Carmela Remigio, Xabier Anduaga, Ainhoa Arteta & Ramón Vargas Lead Teatro de la Maestranza’s 2020-21 Season

(Credits: Nicola Allegri/Elena Cherkashyna) The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain has announced the casting for its 2020-21 season featuring international stars. The season opens with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte“ starring Carmela Remigio, Maite Beaumont, Simon Mechlinski, Xabier Anduaga, Natalia Labourdette, and Roberto de Candia. Iván López Reynoso conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-7, 2020 Fausto Nardi conducts Monteverdi’s “Combattimento” with Rocío Martínez, Anna Alàs i Jové, David Alegret, and {…}

Jun 15, 2020

Carmela Remigio, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi & Xabier Anduaga Lead Festival Valle d’Itria’s Revised 2020 Edition

The Festival Valle d’itria Martina Franca has announced its revised 2020 edition. Opera The first work of the season will be “Il borghese gentiluomo” with music by Richard Strauss. The work based on a comedy by Moliere will star Stefano Massini and Davide Gasparro sharing the title role alongside Vittorio Prato, Ana Victoria Pitts, Barbara Massaro, Manuel Amati, Nico Franchini, {…}

Jun 2, 2020

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, Lead Teatro Real’s 2020-21 Season

The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced the 2020-21 season featuring premieres, new productions and some of the greatest stars in the world. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Lorenzo Passerini conduct a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera“ directed by Gianmaria Aliverta. The production stars Michael Fabiano and Ramón Vargas as Riccardo, Anna Pirozzi and Tatiana Serjan as Amelia, Artur {…}

Jun 1, 2020

Elina Garanča, Ailyn Pérez & Lawrence Brownlee Headline Teatro San Carlo di Napoli’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Chris Singer/ Paul Schirnhofer/DG/ Shervin Lainez) The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2020-21 season which will be the first under superintendent Stéphane Lissner. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a new production by Emma Dante. Selene Zanetti stars as Mimì with Damiana Mizzi as Musetta, Stephen Costello in his house debut as Rodolfo, {…}

May 29, 2020

Xabier Anduaga, Nadine Sierra & Ian Bostridge Highlight Festival de Granada’s 2020 Edition

The 69th Annual Granada Festival has announced its summer season program. The Spanish festival announced that it was moving forward and for this article we will focus mainly on the vocal performances. Nadine Sierra, Carlos Mena, Xabier Anduaga, and Carlos Álvarez highlight opening night performing Mozart’s Requiem under the baton of Andrea Marcon. Performance Date: June 25, 2020 Raquel Lojendio, {…}

May 5, 2020

Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau & Marina Rebeka Lead Konzerthaus Dortmund’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Sony Classical/Baden-Baden/Tatiana Vlasova) The Konzerthaus Dortmund in Germany has unveiled its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal or operatic performances. The season opens with Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” with soloists Robin Johannsen, David Fischer, and Florian Boesch. The Collegium Vocale Gent and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is led by Philippe Herreweghe. Performance Date: {…}

Apr 23, 2020

Xabier Anduaga Added to Donizetti Opera’s ‘Gran Gala sul Sofa’

Credit: Elena Cherkashyna The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced that Xabier Aduaga will participate in the Gran Gala sul Sofa. The festival also announced that a 2016 recording of Maestro Riccardo Muti conducting the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini will be presented during the event. Conductor Gianluca Capuano was also announced as a special guest. Anduaga made his debut with the {…}

Mar 26, 2020

Jonas Kaufmann, Patricia Petibon & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’ 2020-21 Season

(Credit:Javier del Real/© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical/ Bernard Martinez) The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a vast array of programs and stars. Here are opera and vocal performance highlights of the season: Operas Handel’s Messiah is set to be directed by Robert Wilson with Marc Minkowski conducting. The cast includes Elena Tsallagova, Helena Rasker, Richard {…}

Mar 7, 2020

Lawrence Brownlee, Pretty Yende Headline ‘Songs for Dallas’ Concert

The Dallas Opera will present “Songs for Dallas” on May 6, 2020 at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. The concert will be headlined by tenor Lawrence Brownlee, who will be joined by the Dallas Opera Orchestra, the Dallas Street Choir, and other major opera stars including soprano Pretty Yende, tenor Xabier Anduaga, baritone Lucas Meachem, bass-baritone Mark S. {…}

Feb 13, 2020

Opéra National de Paris Review 2019-20: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

This review is for the third performance of this run on Feb. 1st, 2020. Moments prior to the first performance of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Paris Opera, the audience members were greeted by a recording clarifying the situation. Strikes in Paris had kept the theater closed for over a month, so it was no surprise that the attempts {…}

Feb 11, 2020

Jessica Pratt to Headline Rossini Gala

(Credit: Alessandro Moggi) Jessica Pratt is set to headline a Rossini gala at the Alfried Krupp Saal Concert Hall in Germany. The gala, which is scheduled for March 5, 2020, will feature arias and duets from the operas “Semiramide,” “Otello,” “Matilde di Shabran,” “L’Italiana in Algeri,” “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” “Le Comte Ory,” and “Guillaume Tell.” Spanish tenor Xabier Anduaga {…}

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