Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, Nadine Sierra & Piotr Beczała Lead Metropolitan Opera’s 2025 Live in HD Summer Encores

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2025 Summer Encores, which will be presented between July 23 and August 13. Here are the encore screenings. Verdi’s “La Traviata” from Dec.15, 2018, will be showcased. The performance showcases Michael Mayer’s production starring soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Juan Diego Flórez. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Encore Date: July 23, 2025 Nadine Sierra {…}

Jun 4, 2024

Claudia Pavone, Carlos Álvarez & Rocío Ignacio Lead Teatro Cervantes’ 2024-25 Season

Malaga’s Teatro Cervantes has announced its 2024-25 season. Emilio Sagi directs the world premiere of “El Gitano por Amor.” Performance Dates: Sept. 20 & 22, 2024 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will showcase Claudia Pavone, Antonio Gandía, Željko Lucic, and Nozomi Kato. Emilio López directs and Giuseppe Finzi conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 22 & 24, 2024 Rocío Ignacio stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside {…}

Jul 29, 2023

Aida Garifulina, Matteo Roma & Željko Lučić Star in Opera na Vodi’s ‘La Bohème’

Opera na Vodi presents Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Sept. 8 at the Belgrade Waterfront in Serbia. Soprano Aida Garifulina sings the role of Mimì, with tenor Matteo Roma as Rodolfo, and baritone Željko Lučić as Marcello. They are joined by Opera Nationala Romana Timisoara’s choir. Dejan Savić conducts. The opera will be sung in Italian with translations in English and {…}

Mar 10, 2023

Gran Teatre del Liceu 2022-23 Review: Macbeth (Cast B)

Photo: David Ruano/Gran Teatre del Liceu Željko Lučić’s Strong Macbeth Serbian baritone Željko Lučić replaced Spanish bass-baritone Carlos Alvarez—who unfortunately had to cancel due to illness—in the role of Macbeth for Verdi’s eponymous opera, currently staged at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. Lučić has regularly performed at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, where he has given us most of his {…}

Feb 14, 2023

Željko Lučić, Anna Netrebko & Anja Harteros Lead 2023 International May Festival at Wiesbaden

The International May Festival has announced its 2023 season at the Staaststhater Wiesbaden. Opera Uwe Eric Laufenberg stars in “Flieg, Gedanke, auf goldenen Schwingen.” Performance Date: April 30, 2023 Elissa Huber, Aaron Cawley, Erik Biegel, and Fleuranne Brockway Leoš Janáček’s “Die Sache Makropulos” while Christopher Bolduc, Julian Habermann, Aaron Cawley, Ralf Rachbauer, and Darcy Carroll star in Janáček’s “Aus einem {…}

Jan 10, 2023

Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces Cast Change for ‘Macbeth’

The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast for its production of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” The company said that barítone Željko Lučić will sing the title role replacing Carlos Álvarez, who is ill. Lučić is well-known for his interpretation of the title role, which he has performed to acclaim at the Salzburg Festival and the Metropolitan Opera. His interpretation has {…}

Jul 7, 2022

Baritone Željko Lučić Joins GoDirect Management

Famed baritone Željko Lučić has joined GoDirect Management’s roster. Lučić also changed management in 2021 when he signed on with Mirshak Artists Management to represent him in North and South America; he had been previously represented by IMG for his North and South American engagements. Lučić is one of the leading baritones in the world, having appeared with such companies {…}

Dec 5, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Javier Camarena, Roberto Alagna & Nadine Sierra Lead Teatro Colon’s 2022 Season

The Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires has announced its 2022 season featuring opera, concerts, and great performers. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Verónica Cangemi, Alexandra Grigoras, Saimir Pirgu, Behzod Davronov, Giuliana Gianfaldoni, María Belén Rivarola, Alfonso Mujica, Armando Noguera, Fernando Radó, Lucas Debevec Mayer, Juan Font, Felipe Carelli, Sergio Spina, and Iván Maier. Alain Guingal conducts the {…}

Dec 1, 2021

Sondra Radvanovsky, Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna Lead Metropolitan Opera Revival of ‘Tosca’

(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Puccini’s masterpiece “Tosca” returns to the Metropolitan Opera for 15 performances. The opera, which is set to open on Dec. 2, 2021, will first star Sondra Radvanovsky reprising her acclaimed turn which OperaWire said put her on, “a different level as Puccini’s Tragic Heroine.” She will be joined by Brian Jagde and George Gagnidze. {…}

Aug 2, 2021

Željko Lučić Signs with New Management for North & South America

(Credit: Bettina Stöss) Famed baritone Željko Lučić, has signed with Mirshak Artists Management for his engagements in North and South America. In North America, the famed baritone is set to appear at the Metropolitan Opera this upcoming season as Baron Scarpia in Puccini’s “Tosca.” Outside of those performances, he is slated to appear in performance at La Coruña, Spain for {…}

May 31, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Joyce El-Khoury, Benjamin Appl, Cecilia Violetta López, Jonathan Tetelman Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

It’s happening. As the opera world starts progressing toward live performances, digital offerings are being tailored back a bit. We will continue this series nonetheless, providing our recommendations for some of the exciting upcoming opera events that you can stream from home in the event that you are not yet ready or able to return to a live performance. This {…}

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