Stephen Costello Joins The Metropolitan Opera's LA TRAVIATA on December 26
by BWW News Desk - December 26, 2018
American tenor Stephen Costello will sing the role of Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday, December 26, replacing Juan Diego Flórez, who is ill.
by BWW News Desk - December 26, 2018
American tenor Stephen Costello will sing the role of Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday, December 26, replacing Juan Diego Flórez, who is ill.
Metropolitan Opera Cast Change Advisory: AIDA
by BWW News Desk - December 24, 2018
American soprano Kristin Lewis, making her Metropolitan Opera debut, will sing the title role in Verdi's Aida on January 7, 11, 14, and 18, 2019, replacing Sondra Radvanovsky, who has withdrawn for personal reasons.
by BWW News Desk - December 24, 2018
American soprano Kristin Lewis, making her Metropolitan Opera debut, will sing the title role in Verdi's Aida on January 7, 11, 14, and 18, 2019, replacing Sondra Radvanovsky, who has withdrawn for personal reasons.
VIDEO: Preview ESPAECE at BAM
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
Espaece, a piece by Aurélien Bory, comes to BAM Jun 20—22, 2019. Get a preview below!
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
Espaece, a piece by Aurélien Bory, comes to BAM Jun 20—22, 2019. Get a preview below!
VIDEO: NY City Opera To Present Soprano Aprile Millo In Concert
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present, in a rare New York appearance, beloved soprano Aprile Millo in concert Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30pm at Zankel Hall (881 Seventh Avenue, at 56th Street).
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present, in a rare New York appearance, beloved soprano Aprile Millo in concert Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30pm at Zankel Hall (881 Seventh Avenue, at 56th Street).
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR Will Be Broadcast From The Met at Rialto
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
Soprano Anna Netrebko takes on for the first time at the Met the title role of the 18th century actress Adriana Lecouvreur. A co-production of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, Wiener Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera and L'Opera National de Paris conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Sir David McVicar, who ingeniously sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theatre.
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2018
Soprano Anna Netrebko takes on for the first time at the Met the title role of the 18th century actress Adriana Lecouvreur. A co-production of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, Wiener Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera and L'Opera National de Paris conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Sir David McVicar, who ingeniously sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theatre.
Renée Fleming Leads Innovative New Workshop Celebrating The Art Of The Vocal Recital
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2018
From January 21-26, 2019, renowned soprano Renee Fleming will mentor 10 aspiring young singers and 10 collaborative pianists from around the world in the inaugural year of SongStudio, an innovative new program exploring the future of the vocal recital. Building on Marilyn Horne's remarkable work with The Song Continues, the intensive workshop will bring emerging vocalists and pianists together with leading artists and composers for a week of instruction and performance at Carnegie Hall.
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2018
From January 21-26, 2019, renowned soprano Renee Fleming will mentor 10 aspiring young singers and 10 collaborative pianists from around the world in the inaugural year of SongStudio, an innovative new program exploring the future of the vocal recital. Building on Marilyn Horne's remarkable work with The Song Continues, the intensive workshop will bring emerging vocalists and pianists together with leading artists and composers for a week of instruction and performance at Carnegie Hall.
Utah Opera Stage New Production of Rachel Portman & Nicholas Wright's THE LITTLE PRINCE
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2018
In January 2019, Utah Opera unveils its new production of composer Rachel Portman and librettist Nicholas Wright's 'The Little Prince' (2003), an operatic adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's novella published 75 years ago
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2018
In January 2019, Utah Opera unveils its new production of composer Rachel Portman and librettist Nicholas Wright's 'The Little Prince' (2003), an operatic adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's novella published 75 years ago
NY City Opera To Present Soprano Aprile Millo In Concert
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2018
New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present, in a rare New York appearance, beloved soprano Aprile Millo in concert Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30pm at Zankel Hall (881 Seventh Avenue, at 56th Street).
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2018
New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present, in a rare New York appearance, beloved soprano Aprile Millo in concert Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30pm at Zankel Hall (881 Seventh Avenue, at 56th Street).
VIDEO: Anna Netrebko on Adriana Lecouvreur at The Met
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2018
Soprano Anna Netrebko discusses 'Adriana Lecouvreur' during the Live in HD broadcast of La Traviata with host Anita Rachvelishvili.
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2018
Soprano Anna Netrebko discusses 'Adriana Lecouvreur' during the Live in HD broadcast of La Traviata with host Anita Rachvelishvili.
