• La clemenza di Tito — Barbican

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    The last opera seria — Mozart’s late, austere masterpiece, and vividly brought it to life.

  • Dido and Aeneas, Manitoba

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Winnipeg music lovers were willingly transported back several centuries as Daniel Taylor and Montreal-based Theatre of Early Music graced Westminster United Church with a program of infrequently heard music.

  • Nicola Luisotti Named Music Director of Teatro di San Carlo

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    February 7, 2012. Italian conductor Nicola Luisotti, the popular music director of the San Francisco Opera, has been appointed to the same position at the historic Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.

  • Der Rosenkavalier, ENO

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    English National Opera’ revival of Richard Strauss’ fin de siècle Figaro is a heart-warming treat for a cold winter’ night.

  • La Traviata, NYCO

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    In his memoirs, Five Thousand Nights at the Opera, Sir Rudolph Bing, general manager of the Met from 1950 to 1972, discusses the Met’ move from 39th street to its current home at Lincoln Center.

  • Moby-Dick, San Diego

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    When Captain Ahab sailed the Pequod into San Diego this week, he brought a new American opera with him. Jake Heggie’ Moby-Dick is a stunning work likely to have universal appeal.

  • Ernani, Metropolitan Opera

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Ernani accosts us with the charm and the gaucherie of a provincial youth without much experience as the host of a classy party.

  • Beatrice and Benedict at the Wales Millennium Centre

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Welsh National Opera presented a rather undercooked account of Berlioz’s tricky opera, in a revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s classic production

  • Weill: Die sieben Todsünden

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    I failed to discern any rationale behind programming the Brecht-Weill ballet chanté with various works by Debussy, one orchestrated by Robin Holloway.

  • Added Drama for Wagner

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    It might have reminded some in the audience of the finale of Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung.” Saturday evening, during the finale of that same composer’s “Das Rheingold” at the Staatstheater in the German city of Darmstadt when a large section of the scene fell and shattered on stage.

  • Verdi’ Aida at Lyric Opera, Chicago

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    In its current revival of Giuseppe Verdi’ Aida Lyric Opera of Chicago approaches the challenges of the ambitious score with a cast well suited to the music and to the drama.

  • Opera in Florence Has a New Home

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Who says Italian opera is in the doldrums? Contrary to all the recent budget bad news from the country that invented the form, the dramatic new 150 million Euro ($200 million) opera house in Florence projects another view.

  • Rusalka, Royal Opera

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that an interesting opera production will be met with incomprehension and lazy, philistine hostility by vast swathes of the audience in many, perhaps most, of the world’s ‘major’ houses, a truth that renders one all the more grateful for the Royal Opera showing the courage to stage this new — to London — production of Rusalka.

  • The Tales of Hoffmann, ENO

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    In many respects, The Tales of Hoffmann and Richard Jones would seem a good fit.

  • The Opera House that Almost Wasn’ — Le Palais Garnier in Paris

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    One of the main performing arts venues for opera, ballet and modern dance is Le Palais Garnier in Paris.

  • Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Recorded on 14 June 1964 at the Großer Saal of the Musikverein, Vienna, as part of the Wiener Festwochen, this legendary performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde was released in 2011 on Deutsche Grammophon.

  • The Barber of Seville, Metropolitan Opera

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    It was a performance of Rossini’ The Barber of Seville in the late 90’ that marked my first visit to the Met.

  • Barcelona Restores Cuts

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/gran_teatre_del.php

  • John Adams — Death of Klinghoffer, London

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer is on at the English National Opera, London.

  • A Set Malfunction in Darmstadt

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/added_drama_for.php

  • The Charterhouse of Parma in Marseille

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Henri Sauguet is not entirely unknown in opera circles — divas Regine Crespin, Felicity Lott, Nathalie Dessay and Leontyne Price have included his arias in their solo albums. Plus there is a recording of his 1954 opera-comique Les Caprices de Marianne.

  • Pountney directs Verdi’s Forza for Vienna

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    One of the guiding principles of the revisionist (if not intervisionist) school of opera directing commonly called “regie-theater” is that certain outdated dramatic conventions in the librettos of many great operas can actually interfere with a contemporary audience’s ability to perceive the true artistic worth of the work of art.

  • Fleming in Strauss’ Capriccio

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Is there somewhere in Italian opera repertory where, as a comic interlude, the portentous clichés of German opera come in for a skewering amid the luscious sunshine of Italianate lyricism?

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Based on performances given on 2 and 3 March 2011 (at the Barbican, London), Valery Gergiev’s recording of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is an engaging and persuasive reading of the score.

  • Le nozze di Figaro, Royal Opera

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    David McVicar’ production of The Marriage of Figaro, previously staged in 2006 (twice),

  • Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette — Opera with few words

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Mark Elder and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment brought Berlioz’ Roméo et Juliette to the Royal Festrival Hall.

