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A double event awaits Lise Davidsen

admin_mowp — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:30:15 +0000

The great soprano Lise Davidsen, who recently triumphed by stepping in for Anna Netrebko in Richard Strauss‘s Ariadne auf Naxos in Vienna, has just announced a double happy event. Indeed, the Wagnerian singer is expecting twins. At this time, we do not know if she will name them Sieglinde and Siegmund.

However, she is putting her career on hold and will be replaced in Vienna by Simone Schneider (Die Walküre) and Krassimira Stoyanova (Der Rosenkavalier), in London by Natalya Romaniw (Die Walküre), and at Barcelona’s Liceu by Asmik Grigorian in a Wagner concert alongside Matthias Goerne.

To see Die Walküre in Vienna, Click here!

c – Lise Davidsen

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The Most Famous Viennese Director Passed Away

admin_mowp — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:30:29 +0000

On January 9, 2025, Viennese director Otto Schenk passed away at the age of 94.

He left an indelible mark on the world of opera with his remarkable productions, which have been performed across the global opera stage. The Met Opera in New York fondly remembers his grand Wagner productions, just as the Wiener Staatsoper continues to preserve his legacy.

This season, in addition to the recordings made freely available on the Austrian opera’s website, audiences can experience his stagings of Fidelio by Beethoven in February 2025 (featuring Michael Spyres and Bryn Terfel), L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti in March (with Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga), Andrea Chénier by Giordano in April (starring Michael Fabiano, Sonya Yoncheva, and Luca Salsi), and finally, arguably his greatest masterpiece, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss in June (with Lise Davidsen, Emily D’Angelo, and Sabine Devieilhe). Another iconic production, J. Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus, has returned annually every December since 1979.

To see Otto Schenk’s productions at the Wierner Staatsoper, click here!

Der Rosenkavalier – c – Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Poehn

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Vienna loses its Ariadne thread with Netrebko!

admin_mowp — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:12:46 +0000

The major event of the Viennese season at the Staatsoper almost didn’t take place. Anna Netrebko’s debut in the title role of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, originally scheduled for January 21, 2025, will not occur on that date.

The artist is not ready, but the production has been saved thanks to Lise Davidsen, another superstar soprano, who will replace her. Indeed, Anna Netrebko explained that she is “sad that [she] will not be interpreting this incredible new role but, because of the time unexpectedly lost, [she is] unable to prepare it to the standard [she] demand of [herself]”.

Fans of the diva need not worry: “Bogdan Roščić (editor’s note: the director of the Vienna Opera) and [she] are working to find a new period as soon as possible for [her] to sing it in Vienna.”

One’s misfortune is another’s good fortune, as Lise Davidsen, an artist highly renowned in the Wagnerian and Straussian repertoire, will take on the performances alongside Michael Spyres as Bacchus, Kate Lindsey as the Komponist, and Sara Blanch as Zerbinetta.

To be part of the public of Anna Netrebko’s other performances, go to our website!

Netrebko Anna © Rubio Dalmau Olga

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Lise Davidsen, Not Quite Isolde Yet!

admin_mowp — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:00:46 +0000

While a new Ring cycle by Wagner is announced at the Metropolitan Opera, where the magnificent Lise Davidsen will be Brünnhilde in a new production by Yuval Sharon, the new star soprano of Wagnerian roles has finally been announced as Isolde in 2025-2026, in a new production that will mark Sharon‘s debut at the Met. The opera will be conducted, as it should be, by Nézet-Séguin. Until this highly anticipated role debut, those eager to hear her can catch just the second act, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, on November 1 and 3, 2024, at the Isarphilharmonie in Munich, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Discover Lise Davidsen at the Isarphilharmonie in Munich

Lise Davidsen © Ray Burmiston

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin Continues to Soar

admin_mowp — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:00:29 +0000

While navigating calm seas at the helm of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the dynamic conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has just had his contract as Music Director extended through the 2029-2030 season. New projects have been announced, including an all-new Ring cycle by Wagner, directed by Yuval Sharon, with Lise Davidsen, the new star soprano, headlining as Brünnhilde. In the coming seasons, Nézet-Séguin will conduct four to five titles, including premieres. Already announced are the premieres of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Mason Bates, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego by Gabriela Lena Frank, Lincoln in the Bardo by Missy Mazzoli, The Highlands by Carlos Simon, and finally, The Wedding Banquet composed by Huang Ruo. Alongside the Ring and a new Tristan und Isolde, Nézet-Séguin will conduct a new production of Mozart‘s Le Nozze di Figaro directed by Robert Carsen, as well as revivals of Don Giovanni, Wagner’s Parsifal, and Puccini’s Tosca, among others.

Discover all upcoming performances featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Lise Davidsen even greater in 2024

admin_mowp — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 08:00:34 +0000

In a short space of time, soprano Lise Davidsen has easily established herself as one of the greatest voices of her generation. Her unique dramatic soprano has led to her being named Artist of the Year 2024 at the 63rd Musical America Worldwide Awards. Conductor Antonio Pappano, soloist Anthony McGill, composer Kevin Puts and the ensemble The Crossing were also honoured. This 2023-2024 season, Lise Davidsen will perform as Leonora in Verdi‘s La forza del destino at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in February-March 2024, or in Strauss‘s Salome in Lydia Steier’s shocking staging at the Opéra Bastille in Paris in May 2024.

Check out Lise Davidsen’s performances here

@ James Hole

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