Sir Bryn Terfel, Ricarda Merbeth, Stephen Costello, Linda Watson & Tomasz Konieczny Headline Wiener Staatsoper’s Streaming Slate

(Credit: © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” from 2016 will be streamed initially. Adam Fischer conducts a production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf. First up is “Das Rheingold” with Tomasz Konieczny, Norbert Ernst, Michaela Schuster, {…}

Nov 18, 2021

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Conductor Change For ‘Carmen’

(Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that Omer Meir Wellber will not conduct the final autumn performance of Bizet’s “Carmen” on Nov. 19, 2021. As a result, Bertrand de Billy will take over in a pit. De Billy will lead a cast that includes Freddie De Tommaso in the role of Don José, Erwin Schrott as Escamillo, Vera-Lotte {…}

Nov 17, 2021

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Multiple Cast Changes for ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’

(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Anja Kampe will not be appearing in the role of Senta in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” for the performances on Nov. 21 & 24, 2021. As a result, well-known dramatic soprano Ricarda Merbeth will take over the role. Merbeth has already stepped in for Kampe for the performance {…}

Nov 16, 2021

Ricarda Merbeth Replaces Anja Kampe in Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’

(Credit: Mirko Joerg Kellner) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Anja Kampe will not be appearing in the role of Senta in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” for the Nov. 17, 2021 performance. As a result, soprano Ricarda Merbeth will take over the role. Merbeth is a well-known dramatic soprano who has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, {…}

Nov 15, 2021

Theaters in Vienna Ordered to Implement 2G+ Rule For Entry

(Credit: Peter Mayr) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that the rules for entry have been changed, and will affect all theaters in the City of Vienna. The 2G COVID-19 rule that has been in place since Nov. 8, 2021, has been replaced with the 2G+ rule, meaning that even vaccinated and recovered visitors will have to test negative via a {…}

Nov 14, 2021

Plácido Domingo Replaced Midway Through Final Performance of ‘Nabucco’ at Wiener Staatsoper

(Credit: © Fiorenzo Niccoli) Plácido Domingo was replaced after intermission of the final performance of Verdi’s “Nabucco” at the Wiener Staatsoper on Nov. 12, 2021. An announcement was made before the performance that Domingo was suffering of a sore throat and that he asked for an audience understanding. However, after a break, the General Director of the Wiener Staatsoper Bogdan {…}

Nov 11, 2021

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Nabucco’

(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that tenor Massimo Giordano will no longer be appearing in the final performance of Verdi’s “Nabucco” on Nov. 12, 2021. As a result, tenor Carlos Osuna takes over the role. Osuna joins a cast that includes Saioa Hernández, Szilvia Vörös, Roberto Tagliavini, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Daniel Jenz, Aurora Marthens, and {…}

Nov 9, 2021

Juan Diego Flórez Replaces Stephen Costello in Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Faust’

(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that tenor Juan Diego Flórez will replace Stephen Costello in the title role of Gounod’s “Faust” for the final performance on Nov. 11, 2021. Costello was previously replaced for the performance on Nov. 7, 2021, by tenor John Osborn. Juan Diego Flórez, who premiered the production during the {…}

Nov 8, 2021

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Nabucco’

(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that tenor Massimo Giordano will not be appearing in the role of Ismaele in Verdi’s “Nabucco” for the performance on Nov. 9, 2021. As a result, Carlos Osuna will take over the role. Osuna joins a cast that includes Saioa Hernández, Szilvia Vörös, Roberto Tagliavini, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Daniel Jenz, {…}

Nov 8, 2021

Royal Albert Hall Announces ‘Christmas with Jonas Kaufmann’

(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg) The Royal Albert Hall has announced a holiday concert, “Christmas with Jonas Kaufmann.” The program will include traditional Christmas songs such as “Indulci jubilo,” “Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier,” and carols such as “In the Bleak Midwinter,” “What Child is This?,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles),” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” Kaufmann {…}

Nov 8, 2021

Leo Nucci & Erwin Schrott’s Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía Concert Postponed

(Credits: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain has postponed baritone Leo Nucci and bass-baritone Erwin Schrott’s concert. The event, which was scheduled for Nov. 11, 2021, was postponed for undisclosed reasons and has not been rescheduled at this time. Nucci and Schrott were supposed to perform music by Giuseppe Verdi with Jordi {…}