The New School Launches The Philip Glass Institute
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2018
The Philip Glass Institute (PGI) will launch with a performance by the Philip Glass Ensemble and a panel discussion with Philip Glass, Lisa Bielawa, the inaugural Composer-in-Residence and Chief Curator of the PGI, and Richard Kessler, Executive Dean of the College of Performing Arts, on January 6, 2019 at 4:30 pm, at The New School's Tishman Auditorium.
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2018
The Philip Glass Institute (PGI) will launch with a performance by the Philip Glass Ensemble and a panel discussion with Philip Glass, Lisa Bielawa, the inaugural Composer-in-Residence and Chief Curator of the PGI, and Richard Kessler, Executive Dean of the College of Performing Arts, on January 6, 2019 at 4:30 pm, at The New School's Tishman Auditorium.
BWW Review: Dudamel's Baptism by Fire Turns in a Solid, Throbbing OTELLO at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - December 17, 2018
Talk about baptism by fire! That's what Gustavo Dudamel--that wunderkind of the classical conducting world--faced as he reached the podium of the Met for the first time Friday night. Not only was he conducting Verdi's great opera, OTELLO, but he was doing so with a last-minute substitute in the title role. The result: All went well with the Met's production of the masterwork.
by Richard Sasanow - December 17, 2018
Talk about baptism by fire! That's what Gustavo Dudamel--that wunderkind of the classical conducting world--faced as he reached the podium of the Met for the first time Friday night. Not only was he conducting Verdi's great opera, OTELLO, but he was doing so with a last-minute substitute in the title role. The result: All went well with the Met's production of the masterwork.
The Double Bill Of IOLANTA/BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE Returns To The Met Repertory January 24
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera presents a double bill of two rarely performed one-act operas, Tchaikovsky's romantic fairy tale Iolanta and Bartók's harrowing Bluebeard's Castle, with six performances January 24 to February 14, 2019. Iolanta stars Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of a blind princess and Matthew Polenzani as Vaudémont, the knight who loves her. Bluebeard's Castle stars Angela Denoke as Judith, an innocent young bride who discovers the terrifying truth about her new husband, the menacing Bluebeard, sung by Gerald Finley. Henrik Nánási makes his Met debut conducting both operas, which are presented in a production by acclaimed director Mariusz Trelinski.
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera presents a double bill of two rarely performed one-act operas, Tchaikovsky's romantic fairy tale Iolanta and Bartók's harrowing Bluebeard's Castle, with six performances January 24 to February 14, 2019. Iolanta stars Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of a blind princess and Matthew Polenzani as Vaudémont, the knight who loves her. Bluebeard's Castle stars Angela Denoke as Judith, an innocent young bride who discovers the terrifying truth about her new husband, the menacing Bluebeard, sung by Gerald Finley. Henrik Nánási makes his Met debut conducting both operas, which are presented in a production by acclaimed director Mariusz Trelinski.
Metropolitan Opera Star Jennifer Rowley Headlines Fort Worth Opera's 2019 Southern Soirée
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
Fort Worth Opera is delighted to announce today that renowned soprano Jennifer Rowley will headline the company's Southern Soiree Gala on May 4 at The Stonegate Mansion, as part of the 2019 Fort Worth Opera Festival. Praised by The New York Times as "a singer of enormous gift and promise," a "force of nature" by OperaWire, and called "spectacular" by The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Rowley continues to garner critical praise for her exceptional voice, arresting stage presence, and richly varied repertoire. Her triumphant Metropolitan Opera role debut as Roxane in Alfano's Cyrano de Bergerac was universally acclaimed, and she returned to the hallowed stage during the 2018 season to perform the title role in Puccini's Tosca and Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore.
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
Fort Worth Opera is delighted to announce today that renowned soprano Jennifer Rowley will headline the company's Southern Soiree Gala on May 4 at The Stonegate Mansion, as part of the 2019 Fort Worth Opera Festival. Praised by The New York Times as "a singer of enormous gift and promise," a "force of nature" by OperaWire, and called "spectacular" by The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Rowley continues to garner critical praise for her exceptional voice, arresting stage presence, and richly varied repertoire. Her triumphant Metropolitan Opera role debut as Roxane in Alfano's Cyrano de Bergerac was universally acclaimed, and she returned to the hallowed stage during the 2018 season to perform the title role in Puccini's Tosca and Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore.
