New director Tobias Wolff opens the Leipzig Opera’s 2022/23 season with a rarity. The first performance of Albert Lortzing’s Undine on 29 October 2022 marks the beginning of the great Lortzing cycle, which will culminate in a festival in honour of the German composer in 2026. A former Kapellmeister (music director) of the Leipzig City […]
Spectacular is the adjective often used to describe the Aida that Hugo de Ana conceived in 1998 with almost 300 artists. For the opening of its 2022-2023 opera season on 24 October, Madrid’s Teatro Real is reviving Verdi’s masterpiece with different casts. There will be 20 performances conducted by Nicola Luisotti, Daniel Oren and Diego […]
From 10 to 12 November 2022, Château de Versailles Spectacles presents Charpentier‘s moving David and Jonathas directed by Marshall Pynkoski, not at the Opera but in the Royal Chapel of Versailles and this is a first in the history of the place. Gaétan Jarry, who directs the Ensemble Marguerite Louise, has assembled a superb cast […]
From 9 October 2022, the Vienna State Opera will revive David Pountney‘s production (created in 2002) of Leos Janácek‘s masterpiece to offer a role to the new star of sopranos. Jenufa will be performed by Asmik Grigorian, an exceptional voice and exemplary actress. Conductor Tomáš Hanus, a great specialist of the repertoire, made his debut […]
The Vienna Volksoper opens its new season with a show that combines opera and ballet, starting on 9 October 2022. Tchaikovsky’s Iolantha and The Nutcracker are the perfect double bill for the other Viennese stage, which brings together choreographer Andrey Kaydanovskiy and, above all, the two new heads of the Volksoper, Director Lotte de Beer […]
Last minute: Unfortunately Adela Zaharia had to cancel her debut in Dresden for health reasons. Soprano Nina Minasyan replaces. A premiere is always an event in an opera house, especially when it is a renowned venue like the Semperoper Dresden and especially when it is a masterpiece like Verdi’s La Traviata! From 2 October 2022, […]
As always, New York’s Metropolitan Opera is betting big on the opening performance of its season. By choosing Sondra Radvanovsky to performs Cherubini’s Medea (from 27 September 2022), Peter Gelb has once again placed her in the footsteps of another star who has distinguished herself in this mythical role, a certain Maria Callas… The 2022 […]
As the New York Philharmonic prepares to move back into Lincoln Center, the cultural complex is making a gesture to its generous donors. The renovated David Geffen Hall will now bear the names of Clara Wu Tsai and Joe Tsai. With $50 million donated to accelerate the project, the Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall […]
The Champs-Elysées will welcome Orpheus and Eurydice as it should, but from 21 September to 1 October 2022, this is not mythology! The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées reprises Robert Carsen’s magnificent production of Gluck’s opera to offer the superb Jakub Józef Orliński the iconic and much-anticipated role of Orfeo. With his golden voice and magazine cover […]
Spectators at the Festival dell’Arena di Verona who were present at the incredible temple of opera on 28 August 2022 for a performance of Verdi’s Aida were in for a nice surprise. While another tenor had been announced, they were able to witness the Verona stage debut of Jonas Kaufmann as Radames. After the recitals, […]
