An up-and-coming soprano makes her debut on record, while another noted baritone, also in his CD debut, presents a series of unique and rarely heard songs by a wide range of composers. Finally, a tribute to brave men and women takes center stage in the final major release of the week. Check it out. Romance Valentina Naforniţa releases her debut {…}
The Seattle Opera has announces its 2020-21 season featuring an all-star lineup and some ambitious productions. Here is a look: The season opens with the double bill of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” with Gregory Kunde headlining both productions in a rare U.S. appearance. He will share the run with Arsen Soghomonyan. Melody Moore and Marcy Stonikas will share the role {…}
(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Met Opera’s Live in HD series for the 2019-20 season continues this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 with a transmission of Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time and is set to end a little past 4 p.m. local time. It will star Anthony Roth Costanzo, Dísella Lárusdóttir, Aaron {…}
Philip Glass has a solid trajectory at the Metropolitan Opera. Though few of his operas have had major representation at the hallowed house, their scant performances have tended to be major successes, often flanked by fantastically conceived productions that manage to get the utmost of his meditative masterworks. “Satyagraha” remains one of the great achievements in the Peter Gelb era, {…}
Will Liverman is set to make history at the Metropolitan Opera. The rising star baritone, who made his Met debut in 2018, will become the first African American to take on the role of Papageno at the Metropolitan Opera in the company’s 469th performance of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” “Being the first black Papageno at the Metropolitan Opera is so {…}
(Credit: Richard Hubert Smith / ENO) When it opens this Friday, “Akhnaten” will be but the third Philip Glass opera to ever open at the Metropolitan Opera. In sum there will be eight performances of the opera, bringing the total of Glass opera performances at the famed house to 34. The first opera by the Academy Award nominated composer to {…}
Opera Philadelphia will present the company premiere of Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges” as part of its O19 season-opening festival. The production will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opera, as well as Corrado Rovaris’ 20th year with the company as Jack Mulroney Music Director. “The Love for Three Oranges,” rarely seen in the U.S., “is probably one of {…}
Portland Opera has announced its 56th season. In a press statement, General Director Christopher Mattaliano said, “The 2019/20 season is a celebration of the art of opera. This season gives us the opportunity to explore works spanning four different centuries, from Bajazet, which premiered in 1735, to Three Decembers which premiered in 2008. We cannot wait to bring our audiences {…}
Lisette Oropesa was announced as the big winner of the Richard Tucker Award on Monday, but there were also a number of other major artists who scored big victories through the other accolades given by the Richard Tucker Foundation. The organization announced that the 2019 Richard Tucker Career Grants would go to sopranos Gabriella Reyes and Laura Wilde, as well {…}
On Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, audiences gathered in the Gilder Lehrman Hall of The Morgan Library for a performance from a duo of powerful, young artists. Since its founding, the George London Foundation has developed and supported singers who would go on to the world’s most prominent stages; Sunday’s soloists, baritone Will Liverman and soprano Michelle Bradley, joined by accompanist {…}
The George London Foundation is set to present soprano Michelle Bradley and baritone Will Liverman in recital. The concert, set for Dec. 2, 2018, will be at the Gilder Lehrman Hall of The Morgan Library & Museum, the same venue in which they both won George London Awards in 2017 at the foundation’s annual competition. Ken Noda will join them {…}