Metropolitan Opera Cast Change Advisory: OTELLO
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
Carl Tanner will sing the title role in Verdi's Otello in tonight's season premiere performance, replacing Stuart Skelton, who is ill.
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
Carl Tanner will sing the title role in Verdi's Otello in tonight's season premiere performance, replacing Stuart Skelton, who is ill.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts A Rare Revival Of Debussy's Pelléas Et Mélisande, Opening January 15
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts five performance of Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's mysterious meditation on love and betrayal, January 15–31, 2019. The classic production by Sir Jonathan Miller returns to the Met for the first time since the 2010–11 season, and the cast features three young Met stars at the heart of a passionate love triangle: Isabel Leonard as Mélisande, Paul Appleby as Pelléas, and Kyle Ketelsen as Golaud. Ferruccio Furlanetto sings the role of Arkel and Marie-Nicole Lemieux makes her Met debut as Geneviève. Derrick Inouye conducts the January 31 performance.
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts five performance of Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's mysterious meditation on love and betrayal, January 15–31, 2019. The classic production by Sir Jonathan Miller returns to the Met for the first time since the 2010–11 season, and the cast features three young Met stars at the heart of a passionate love triangle: Isabel Leonard as Mélisande, Paul Appleby as Pelléas, and Kyle Ketelsen as Golaud. Ferruccio Furlanetto sings the role of Arkel and Marie-Nicole Lemieux makes her Met debut as Geneviève. Derrick Inouye conducts the January 31 performance.
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Announces 90th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
Chautauqua Institution today announced the repertoire and highlights of the upcoming 90th anniversary season of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, including 22 Chautauqua Amphitheater performances over the course of eight weeks of the Institution's 2019 summer season. The CSO season announcement accompanies news that Maestro Rossen Milanov, who in 2019 enters his fifth season as CSO music director and principal conductor, has agreed to a new five-year contract that ensures his well-regarded tenure at Chautauqua will continue through at least the 2024 season.
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
Chautauqua Institution today announced the repertoire and highlights of the upcoming 90th anniversary season of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, including 22 Chautauqua Amphitheater performances over the course of eight weeks of the Institution's 2019 summer season. The CSO season announcement accompanies news that Maestro Rossen Milanov, who in 2019 enters his fifth season as CSO music director and principal conductor, has agreed to a new five-year contract that ensures his well-regarded tenure at Chautauqua will continue through at least the 2024 season.
Young People's Concerts Continue With ANIMALS INTO SONG- THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
The 96th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) will continue on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. with "Animals into Song - The Cunning Little Vixen," the second program in this season's series of YPCs, Music Across Borders. Conducted by Jakub Hr?ša, the program will explore how music can depict animals and settings, exemplified by Jana?ek's The Cunning Little Vixen Suite, featuring puppets designed and operated by students from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, led by ArtsConnection teaching artist Nehprii Amenii.
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
The 96th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) will continue on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. with "Animals into Song - The Cunning Little Vixen," the second program in this season's series of YPCs, Music Across Borders. Conducted by Jakub Hr?ša, the program will explore how music can depict animals and settings, exemplified by Jana?ek's The Cunning Little Vixen Suite, featuring puppets designed and operated by students from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, led by ArtsConnection teaching artist Nehprii Amenii.
BWW Review: It's All GREEK for Me, from Scottish Opera at BAM's Next Wave Festival
by Richard Sasanow - December 13, 2018
I hope somebody from New York City Opera was at BAM last weekend, because Mark-Anthony Turnage's GREEK--a modern retelling of the Oedipus myth from Scottish Opera/Opera Ventures, presented by BAM's Next Wave Festival--is just what the doctor ordered for that company. A great story, a small cast, a score that maybe won't leave you humming but moves like gangbusters, a simple production that doesn't look cheesy (except maybe in a mozzarella-ish way). And, oh yes, a happy audience for a work that deserves greater reach on these shores.
by Richard Sasanow - December 13, 2018
I hope somebody from New York City Opera was at BAM last weekend, because Mark-Anthony Turnage's GREEK--a modern retelling of the Oedipus myth from Scottish Opera/Opera Ventures, presented by BAM's Next Wave Festival--is just what the doctor ordered for that company. A great story, a small cast, a score that maybe won't leave you humming but moves like gangbusters, a simple production that doesn't look cheesy (except maybe in a mozzarella-ish way). And, oh yes, a happy audience for a work that deserves greater reach on these shores.
