CLASSICAL MUSIC OPERA NEWS COVERAGE BWW Interview: Tenor Javier Camarena - High Cs and 'High Fives' at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - December 05, 2018 Tenor Javier Camarena--who completes his run as Nadir, the love-struck tenor lead in Bizet's LES PECHEURS DE PERLES (THE PEARL FISHERS) this Saturday--isn't finished wow-ing Met audiences for the season. Not by a long shot. He's back in February to throw off those nine High Cs in “Ah, mes amis!” the... (more...)  VIDEO: Get A First Look At LA TRAVIATA at The Met
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018 Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts Michael Mayer's richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 19th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Florez returns to the Met for the first time since 2015 to sing the rol... (more...)  BWW Review: GLASS or HANDEL, Costanzo Can Handle Whatever's Thrown at Him
by Richard Sasanow - November 29, 2018 No one can accuse countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo of sitting around and waiting for projects to fall into his lap. GLASS HANDEL was first produced by the singer with Visionaire and Cath Brittan at Opera Philadelphia's (OP) O18 Operafest in September and presented in NY by OP and National Sawdust ... (more...)  BWW Review: Utopia Opera Takes on Thea Musgrave's STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
by Richard Sasanow - November 15, 2018 Short on financial resources but long on ambition, Utopia Opera started its eighth season last weekend with a New York premiere: Thea Musgrave's THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN. It's a 90-minute chamber version, orchestrated by composer Julian Grant, of Musgrave's full-length, two-act HARRIET, THE WOMAN... (more...)  Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts New Production Of LA TRAVIATA Starring Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2018 The Metropolitan Opera's new production of La Traviata, opening December 4, will be the first opera conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin as the Met's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director. Soprano Diana Damrau, who made her acclaimed role debut as Violetta at the Met during the 2012–2013 season (with... (more...)  VIDEO: Nico Muhly and Isabel Leonard on MARNIE
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2018 In the video below, composer Nico Muhly and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard discuss Marnie during intermission of the La Fanciulla del West Live in HD broadcast, with host Susanna Phillips..... (more...)  VIDEO: Jonas Kaufmann on La Fanciulla del West
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2018 In the video below watch as Jonas Kaufmann discusses his role with host Susanna Phillips during the October 27 Live in HD transmission.... (more...)  VIDEO: Nico Muhly on The Met Opera's MARNIE
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2018 In the video below, composer Nico Muhly discusses specific musical elements of his new opera Marnie, starring Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, and Iestyn Davies, with Robert Spano conducting Michael Mayer's production.... (more...)  VIDEO: Arianne Phillips and Isabel Leonard on Marnie's Costumes
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2018 In the video below, watch Costume designer Arianne Phillips and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, who plays the title role, discuss the many costumes in Nico Muhly's 'Marnie' with host Susan Graham during intermission of the Live in HD transmission of 'Samson et Dalila.'... (more...)  BWW Review: Don't Cry for MARIA, Argentina... She's Here in the Big Apple Now!
