the company’s recent presentation of Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni” in a production by Marcelo Lombardero and featuring an international cast that included Nahuel {…}
-We will update this article as more cancellations are announced.- Latin American theaters have begun to cancel performances due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announced that all artistic performances have been canceled through April 19. The performances included “Nabucco,” the Orquesta Académica del Instituto Superior de Arte and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, {…}