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5 days ago · The Opera Tech is set to present “A Celebration of American Composers” on Nov. 8, 2024. The evening will showcase melodies and groundbreaking compositions of America’s most celebrated composers, from jazz-infused classics to Broadway hits. The evening will include music by Andre Previn, Bernstein, Carlisle Floyd, William Grant Still ...
Christopher Macchio Performs ‘Nessun Dorma’ at RNC - OperaWire
Jul 19, 2024 · Following Republican Presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s rambling convention speech at the Republican National Convention, Christopher Macchio, Trump’s go-to tenor, performed Puccini’s famed “Nessun Dorma.”. According to the tenor, who took to social media to announce the performance, the aria which ends with ...
Watch Opéra de Rouen’s New ‘Aida’ with Joyce El-Khoury & Adam …
On Oct. 5, 2024, the Opéra de Rouen Normandie will stream Verdi’s “Aida” at 6 pm GMT. The opera will be shown on YouTube and France TV and will star Joyce El-Khoury in the title role and Adam Smith as Radames.They will be joined by Alisa Kolosova as Amneris, Adolfo Corrado as Ramfis, and Nikoloz Lagvilava as Amonasro. The cast is rounded out by Emanuele Cordaro, Néstor Galván, and ...
Teatro Colon Announces 2024 Season - OperaWire
The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires has announced its 2024 season. Opera. Günter Neuhold conducts Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” in a production by Marcelo Lombardero. Carla Filipcic Holm and Eiko Senda sing the title role alongside Sergio Escobar, Fermin Prieto, Ekaterina Lekina, Constanza Díaz Falú, Tamara Gura, Laura Grecka, Alejandro Spies, and …
Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Sep 25, 2024 · After a hyped but underwhelming opening night, the Met Opera’s second at-bat in the 2024-25 was the revival of a French classic that it hadn’t showcased since 2017. “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” is an incredible opera, rich in imagination, both in its musical and dramatic qualities. It is comic and colorful, but also deeply dark and disturbing.
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 …
Benjamin Bernheim Performs at Closing of Paris Olympics
Aug 12, 2024 · By Francisco Salazar. Benjamin Bernheim performed at the closing night of the Olympics on August 11, 2024. The French tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who is one of the world’s rising stars performed a new version of Gabriel Fauré’s “Hymne à Apollon.”. The tenor performed alongside Swiss pianist and composer Alain Roche on a suspended piano.
Royal Opera House 2023 Review: Aida - OperaWire
Carsen sweeps it all aside in this stark, contemporary vision of the piece, which despite its slightly wearying design arrives smartly at the dramatic nexus of Verdi’s grand operas: love and politics failing to add up, and a sense of horror about what people in love with war will do to each other. His production replaces that of David McVicar ...
Cal Performances 2024 Review: Harawi - OperaWire
Oct 2, 2024 · Julia Bullock: “Bella Voce.”. “Harawi” at Cal Performances: not as compelling. This was an aesthetic take on Olivier Messiaen’s “Harawi” song cycle (1945) modeled on the Andean harawi lament tradition, and centered around Julia Bullock’s extraordinary vocal gifts. Part of “Illuminations: Fractured History” series, and ...
CD Review: Jonas Kaufmann’s ‘Puccini: Love Affairs’ - operawire.com
Sep 24, 2024 · It suits him well, and despite Kaufmann’s recent health concerns, “Puccini: Love Affairs” is a powerful reminder of his enduring vocal charisma, and ability to draw its very limited set of antiheroes in finely shaded chiaroscuro. But overall, it is not enough to evince the lingering suspicion that market conditions have yet again taken ...