Andrea Chénier is back! Giordano’s masterpiece is having a new large interest of the audience in recent years thanks to the many tenors who approach the role. After Marcelo Álvarez, Roberto Alagna or Jonas Kaufmann, Gregory Kunde performs again as Andrea Chénier but for the first time at the Wiener Staatsoper, from January 6 to […]
Change at the Opéra de Paris : This was to be one of the highlights of the 2019 season, but unfortunatly Elina Garanca withdrew from the production of Berlioz’ Les Troyens at the Opéra Bastille from January 29, 2019. Fortunately, Ekaterina Semenchuk will perform as Didon.
With great conductor Christian Thielemann in 2019, the Wiener Philharmoniker chose the fantastic German tradition. The orchestra is now renewing his offer by inviting the superb condutor Andris Nelsons to conduct the famous Vienna’s New Year’s Eve concert in 2020.
Music & Opera wishes you all the best for a fantastic 2019… Happy New Year!
The Christmas presents are nearly unpacked, some other gifts await music lovers, at Easter in Baden Baden. The Osterfestspiele, led by the Berliner Philharmoniker, offers outstanding performances such as Verdi’s Otello not directed by Daniele Gatti as announced but by Maestro Zubin Mehta. In the Robert Wilson’s production an exceptional cast composd by Sonya Yoncheva, […]
As part of the serie “Les Grandes Voix” at Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on 10 January 2019 and before the Chorégies d’Orange in August, bass-baritone Erwin Schrott wears Don Giovanni’s clothes in a concert version of Mozart’s masterpiece with the Kammerorchester Basel conducted by Giovanni Antonini. His main partners (Julia Kleiter, Lucy Crowe, Christian Senn […]
Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande needs a chef. The New York’s Met offers Yannick Nézet-Séguin to conduct a rare revival of Debussy’s masterpiece staged by Jonathan Miller from 15 to 31 January 2019 starring Isabel Leonard, Paul Appleby, and Kyle Ketelsen.
At the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the final of the prestigious Paris Opera Competition is on January 18, 2019. The list of the briliant finalists is composed by soprano Mélissa Petit (France), Julia Sitkovetsky (UK), Yaritza Veliz (Chile), mezzo-sopranos Lilly Jørstad (Norway), Zlata Khershberg (Israel), tenors Shan Huang (China), David Astorga (Costa Rica), baritones Ilya Kutyukhin […]
René Pape honored: the excellent bass has just been named Österreichischer Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera. Congratulations !
Postponement: For health reasons, the beloved tenor Rolando Villazón is forced to postpone his recital at Paris’ Salle Gaveau scheduled on December 20, 2018 to Tuesday, May 14, 2019. He has recently undergone surgery. We wish him all the best for a quick recovery.
