One of the benefits of reviewing operas is the opportunity to take guests whose experience of opera may be comparatively recent, and whose reactions are refreshingly unbound by preconceptions. At the ...
Bampton Classical Opera is set to present Salieri’s “La Iocandiera” this fall. The opening performance of the production is set for July 18 and 19 at The Deanery Garden in Bampton, Oxfordshire. That ...
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has announced a two-year contract extension for music director Kazuki Yamada. “I am extremely happy to be renewing my contract with the City of Birmingham Symphony ...
NEXT Ensemble is set to perform at the Peabody Institute on Feb. 14, 2025. The showcase, titled “Songs from Inside” will feature the “Canti di Prionia” by Luigi Dallapiccola and “Neither Persons Nor ...
(Photo Credit Guy Davies) Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” directed by Sarah Giles for Opera Australia (OA) was performed in three Australian states, before it arrived at the Sydney Opera House in the ...
Ukrainian soprano Inna Kalugina will headline a concert at the Salle Cortot in Paris on Feb. 2, 2025. The showcase, titled “Le Rossignol et l’Empereur de Chine rencontrent Shchedryk” features the ...
The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The company said, “We regret to inform our audience that Jonas Kaufmann has been forced to cancel his ...
Few operas have a more melancholic plot than this one: two brothers, twins with different fathers– one must die so the other can live. The twist? The brother destined to die happens to be immortal. In ...
Harmonium Broadway Cabaret Troupe will present “Songs of Revelation” on Feb. 8, 2025. Kicking off at 6 p.m., the event will showcase beloved Broadway hits from such works as “Carousel,” “Ragtime,” ...