  • Alagna Changing Fach?

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/another_tenor_d.php

  • Don Pasquale on ARTE Live Web

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/don_pasquale_at.php

  • Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille Taps Foster

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/lawrence_foster.php

  • The Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition: Showcase Concert

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Inaugurated in 1995, the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition is a triennial competition, held in the National Concert Hall in Dublin, which takes place over a week in January.

  • Houston Here: Lend Me a Tenor

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/chad_shelton_co.php

  • Il nuovo Teatro dell’pera di Firenze

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/opera_in_floren.php

  • Teatro di San Carlo Appoints Luisotti

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/nicola_luisotti.php

  • Erwin Schrott’ Don Giovanni, ROH

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Erwin Schrott triumphed as Don Giovanni in the Mozart/da Ponte series at the Royal Opera House, overcoming the limitations of the staging.

  • “Figures from the Antique”, Wigmore Hall

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Modern and historic responses to classical tragedy and myth formed the unifying focus for this latest stage of Ian Bostridge’ year-long ‘ncient and Modern’project at the Wigmore Hall.

  • Victoires de la Musique Classique 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    Last night’s French classical music awards show, the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2012, awarded the “Best Composer of the Year” honors to Philippe Manoury, 59, for his opera, “La Nuit de Gutenberg” (“The Night of Gutenberg”).

  • L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and La Navarraise in Monte-Carlo

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    The magic was in the pit, not that all Monaco was not magical — on January 25 a yellow Lamborghini, a red Ferrari, a vintage Jaguar among other magnificent machines stood before the entrance to Monte-Carlo’s resplendent Casino cum transplendent 500-seat opera house.

  • Another Tenor Drops Down?

    Updated: 2012-02-29 20:04:16
    In today’s edition of the Viennese newspaper, “Die Presse” a reviewer gushes over Roberto Alagna’s recital yesterday evening at the Vienna State Opera.

  • Lyric's World Premiere in 2015-2016

    Updated: 2012-02-28 08:00:23

  • Orphée et Eurydice at Seattle Opera

    Updated: 2012-02-26 19:13:01

  • The Met's 2012-2013 Season

    Updated: 2012-02-23 22:29:29

  • USUO Day on Capitol Hill

    Updated: 2012-02-23 17:23:45
    Friday, February 17 was a great day at USUO! We were extremely honored to go up to the state capitol building and receive recognition from the Utah Senate and House of Representatives in honor of "contributions and service to the people of the state of Utah." This was also our ...

  • Simon Boccanegra at LA Opera

    Updated: 2012-02-21 08:01:00

  • Casting Change for San Diego Opera's Moby-Dick

    Updated: 2012-02-20 17:26:36

  • Moby-Dick at San Diego Opera

    Updated: 2012-02-19 16:30:27

  • Merola Behind the Scenes Event 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-19 00:34:24

  • Operatini: A Touch of Silver

    Updated: 2012-02-14 19:58:53
    A Touch of Silver Join us and bask in the beauty of live arias sung by the cast of The Ballad [...]

  • Where’s Beethoven – Beethoven’s Fourth

    Updated: 2012-02-14 17:43:56
    Another Beethoven concert approaches! The lucky winner will receive two tickets to this weekend's performance of Rachmaninoff and Beethoven - Beethoven and Andre Watts on the same program! Just leave a comment identifying where Beethoven is by Thursday the 16th at 4 PM. A winner will be chosen at random, and ...

  • Ensemble Parallèle's The Great Gatsby

    Updated: 2012-02-12 05:08:19

  • LA Opera's 2012-2013 Season

    Updated: 2012-02-09 23:01:31

  • Medallion Society Luncheon 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-09 01:00:00

  • Casting Change for the Met's Götterdämmerung

    Updated: 2012-02-07 18:50:58

  • Operatini: Puccini Martini Blast

    Updated: 2012-02-06 19:24:38
    Puccini Martini Blast Join the cast of La bohème and Master Mixologist Pat Carden from Chandlers Steakhouse, while singers sing and [...]

  • Luisotti appointed Music Director of Teatro di San Carlo

    Updated: 2012-02-06 13:47:57

  • Alexander String Quartet's 30th Anniversary

    Updated: 2012-02-05 17:07:34

  • Ensemble Parallèle's Great Gatsby Rehearsal

    Updated: 2012-02-05 02:12:11

  • SF Opera Audited Financial Results 2010-2011

    Updated: 2012-02-03 19:16:28

  • Peek at Next Season’s Brochure.

    Updated: 2012-02-02 01:03:07
    Right now is a super busy time for us - the next Utah Opera season was announced on Monday, Utah Symphony season will be announced this coming Monday the 6th, and Deer Valley will be announced Thursday the 9th! Soon we'll be sending out information on renewing your season tickets, ...

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