Richard Tucker News

Richard Tucker Music Foundation Names Lisette Oropesa as Winner of 2019 Richard Tucker Award

by Tori Hartshorn — April 8, 2019

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation announced today that Lisette Oropesa has been named as the winner of the 2019 Richard Tucker Award.

BWW Review: [Opera] Star Trek - The Next Generation from the Met National Council Finals Concert

by Richard Sasanow — April 2, 2019

Judging by the number of small opera companies in New York alone--see the 2019 New York Opera Fest that starts performances next month--there's no shortage of up and coming opera singers trying to make their way on the scene.

La Clemenza Di Tito Returns To The Met

by Stephi Wild — March 20, 2019

Mozart's opera of ancient Rome, La Clemenza di Tito, returns to the Met starring Matthew Polenzani in the title role of the Roman emperor Tito, with Elza van den Heever as the vengeful Vitellia, who plots his assassination.

Savannah VOICE Festival Returns For Spring Concerts

by Julie Musbach — February 18, 2019

The Savannah VOICE Festival (SVF) will celebrate the beauty of the changing seasons with fabulous Spring events.

Grammy-nominated Jamie Barton Performs Recital At Kennedy Center

by Stephi Wild — February 12, 2019

The 2018-2019 Renee Fleming VOICES series continues withJamie Barton on Saturday, March 23, 2019, at 7:30 p.

Ambrogio Maestri Reprises His Acclaimed Portrayal Of The Title Role Of Verdi's FALSTAFF

by A.A. Cristi — February 8, 2019

Falstaff, Verdi's exuberant final opera, returns to the Met for performances February 22-March 16, 2019.

San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Updates for 2019 Summer Season

by A.A. Cristi — February 7, 2019

Beginning June 5 and continuing through the 29th, San Francisco Opera presents a trio of extraordinary lyric works Georges Bizet's Carmen, George Frideric Handel's Orlando and Anton n Dvo k's Rusalka featuring powerful leading women in the title roles.

Michael Mayer's Las Vegas-Themed RIGOLETTO Returns To The Met February 12

by Julie Musbach — February 7, 2019

Michael Mayer's 2013 production of Verdi's Rigoletto, set in a 1960s Las Vegas casino, returns to the Met on February 12, with conductor Nicola Luisotti leading an all-star cast.

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock Announces 2019-20 Season Repertory And Casting

by A.A. Cristi — January 22, 2019

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced repertory and casting for the Company's 97th Season, opening Friday, September 6, 2019, with a gala performance of Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet (Rom o et Juliette) starring tenor Bryan Hymel and soprano Nadine Sierra in Op ra

Atlanta Opera's Company Premiere Of DEAD MAN WALKING Stars Jamie Barton

by Stephi Wild — December 20, 2018

This winter, The Atlanta Opera presents the company premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's Dead Man Walking in an original production "of the very highest level" (Opera News) from General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun.

BWW Interview: Angela Meade Returns to her Native Land for 'Il Trovatore'

by Erica Miner — December 10, 2018

Washington state is justifiably proud to call Angela Meade a native.

Live From Lincoln Center Rings In 2019 With New York Philharmonic Featuring Renée Fleming

by Stephi Wild — December 10, 2018

This New Year's Eve, Live From Lincoln Center rings in 2019 by celebrating the beautiful intersection of classical music, popular musical theater, and dance.

BWW Interview: Tenor Javier Camarena - High Cs and 'High Fives' at the Met

by Richard Sasanow — December 5, 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.

Bard College Appoints Renowned Opera Singer Stephanie Blythe New Director Of Graduate Vocal Arts Program

by Julie Musbach — December 3, 2018

Bard College announces the appointment of celebrated opera singer and recitalist Stephanie Blythe as artistic director of the Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program (VAP) beginning in July 2019.

BWW Interview: MEFISTOFELE is a Devil of a Hat-Trick for the Met's Rising Star Christian Van Horn

by Richard Sasanow — November 19, 2018

I caught up with rising star bass-baritone Christian Van Horn the other day, to find out what the devil was going on with his starring role in the Met's first performance of Arrigo Boito's MEFISTOFELE in almost 20 years.

New York Choral Society Partners With The Angel Band Project For Virtual Choir Performance

by A.A. Cristi — November 12, 2018

The New York Choral Society (NYCHORAL) will join forces with the Angel Band Project's One Voice Virtual Choir on Monday, November 19, 2018, to perform Ruth Moody's One Voice as part of the opening for the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

BWW Review: A Devilishly Good Van Horn Steals MEFISTOFELE at the Met

by Richard Sasanow — November 12, 2018

The Met is offering Robert Carsen's 1999 production of Arrigo Boito's MEFISTOFELE to show us what bass-baritone Christian Van Horn--winner of this year's Richard Tucker Award--could do in his first starring role at the house and the answer was: plenty.