150th Anniversary Of Transcontinental Railway Commemorated With Utah Symphony Orchestral Work And 10-Minute Operas
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2018
Utah Symphony and Utah Opera unveil a series of creative projects to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike, where the final railway spike north of the Great Salt Lake connected the rails of America's First Transcontinental Railway at Promontory Summit in May 1869. The projects are part of USUO's annual Cultural Festival which highlights a special theme each year that provides a new focus to connect our community through music and more. For more information visit https://utahopera.org/schedule/cultural-festival/
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2018
Utah Symphony and Utah Opera unveil a series of creative projects to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike, where the final railway spike north of the Great Salt Lake connected the rails of America's First Transcontinental Railway at Promontory Summit in May 1869. The projects are part of USUO's annual Cultural Festival which highlights a special theme each year that provides a new focus to connect our community through music and more. For more information visit https://utahopera.org/schedule/cultural-festival/
COC Announces New Commission THE OLD FOOLS By Composer Ana Sokolovi And Librettist Paul Bentley
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The Canadian Opera Company announced today a new mainstage commission: The Old Fools by celebrated Montreal-based composer Ana Sokolovi? and seasoned British librettist Paul Bentley. La Reine-Garcon, first announced in 2015, is moving forward as a co-commission with the Opera de Montreal; it's the first mainstage collaboration of its kind between the two major Canadian opera companies and at its helm are two exceptional Canadian artists: Julien Bilodeau as composer and Michel Marc Bouchard as librettist.
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The Canadian Opera Company announced today a new mainstage commission: The Old Fools by celebrated Montreal-based composer Ana Sokolovi? and seasoned British librettist Paul Bentley. La Reine-Garcon, first announced in 2015, is moving forward as a co-commission with the Opera de Montreal; it's the first mainstage collaboration of its kind between the two major Canadian opera companies and at its helm are two exceptional Canadian artists: Julien Bilodeau as composer and Michel Marc Bouchard as librettist.
The Moores School of Music Announces HANSEL AND GRETEL
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The Moores School of Music at the University of Houston presents Hansel and Gretel.
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The Moores School of Music at the University of Houston presents Hansel and Gretel.
Erica Miner Author of DEATH BY OPERA
by Peter Danish - December 10, 2018
BWW Interview: Erica Miner author of DEATH BY OPERA
by Peter Danish - December 10, 2018
BWW Interview: Erica Miner author of DEATH BY OPERA
Ted Rosenthal Composer of DEAR ERICH, NYCO at the Museum Of Jewish Heritage
by Peter Danish - December 10, 2018
BWW Interview: Ted Rosenthal composer of DEAR ERICH at Museum Of Jewish Heritage
by Peter Danish - December 10, 2018
BWW Interview: Ted Rosenthal composer of DEAR ERICH at Museum Of Jewish Heritage
BWW Review: Live from New York, It's On Site Opera's AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
by Richard Sasanow - December 09, 2018
The touching, moving, brilliantly site-specific version of Gian Carlo Menotti's AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS, performed this week by New York's vibrant On Site Opera (OSO), had the audience at the Church of the Holy Apostles Church alternately in tears and cheering.
by Richard Sasanow - December 09, 2018
The touching, moving, brilliantly site-specific version of Gian Carlo Menotti's AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS, performed this week by New York's vibrant On Site Opera (OSO), had the audience at the Church of the Holy Apostles Church alternately in tears and cheering.
VIDEO: See New Video From SILENT NIGHT at Washington National Opera
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2018
The year is 1914 and the Great War has just been declared, dividing nations and sending millions into battle. As Christmas Eve falls on a battlefield near Belgium, soldiers in French, German, and Scottish trenches begin recalling songs of home, stepping into no-man's-land for a spontaneous truce. Once sworn enemies, they trade their weapons for merriment and camaraderie—resulting in one miraculous night of peace.
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2018
The year is 1914 and the Great War has just been declared, dividing nations and sending millions into battle. As Christmas Eve falls on a battlefield near Belgium, soldiers in French, German, and Scottish trenches begin recalling songs of home, stepping into no-man's-land for a spontaneous truce. Once sworn enemies, they trade their weapons for merriment and camaraderie—resulting in one miraculous night of peace.
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