Confirmation: The Madrid’s Teatro Real is acting for the Francesco Cavalli renaissance by performing one of his masterpieces from March 17 to 26, 2019. La Calisto was “rediscovered” in 1970 at the Glyndebourne Festival thanks to Raymond Leppard and a great distribution (Ileana Cotrubas, Janet Baker or James Bowman). It is, however, the 1993 production […]
The end of the summer is coming nicely to Sydney where the famous Sydney Opera House goes outdoor. From March 22nd to April 21st, 1919, on the banks of the Mrs Macquaries Point, the audience is invited to attend the performances of Bernstein’s West Side Story. Greta director Francesca Zambello conducts the new production with […]
Mozart in Madrid: from February 19, 2019, Madrid’s Teatro Real presents Robert Carsen’s new production. In co-production with the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Mozart’s Idomeneo is directed in Madrid by Ivor Bolton with double cast such as Eric Cutler and Jeremy Ovenden as Idomeneo and surprisingly, a tenor, […]
New discovery: The Italian composer Giovanni Legrenzi is the about to be discovered in France thanks to Christophe Rousset and his Talens Lyriques. Less known than Monteverdi or Cavalli, he was probably, Caldara and Vivaldi’s teacher. His opera The divisione del mondo created for the carnival of Venice in 1675 is staged by the Dutch […]
A masterpiece: The Royal Opera House of Covent Garden in London performs Deborah Warner’s production of Britten’s Billy Budd. This production premiered at Madrid’s Teatro Real has received an unanimous praise from the press as the most perfect success of the season. The same outstanding cast iso on stage with brilliant Jacques Imbrailo, Toby Spence […]
Extravaganza: Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre, extravagant opera is performed at the Zürich Opera from February 3rd, 2019. The new production from the famous Tatjana Gürbaca is conducted by the expert Tito Ceccherini. A wind of madness is blowing on Zurich!
Baroque Star: Before the Aix Festival, Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion perform at the Château de Versailles a varied and thrilling programme. On 9 & 10 February 2019 at the Chapelle Royale, he conducts the famous Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine starring Lea Desandre, Eva Zaïcik and Lucile Richardot. The singers performs also on […]
Gershwin in Vienna: A new production is expected at the Vienna’s Volksoper. Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess is premiered on February 10, 2019. Gershwin’s masterpiece, directed by Joseph R. Olefirowicz, will be performed by Melba Ramos (Bess), Morris Robinson (Porgy), Lester Lynch (Crown) and Ray M. Wade Jr. (Sportin ‘Life). Rebecca Nelsen as Clara sings the […]
The winners of the Paris Opera Competition 2019 further to the finale held at the Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on Friday 18 January 2019 are French soprano Mélissa Petit, third prize, French baritone Jérôme Boutillier, second prize and Russian baritone Ilya Kutyukhin who wins both first prize and the public prize. All the young singers […]
On Stage: Robert Carsen, considered as one of the greatest opera directors of his generation, built one of his best production ever with Dvorák’s Rusalka. The masterpiece’s revival is performed at Paris’ Opéra Bastille from January 29th to February 13th 2019 starring Camilla Nylund, Klaus Florian Vogt and Karita Mattila. Not to be missed!
