Ira Levin Is New Musical Director of Rio
Ira Levin has been named as the Maestro Titular (music director) of the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, effective immediately. This happens after a hugely successful production of Gounod’s…
Review: Enescu Festival – Frau Ohne Schatten
Mezzo-soprano Karolina Gumos sang Die Stimme von Oben recently in two concerts with the Berlin Radio Symphony and conductor Vladimir Jurowski: In an even smaller role, contralto Karolina Gumos was…
Sarastro – Opera på Skäret
Australian bass Karl Huml sings Sarastro in The Magic Flute at the Opera på Skäret in Kopparberg, Sweden. Performances on 27, 28 Jul, and throughout the month of August. For…
New Nabucco in Zurich
Wolfgang Gussmann and Andreas Homoki will premiere a new production of Verdi’s Nabucco at the Zurich Opera House on 23 June. The first performance will be streamed live on ARTE…
The Tale of Tsar Saltan – Brussels
Alexander Vassiliev sings Skomorokh/Shipman in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Skazka o tsare Saltane at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. Alain Altinoglu conducts in this co-production with the Teatro Real in Madrid. Performances…
Hameln – Karl Huml as Wurm
This evening in Hameln, Australian bass Karl Huml will give his debut as Wurm in the Landestheater Detmold’s production of Luisa Miller. The last performance of this run takes place…
Best New Production – From the House of the Dead
At this year’s International Opera Awards, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden came away with the award for Best New Production for From the House of the Dead, which featured…
Die Walküre – Leipzig
On 2 May, Russian bass-baritone Vladimir Baykov will reprise the role of Wotan (Die Walküre), as part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle festival at the Leipzig Opera. For more information click…
Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen – Theater Münster
Off the back of his successful staging of Polnische Hochzeit at the Oper Graz earlier in the season, director Sebastian Ritschel brings a new production of Prokofiev’s The Love for…
Luisa Miller – Detmold
Alexander Vassiliev will sing the role of Wurm/Schloßvogt in a new production of Luisa Miller by the Landestheater Detmold. Alexander will sing in Detmold on 5, 7 and 18 April,…