Violetta News

Gran Teatre De Liceu will resume the presentation of Verdi’s “La Traviata” beginning December 14, with 50% seating capacity.

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour returns in 2021 with La Traviata. Performances run 26 March–25 April 2021.

Soprano Lisette Oropesa has been forced to miss the opportunity to be the first American to sing a title role in the gala season opener at La Scala since the 1950s.

With their signature perfectionism and dedication, Teodor Currentzis and the musicians have spent many hours rehearsing and recording in the studio in order to capture the true expressiveness of the performed masterpieces.

Back by popular demand, Amy Cofield and Mary Anne Kruger return to perform some of operas greatest arias.  But this time... accompanied by your Space Coast Symphony.  Cofield and Kruger have both enjoyed international careers as opera singers.

In the latest installment of the Met Stars in Concert Series, soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Joseph Calleja took center stage in the Royal Palace of Caserta, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Italy, with the grand assistance of pianist Roberto Moresco. The performing space—the palace’s spectacular Palatine Chapel—is neoclassically elegant. So much for the architecture: What about the music? The performing space—the palace’s spectacular Palatine Chapel—is neoclassically elegant. So much for the architecture: What about the music?

In October 2015, rising soprano Lisette Oropesa made her role debut as Violetta in a new production of Verdi's La traviata at the Academy of Music, serving notice that this would be one of the definitive roles of her career. “To judge from her first attempt at the role, Lisette Oropesa bids fair to be among its great exponents in her generation,” wrote David Shengold in Opera News.

In light of restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Opera  Colorado will postpone its 2020-21 Season, previously programmed as Cavalleria Rusticana in February,  Carmen in May, and The Shining in June.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the virtual world premiere of Divaria Productions' original biopic opera Rival Queens on Thursday, November 12, at 8 p.m. at baystreet.org.

On Los Angeles Operaa??s website, Ashley Faatoalia, tenor, and Louise Thomas, piano, collaborate for a a?oeLiving Room Recital.a?? They perform songs by Schubert, Williams, Fauré, Bonds and Gordon as well as Spirituals and arias by Mozart, Gershwin and Puccini.

She acts, she sings, she dances, she writes, she exercises, she crusades, and she loves. In all things, she gives her all. Tovah Feldshuh eats life. Find out how and why, here.

Opera Western Reserve has received $10,000 from The Frank and Pearl Gelbman Charitable Trust for its fall production of 'OWR Presents: A Taste of Traviata.'

The New York Burlesque Festival is the largest and most acclaimed festival of its kind! It has  attracted  sold-out crowds since it's 2003 premiere. 

Having joined Opera Philadelphia as Artistic Advisor in 2017, Lawrence Brownlee will take a starring role this fall in the debut of the Opera Philadelphia Channel.

Calendula Cool: MAS Adventure #44 by Steve McManus takes readers on a darker, exciting adventure through the eyes of an ordinary child. While this book is certainly not the first one to thrust children on such age-inappropriate adventures, McManus's novel handles the perspective so realistically that the approach is refreshing.

The New York Burlesque Festival is the largest and most acclaimed festival of its kind! It has attracted sold-out crowds since it's 2003 premiere. This October marks the 18th year for this celebrated event, and producers, Thirsty Girl & Pontani Productions are taking the show online.

The Metropolitan Opera has released a new clip of Renee Fleming from her recent performance in the Met Stars Live in Concert series. Fleming sings Laurettaa??s aria from Puccinia??s a?oeGianni Schicchia?? at the historic Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington, D.C.

A video was released of Soprano Renée Fleming, accompanied by Robert Ainsley, singing a?oeAdieu, notre petite tablea?? from Masseneta??s Manon in a rehearsal for her August 1 performance.

The company is taking its next step into the future of the art form with the launch of the Opera Philadelphia Channel, a global broadcast platform that will bring a revised 2020-2021 season into opera lovers' homes via their television screens and streaming devices.

Michigan Opera Theatre's summer theater program will feature guest artists from the acclaimed Broadway show 'Hamilton' in its line-up. The teen program, 'Operetta Remix,' will include special guests Jonathan Christopher and Nikisha Williams, who perform in the ensemble of the touring production of 'Hamilton.'