INAEM is preparing to strike on Oct. 13, 2021. Following a strike on Oct. 8 that suspended a performance of “Los Gavilanes” at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the union representing technical workers in Spain, has its eyes set on disrupting the opening night performance of “Centenario Antonio Rui Soler” featuring the Ballet Nacional de España. The strike will also {…}
Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most essential topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. After going from constantly looking for updates on the pandemic to seamless freedom of attending events, we could easily miss that October is already here. October means the summer is {…}
MarqueeTV has announced its Autumn / Winter 2021 season. On the opera front, audiences will get a chance to check out a series of operas from Opera Australia including “Aida,” “Carmen,” “La Bohème,” “La Traviata,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “Turandot.” Meanwhile from Teatro alla Scala, the company will present such operas as “Così fan tutte,” “Il Viaggio a Reims,” “Nabucco,” “Simon {…}
This review is from the last performance of Tosca the 24th July 2021 The Teatro Real de Madrid closed the season with one of the most anticipated performances of “Tosca.” It was set to be a major event with Anna Netrebko returning to the Madrid stage in an opera for the first time since 2001, singing alongside Yusif Eyvazov and {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The Teatro Real de Madrid closed its season with 16 performances of “Tosca” and an incredible cast of three sopranos: Sondra Radvanovsky, Maria Agresta and Anna Netrebko; and four tenors: Joshep Calleja, Michael Fabiano, Jonas Kaufmann and Yusif Eyvazov. Kaufmann joined the cast alongside Radvanovsky and Carlos Álvarez for two performances. The expectations for the German {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) This review was written after the performance on the 3d of July, the first performance of cast B. I usually leave my opinion about the conductor for the end of the review, but in this case, since it affects the performances of the singers drastically, I have opted to give that opinion first. Nicola Luisotti’s reading {…}
Sondra Radvanovsky made history at the Teatro Real de Madrid on July 4, 2021 when she sang an encore of the iconic “Vissi d’arte” in Puccini’s “Tosca.” This moment made the American-Canadian soprano the first female singer to give an encore at the opening night of an opera at the Teatro Real in Spain’s capital. The performance includes performances by {…}
To call the Teatro Real de Madrid’s “Peter Grimes” production anything but an artistic miracle would be a disservice to what has been accomplished by the production team, cast, and conductor, all of whom performed at the highest level. The production undeniably drew great controversy during its production stages, with reports of a COVID outbreak delaying the production confirmed by {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2021-22 season which will feature repertoire from 17th century all the way to the 21 century. Here is a look at the new season. The new season opens with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola“ in a production by Stefan Herheim. Riccardo Frizza conducts the opera which is set to star Karine Deshayes and Aigul {…}
The governing board of the Madrid city council will award the Gold Medal of the city to Gregorio Marañón y Bertrán de Lis, President of the Teatro Real de Madrid. The award will be bestowed on Marañón on May 15, 2021. The festivities will be held in honor of San Isidro, who is the patron of the city. Other honorees this {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has delayed the opening of “Peter Grimes.” In a press release, the Spanish company announced that “after the effort to present “Siegfried” and “Norma” simultaneously, the premiere of the new production of Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes,” a co-production with the Royal Opera House in London, the Opéra national de Paris and the Teatro dell’Opera di {…}