The Verbier Festival has been forced to adjust its opening night program due to an outbreak of COVID-19. In a press release, the company revealed that the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchesta would be replacing the Verbier Festival Orchestra as several orchestra members tested positive for COVID-19 during the preparations for the festival back in late June. The affected persons were {…}
(Credit: Oxana Ivleva) The Verbier Festival is set to present a concert performance of Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” on July 20, 2021. The showcase will star Maria Bayankina in the role of Minnie. She will be joined by Brandon Jovanovich as Dick Johnson and Ambrogio Maestri as Jack Rance. Other cast members in the performance will include Germán E. {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced its 2021 edition. The company announced that it plans to move forward with performances featuring live audiences, but will limit programs to around 70 minutes without intermissions. Audiences will be required to wear masks on at all times during performances with physical distancing enforced as well. Pre-concert chats will only be available online. For the {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced its 28th year. The season will take place over the course of 17 days and will feature concerts, masterclasses, talks, and education events in the picturesque setting of the Swiss Alps. Following the virtual edition and limited live performances, the festival will put together protocols and enhancements in consultation with medical professionals to ensure a {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced that it is teaming up with medici.tv and Radio Télévision Suisse to present the Virtual Verbier Festival between July 16-August 12. The festival will feature several online performances as well as the broadcasting of part events. The medici.tv program includes several major instrumentalists such as Evgeny Kissin, Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell, András Schiff, Gautier and {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced that is is launching a new fund to provide support for those hit hardest by the COVID-19 outbreak. The fund intends to help freelance, self-employed and newly unemployed Verbier Festival Academy alumni including solois, chamber and orchestral instrumentalists, singers, conductors, as well as alumni Festival production and technical crew facing lost income during this challenging {…}
The Verbier Festival has canceled its summer season The Swiss festival released a statement that said, “The Verbier Festival has created a truly global inter-generational gathering place in Verbier for 26 years. Artists, students and music-lovers from all over the world make the trip to be with us each summer, which puts us in a precarious position under present circumstances. {…}
(Photo: Diane Deschenaux) With Europe once again baking under unpleasantly high temperatures thanks to our lack of interest in dealing with the problems of global warming, what better place to go than high up in the Swiss Alps. Verbier at an altitude 1,500 meters would seem to be ideal. An alpine ski resort, set on a south-facing terrace with splendid {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced that Nina Stemme, Brandon Jovanovich, and Matthias Goerne will not perform Strauss’ “Die Frau Ohne Schatten.” The festival announced that the artists were obliged to cancel. As a result, Finnish Soprano Miina-Liisa Värelä will be performing the role of Die Färberin, the role of Der Kaiser will be sung by the tenor Gerhard Siegel, and the Swedish {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced the programming for its 26th edition. While there are undeniably a plethora of incredible performances of all kinds to be found throughout the many weeks of this famed festival, the aim of this article will be to focus mainly on vocal and operatic performances. Baritone Thomas Quasthoff will appear alongside guitarist Wolfgang Meyer and Trombonist {…}
The Verbier Festival has announced its 2019 festival with two opera performances and a number of recitals and concerts featuring some of the greatest singers in the world. For this season announcement we will only include the vocal performances. Program Thomas Quastoff headlines a concert entitled “Meeting Friends” with Wolfgang Meyer and Shawn Grocott. Performance Date: July 19, 2019 Jakub {…}