by Richard Sasanow - October 24, 2018 Site-specific performances are the latest thing for opera companies wanting to venture into works that wouldn't comfortably fit in a 500-, 1000- (or more) seat theatre. New York City Opera has tried this in the past, but never in a venue quite as intimate or louche as Le Poisson Rouge on Bleecker St... (more...)  VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Met's TOSCA from the 2018/19 Season
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2018 Met favorite Sondra Radvanovsky and rising star Jennifer Rowley share the title role of the volatile diva at the heart of Puccini's operatic thriller. Joseph Calleja brings his stylish tenor to the role of Cavaradossi, and Wolfgang Koch and Claudio Sgura share the role of the nefarious police chief ... (more...)  VIDEO: 'I See Forio' from The Met Opera's MARNIE
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2018 In the video below, Isabel Leonard sing 'I See Fario' from Nico Muhly's new opera Marnie, starring Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, and Iestyn Davies, with Robert Spano conducting Michael Mayer's production. ... (more...)  The New York Pops Opens 2018-19 Carnegie Hall Season With Roll Over Beethoven Today
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2018 The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, kicks off its 2018-19 season with Roll Over Beethoven: A Different Kind of Orchestra today, October 19 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The orchestra is joined by three time 'Las Vegas Headliner of the Year' ... (more...)  VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Met Opera's MARNIE
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2018 In the video below, watch a trailer for Nico Muhly's new opera Marnie, starring Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, and Iestyn Davies, with Robert Spano conducting Michael Mayer's production. 2018-19 season.... (more...)  VIDEO: Elina Garanca Talks Performing At Carnegie Hall
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2018 At the age of 17, mezzo soprano El?na Garan?a decided to dedicate her life to music. Watch her sing at Carnegie Hall October 23, 2018 with accompanist Malcolm Martineau.... (more...)  Photo Flash: Jonas Kaufmann at Carnegie Hall with Orchestra of St. Luke's
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2018 Hailed as 'the world's greatest tenor' by The Telegraph, superstar German tenor Jonas Kaufmann returned to Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium Perelman Stage on last week for a special one-night-only performance of hits from his bestselling album You Mean the World to Me. Accompanied by Orchestra of S... (more...)  American Composer Gordon Getty Turns 85
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2018 American composer Gordon Getty celebrates his 85th birthday on December 20, 2018. Mr. Getty's music has been widely performed in North America and Europe in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London's Royal Festival Hall, Vienna's Brahmssaal, and Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall a... (more...)  VIDEO: Get A First Look At Elina Garanca In Darko Tresnjak's SAMSON ET DALILA at The Met
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2018 In the video below, watch as El?na Garan?a sings Dalila's Act II aria on Opening Night of SAMSON ET DALILA.... (more...)  VIDEO: Get The Inside Scoop On Carnegie Hall's Opening Night, Set To Feature Renee Fleming, Audra McDonald & More!
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2018 This is a Carnegie Hall Opening Night you will never forget. A pair of vocal superstars-Renee Fleming and Audra McDonald-join Perspectives artist Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony for an evening of favorites from opera and music theater. To add to the festive occasion, there's exh... (more...)  VIDEO: Preview The Met's CENDRILLON Ahead Of 9/9 Screening On Great Performances
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2018 BroadwayWorld has a first look at Great Performances at the Met: Cendrillon, starring Joyce DiDonato as the titular heroine and Alice Coote as Prince Charming alongside Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother and Stephanie Blythe as Madame de la Haltiere. The season 12 finale airs this Sunday, September... (more...)  BWW Preview: Same Time, This Year - I'd Still Rather Be at Opera Philadelphia's Festival O18
by Richard Sasanow - September 05, 2018 You can't accuse Opera Philadelphia's O18 Festival--running September 20-30 at various city venues--of being predictable. But no one would chastise you if you were to think: How do you follow-up what seems like a once-in-a-lifetime event, last year's O17? Well, as Monty Python used to say, 'And now ... (more...)  Peter Sellars Directed Production Of LAGRIME DI SAN PIETRO To Tour Worldwide
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2018 A performance at the Ravinia Festival in Illinois on September 13 will be the first date in the Los Angeles Master Chorale's wide-reaching tour of its acclaimed production of Orlando di Lasso's Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears of St. Peter) directed by Peter Sellars. The tour will feature 21 Master Chor... (more...) The New York Pops Opens 2018-19 Carnegie Hall Season With Roll Over Beethoven 10/19
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2018 The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, kicks off its 2018-19 season with Roll Over Beethoven: A Different Kind of Orchestra on Friday, October 19 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The orchestra is joined by three time 'Las Vegas Headliner of the Ye... (more...)  BWW Review: I Like MOZART. Does That Make Me a Bad Person?
by Richard Sasanow - August 16, 2018 Lincoln Center's MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL is over for the season and finished up with a program that was an oddity because it wasn't mostly Mozart (or no Mozart) but all Mozart. Well, hooray for the 18th century. I was happy to be back in the bosom of the festival's namesake. Does that make me a bad p... (more...)  Susan Graham Tours Europe with Boston Symphony, Makes Role Debut at LA Opera, Returns to Carnegie Hall, and More
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2018 Grammy Award-winning mezzo Susan Graham launches her 2018-19 season in the company of Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with whom she reprises her celebrated account of Mahler's Third Symphony on a high-profile European tour that kicks off at London's BBC Proms and takes in Berlin, L... (more...) |
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