Christoph Willibald Gluck

Review: OPERA À LA CARTE'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Del Mar
by Ron Bierman - Oct 6, 2025

What did our critic think of OPERA À LA CARTE'S PRODUCTION OF OFFENBACH'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Of Del Mar? With even large companies struggling to survive, why did soprano and voice teacher Abla Hamza decide to found Opera À La Carte? Her goals were laudable. As national opportunities continued to shrink, she wanted to provide new ones to local professional opera singers and attract San Diegoans new to opera with lower cost tickets and less intimidating venues. But could she succeed during such a difficult period? Opera À La Carte began with vocal recitals at small venues, and last year graduated to its first full opera.

Washington Concert Opera Single Tickets Now On Sale For 39th Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2025

Washington Concert Opera has announced that single tickets are now on sale for its 39th season at Lisner Auditorium. The 2025/26 season will feature Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles, and Mozart’s Idomeneo, with leading American singers under the baton of Artistic Director Antony Walker.

Fernando Lozada E Israel Barrios Ofrecerán Recital De Música Vocal Mexicana E Internacional
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 10, 2025

Obras de Gluck, Mozart y Schubert, entre otros destacados compositores, serán interpretadas por el bajo Fernando Lozada Toxcoyoa y el pianista Israel Barrios el viernes 11 de julio a las 18 horas, en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

El INBAL Celebra El Día Mundial Del Arte
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2025

En el marco del Día Mundial del Arte, que se celebra cada 15 de abril, establecido por la UNESCO, el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) llevará a cabo una serie de actividades conmemorativas, con funciones de danza, teatro, música y literatura.

Gluck's Two Iphigénie Operas Will Open The GNO's 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2024

The 2024/25 season of the Greek National Opera commences with a significant artistic challenge. Gluck’s two famous operas based on the ancient Greek legend of Iphigenia –Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride– will be presented together for the first time in a double bill.

HADESTOWN Star André De Shields To Host ORPHEUS SINGS At Orchestra Lumos
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2024

After acting as narrator for the Orpheus myth in Hadestown on Broadway, Tony-winner André De Shields will host Orchestra Lumos' 'Orpheus Sings'.

Bard Music Festival To Present BERLIOZ AND HIS WORLD This August
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2024

The Bard Music Festival will present a celebration of French Romantic composer Berlioz with 11 themed concerts, 5 livestreams, and more, starting August 9.

Review: SARASOTA BALLET GALA - ASHTON WORLDWIDE, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - Jun 10, 2024

The final Ashton Worldwide bill at the Royal Opera House (23-24 season) was a Gala programme performed by the Sarasota Ballet in the Linbury Theatre

Bard Music Festival Presents BERLIOZ & HIS WORLD In August
by A.A. Cristi - May 2, 2024

This August, the Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an intensive two-week exploration of “Berlioz and His World.” In eleven themed concert programs, the festival examines the life and times of visionary French composer Hector Berlioz, whose grand-scale works, startling sonorities, and advanced literary leanings helped redefine musical Romanticism.

The Fisher Center at Bard Unveils SummerScape 2024 Programming Featuring Theater, Opera, Dance & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2024

The Fisher Center at Bard has revealed its SummerScape 2024 programming, running June 20 – August 18, 2024.

Review: ORPHEE ET EURYDICE at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - Feb 11, 2024

In this timeless tale of love and tragedy, the hero Orpheus (Marie-Claude Chappuis) ventures to the depths of the underworld to retrieve his deceased wife, Eurydice (Mirella Hagen), only to discover that even when working under the grace of gods, fate can be very hard to overcome.

Photos: First Look at Pittsburgh Opera's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 13, 2024

Pittsburgh Opera continues its 2023–24 Season with Iphigénie en Tauride. Composed in 1779 by Christoph Willibald Gluck, and based on Euripides’ great Greek drama Iphigenia in Tauris, it is the powerful Trojan War-era tale of a sister whose duty requires that she kill a man who turns out to be her brother. Check out photos here!

MEDEE Comes to Teatr Wielki in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2023

MÉDÉE comes to Teatr Wielki in January. Performances will run 21-28 January, 2024.

Aires Otoñales Ofrecerá Un Viaje Por Las Emociones Humanas En El Museo Mural Diego Rivera
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 10, 2023

Discover the emotional journey of human emotions in the concert 'Aires otoñales' at the Museo Mural Diego Rivera. Mezzosoprano Estefanya Márquez and soprano Alejandra Toledo will present arias from the opera tradition. Free admission on November 10th at 6:30 PM.

Interview: Marshall Pynkoski And Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg of Opera Atelier on ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
by Ilana Lucas - Oct 23, 2023

Opera Atelier opens its 2023-2024 season on October 26th at the Elgin Theatre with Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. BroadwayWorld spoke to Opera Atelier's founding co-artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski C.M. and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg C.M. about what makes this take on the famous myth so unique.

El Estudio De La �"pera De Bellas Artes Se Une A La Celebración Por Las Cuatro Décadas Del Debut De Ramón Vargas
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 9, 2023

Emoción y entusiasmo expresan quienes integran la actual generación del Estudio de la Ópera de Bellas Artes (EOBA) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), por su participación en  el concierto operístico al lado del tenor Ramón Vargas, quien celebrará este domingo los 40 años de su debut en el Palacio de Bellas Artes. 

MEDEE Comes to Teatr Wielki in January 2024
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2023

MEDEE comes to Teatr Wielki in January 2024.  Performances run 21-28 January.

MEDEE Comes to Teatr Wielki in January 2024
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2023

What kind of circumstances can lead a mother to commit infanticide? The story of Medea has fascinated artists for centuries, opera creators included. The libretto of Luigi Cherubini’s work, originally staged in Paris in 1797, is a condensation of the tale known from classical mythology.

Review: ONLY AN OCTAVE APART at Spoleto Festival USA
by Perry Tannenbaum - Jun 12, 2023

Starring Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond, ONLY AN OCTAVE demonstrates how much we've changed - and how much we haven't - since Carol Burnett and Beverly Sills first sang the song in 1976, one year before Spoleto arrived in Charleston. But what about 2011, when Taylor Mac strutted onstage and proclaimed, 'This is my festival bitches!'?

Boston Baroque Presents Gluck's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE This April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 2, 2023

Boston Baroque's 50th Season concludes with the much-anticipated annual staged opera with performances of Gluck's rarely-heard Iphigénie en Tauride. Performances will take place on Thursday, April 20 at 8pm, Friday, April 21 at 8pm, and Sunday, April 23 at 3pm at GBH's Calderwood Studio in Brighton, MA. The Friday evening performance will also be livestreamed on the global streaming platform IDAGIO, welcoming virtual audiences around the world alongside live studio audiences on site.