Jonas Kaufmann News

Stuart Skelton will sing the role of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walkure tonight, May 7, replacing Jonas Kaufmann who is ill.

The Met: Live in HD presents the cinematic premiere of Wagner's Ring Cycle and the behind-the-scenes documentary Wagner's Dream. The two-week event begins today May 7 across the U.S. and Canada. See photos from each of the operas below!

The Metropolitan Opera will present worldwide movie theater screenings of Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, as well as Wagner's Dream, a new documentary chronicling the creation of this ambitious new staging. In the United States and Canada, the series will begin tonight, May 7, with a screening of the documentary, directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, and continue on May 9 with Das Rheingold, the first opera in the cycle. The entire four-part Ring cycle and documentary will be screened in many countries this spring and summer, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Roger Pines, dramaturg of Lyric Opera of Chicago, makes a return appearance as a panelist on the Metropolitan Opera broadcast's celebrated Opera Quiz today, May 5 - the final live radio broadcast of the Met's 2011-12 season. The radio broadcast of Jananek's The Makropulos Case begins at 11:30 a.m. CDT and is carried locally on 98.7WMFT and www.wfmt.com

Artistic Director Des McAnuff will receive the National Arts Centre Award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards at a ceremony at Rideau Hall tonight. The ceremony is followed by a gala performance at the National Arts Centre, honouring each of Governor General Performing Arts Award recipients. Mr. McAnuff is being recognized for his extraordinary accomplishments over the past performance year.

ROYAL ALBERT HALL has announced its June 2012 listings. See details below. Box Office: +44 (0)20 7589 8212 - Open 7 days a week 9:00am - 9:00pm. Online booking is available for most events. Visit the website at www.royalalberthall.com.

Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and Rene Pape in New Production of Gounod's Faust on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met, Sunday, May 13 at 12 p.m. on PBS stations, with director Des McAnuff in his Met debut, with Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducting the classic opera for the first time at the Met, Three of the opera world's leading stars-Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and Rene Pape-sing the principal roles in a new production of Gounod's Faust, directed by Tony Award winner Des McAnuff in his Met debut. Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts his first Met performances of the opera, which airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Sunday, May 13 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). In New York, THIRTEEN will premiere the program Thursday, May 10 at 8:30 p.m. with an encore presentation Sunday, May 13 at 12:30 p.m.

Stuart Skelton will sing the role of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walkure on Monday, May 7, replacing Jonas Kaufmann who is ill.

Roger Pines, dramaturg of Lyric Opera of Chicago, will make a return appearance as a panelist on the Metropolitan Opera broadcast's celebratedOpera Quiz on Saturday, May 5 - the final live radio broadcast of the Met's 2011-12 season. The radio broadcast of Jana?ek's The Makropulos Case begins at 11:30 a.m. CDT and is carried locally on 98.7WMFT and www.wfmt.com

The Met: Live in HD presents the cinematic premiere of Wagner's Ring Cycle and the behind-the-scenes documentary Wagner's Dream. The two-week event begins May 7 across the U.S. and Canada. See photos from each of the operas below!

Frank van Aken will make his Met debut as Siegmund in Die Walkure at tomorrow's matinee performance, replacing Jonas Kaufmann who is ill.

Auf der Pressekonferenz am 12. April der Berliner Staatsoper stellten Intendant Jürgen Flimm und General­­musikdirektor Daniel Barenboim das Programm der Spielzeit 2012/2013 vor, der dritten Saison der Staatsoper im Schiller Theater.

Staatsoperndirektor Dominique Meyer, Generalmusikdirektor Franz Welser-Möst, Ballettdirektor Manuel Legris und der Kaufmännische Geschäftsführer Thomas W. Platzer haben heute, Dienstag, 27. März 2012 den Spielplan der kommenden Saison 2012/2013 präsentiert.

Aspiring musicians performed alongside the renowned Carnegie Hall's Ensemble ACJW in 'Young Artists' Day' at the Abu Dhabi Theatre on Saturday evening, marking the culmination of the Carnegie Hall Music Residency in Abu Dhabi as part of the Abu Dhabi Festival. Also on the night, Founder and Artistic Director of the Abu Dhabi Festival, Mrs. Hoda I Al Khamis Kanoo was presented with an award in gratitude and appreciation for her cultural leadership of the CUNY Creative Arts Team - UAE University Educational Theatre Partnership by the City University of New York.

Habiendo terminado la Temporada Live in HD 2011 - 2012 de la Metropolitan Opera House en el Auditorio Nacional, se realizaran una serie de retransmisiones de las cuatro operas de Richard Wagner, que forman parte del internacionalmente aclamado ciclo de El Anillo del Nibelungo (Der Ring des Nibelungen).

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director Des McAnuff is the recipient of the National Arts Centre Award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments over the past performance year.

An abundance of Verdi and Wagner, in celebration of their 200th birthdays, will be featured in the Metropolitan Opera's 2012-13 season, which will showcase the world's greatest singers, conductors, and directors in seven new productions-two of them Met premieres-and 21 revivals, including three complete Ring cycles. Twelve of the season's Saturday matinees will be transmitted worldwide as part of the Met's increasingly popular, award-winning Live in HD series.

The Abu Dhabi Festival, one of the United Arab Emirates' premier arts events, this year reaches its ninth edition, with its largest and most ambitious programme to date, featuring celebrated artists in new commissions and Arab World Premieres.