Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Tosca - OperaWire
This season’s premiere of Met Opera’s “Tosca” features Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, in the titular role, marking her 100th Met performance.Her Met debut was in 2004 as Olympia in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and her performances leading up to this season have all been unforgettable, especially Kurzak as Tosca.
Festival Verdi Announces 2025 Edition - OperaWire
Oct 10, 2024 · Festival Verdi has announced the operas for the 2025 edition, which will take place between Sept. 20 and Oct. 18, 2025. The theme for the Festival will be Verdi and Shakespeare and will celebrate the 25th edition in Parma and Busetto.. The operas that will be showcased are “Otello,” “Macbeth (1847),” and “Falstaff.”
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Royal Ballet and Opera 2024-25 Review: Eugene Onegin
Oct 9, 2024 Royal Ballet and Opera 2024-25 Review: Eugene Onegin. Less is more in Huffman’s main stage debut at Covent Garden. By Benjamin Poore
Gramophone Announces 2024 Award Winners - OperaWire
By David Salazar. Prior to creating OperaWire, DAVID SALAZAR, (Editor-in-Chief) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he interviewed major opera stars including Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Vittorio Grigolo, Diana Damrau and Rolando Villazon among others.
Obituary: Soprano Patricia Burda Janečková Dies at the Age of 25
On Oct. 1, 2023, Patricia Burda Janečková died of breast cancer. She was 25. An official statement on Facebook said, “The opera and musical singer lost her courageous fight with an aggressive disease.
Glyndebourne 2024 Review: La Traviata - OperaWire
Oct 22, 2024 · By Mike Hardy. Mike Hardy is a Royal Television Society award-nominated investigative journalist who has worked in the British television and print media industries for over 25 years.
Central City Opera Announces 2025 Season - OperaWire
Oct 16, 2024 · The Central City Opera has announced its 2025 season. The season will take place between June 28 and August 3, 2025, and will be the first festival programmed by newly appointed Artistic Director Alison Moritz.. Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” will return to the Central City Opera will for the first time in 12 years.. Aleksandra Vrebalov and …
San Francisco Opera Review 2024-25: The Handmaid’s Tale
The West Coast premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale“, by composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley fills the War Memorial Opera House with a performance as harrowing as the dystopic story itself. Delayed by the pandemic from its originally scheduled debut, the co-production of San Francisco Opera (SFO) and the Royal Danish Theatre runs through October 1.
Operalia Competition Announces 2024 Participants - OperaWire
Jun 11, 2024 · The Operalia Competition has announced the 2024 participants. The competition will showcase singers from the USA, China, UK, India, Cuba, Italy, Kazakhstan, New ...