Sonya Yoncheva, Lise Davidsen, Ying Fang, Benjamin Appl, Thomas Hampson & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Verbier Festival’s 2025 Season

The Verbier Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra and Barbara Hannigan perform works by Berlioz, Haydn, Copland, Rodgers, and Bill Elliot. Performance Date: July 17, 2025 Thomas Hampson and Ksenija Sidorova perform works by Schubert and Weill. Performance Date: July 20, 2025 The VF Academy Atelier Lyrique and {…}

Aug 3, 2024

Verbier Festival Announces Conductor Change for ‘Falstaff’

The Verbier Festival has announced a conductor change for its production of Verdi’s “Falstaff” on August 4, 2024. The company said that Vincenzo Milletarì will conduct the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra and a cast of young artists from the Atelier Lyrique replacing Ion Marin, who was originally announced. Milletarì recently conducted at the Oslo Opera leading Rossini’s “Cenerentola” and the {…}

Jul 20, 2024

Apple Music Classical Announces Latest Partnerships

Apple Music Classical has announced four new partnership with leading organizations in the industry. The new partners are Aspen Music Festival, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Verbier Festival. Subscribers have access to exclusive playlists related to a partner’s programming. These playlists and new albums can be found on the app’s page dedicated to each {…}

Jul 13, 2024

Verbier Festival & Apple Music Classical Announce New Partnership

The Verbier Festival has announced that it is joining with Apple Music Classical to bring its roster of artists and repertoire to a global audience for the first time ever. Apple Music Classical is a music streaming app designed to deliver the best listening experience for classical music lovers. Included with Apple Music subscriptions at no additional charge and with {…}

Feb 16, 2024

Verbier Festival Foundation Names New Co-CEO

The Verbier Festival Foundation has announced the appointment of Hervé Boissière as Co-CEO. He will work alongside founder Martin T:son Engstroem starting on April 15, 2024. Boissière is the founder of medici.tv and has also worked as Executive Director of Mezzo television channel and the director of EuroArts production Company. He also held various senior management positions at Warner Classics. {…}

Jan 17, 2024

Magdalena Kožená, Peter Mattei, Golda Schultz Headline Verbier Festival 2024

The Verbier Festival has unveiled its 2024 edition. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the VF Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. Performance Date: July 19, 2024 Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts “Le Nozze di Figaro” with a cast starring Peter Mattei, Golda Schultz, Tommaso Barea, Anna El-Khashem, Rebecka Wallroth, {…}

Oct 18, 2023

Q & A: Soprano Ava Dodd On Her Fast-Moving Career & Wexford Festival Opera

(Photo: Olivia Da Costa) One of Ireland’s most exciting young singing talents is Dublin-born soprano Ava Dodd. At only 25, she already has an impressive biography. Not only has she appeared on the stage in a variety of roles, including Oscar from Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” the Waldvögelein from Wagner’s “Siegfried” and Perdita from Goldmark’s “Ein Wintermärchen,” in venues {…}

Aug 3, 2023

Ava Dodd Wins Verbier Festival Academy’s Prix Yves Paternot

Ava Dodd has won the Verbier Festival Academy’s Prix Yves Paternot in recognition of being the most accomplished and promising musician of the annual Academy for young professional musicians. Dodd is a member of the Stadttheater Klagenfurt ensemble where she has sung the roles of Waldvögel in “Siegfried,” Oscar in “Un Ballo in Maschera,” and the soprano solos in “Carmina Burana.” {…}

Jul 14, 2023

Q & A: Verbier Festival’s Founder Martin Engstroem on 30th Anniversary

(Photo © Aline Paley) Thirty years ago, Martin Engstroem found himself in a place he had always dreamed of. During his formative years in music management, he dreamt of helping build the careers of up-and-coming artists and creating a unique experience. He is full of ideas and works alongside the biggest names in the classical music business, mainly conductors and {…}

Mar 20, 2023

The Verbier Festival Announces 223 Students Selected for 2023 Academy and Orchestra Programs

The Verbier Festival has announced the 223 students which will participate in their Academy and Orchestra programs this summer. From a pool of 2,253 applicants, 143 were selected as new participants with 8 being re-invited from previous years. Students can be re-invited twice for the Academy program, and thrice for Orchestra programs. In addition to traditional artistic training, the festival {…}

Feb 6, 2023

Lise Davidsen, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Benjamin Bernheim Headline 2023 Verbier Festival

The Verbier Festival has announced its 30th edition, which is set to take place between July 14-30, 2023. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Kicking things off is Verdi’s Requiem with Lise Davidsen, Okka von der Damerau, Freddie De Tommaso, and Bryn Terfel. Daniele Gati conducts. Performance Date: July 17, {…}

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