Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Tosca - OperaWire
This season’s premiere of Met Opera’s “Tosca” features Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, in the titular role, marking her 100th Met performance.Her Met debut was in 2004 as Olympia in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and her performances leading up to this season have all been unforgettable, especially Kurzak as Tosca.
Long Beach Opera's 2025 Season to Spotlight the Work of Pauline ...
Nov 15, 2024 · Long Beach Opera has announced that its 2025 programming will center on the work of Pauline Oliveros. Oliveros (1932-2016) is a famed American composer known for her work in experimental and electronic music.
Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Grounded - OperaWire
Sep 24, 2024 · WARNING: This review features explicit language. It also uses some variation of the word “frustrating” a lot. To use a line from the cathartic and sublime climax in Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s “Grounded” – “What the f*ck?”. That quotidian expression perfectly encapsulates, in the context of the climax and at large, the frustration of …
Wexford Festival Opera Announces 2025 Season - OperaWire
Oct 21, 2024 · The Wexford Festival Opera has announced its autumn 2025 festival. The festival will run for 16 days between Oct. 17 and Nov. 1 and will explore the theme of Myths & Legends.
Teatro Colón Unveils 2025 Season - OperaWire OperaWire
Dec 11, 2024 · By David Salazar. Prior to creating OperaWire, DAVID SALAZAR, (Editor-in-Chief) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he interviewed major opera stars including Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Vittorio Grigolo, Diana Damrau and Rolando Villazon among others.
REDCAT Unveils 2025 Season - OperaWire OperaWire
Dec 9, 2024 · REDCAT has unveiled its 2025 season. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. First up is Faye Driscoll’s “Weathering,” during which “10 performers move on a raft-like stage surrounded by the audience, creating a dynamic, multi-sensory “flesh sculpture” that reflects the chaos of the Anthropocene.”
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Jan 15, 2025 ORF III to Broadcast ‘Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci’ Featuring Jonas Kaufmann & Elīna Garanča. On Feb. 9, ORF III is set to present “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” from the Wiener Staatsoper.
Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb Takes Another Shot at …
By David Salazar. Prior to creating OperaWire, DAVID SALAZAR, (Editor-in-Chief) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he interviewed major opera stars including Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Vittorio Grigolo, Diana Damrau and Rolando Villazon among others.
Obituary: Soprano Patricia Burda Janečková Dies at the Age of 25
On Oct. 1, 2023, Patricia Burda Janečková died of breast cancer. She was 25. An official statement on Facebook said, “The opera and musical singer lost her courageous fight with an aggressive disease.
YoungArts Announces 2025 Award Winners - OperaWire
Dec 2, 2024 · YoungArts has announced the 2025 YoungArts award winners.. All participants are between the ages of 15–18 years old or in grades 10–12. Each winner took home a monetary award of $250. This article only features winners in the classical voice category.