Joseph Calleja, Pretty Yende, Alice Coote & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Riga Jurmala Music Festival’s 2022 Edition

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the Tanglewood Festival 2023 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. The Knights, under Eric Jacobsen, will present a new work by Chris Thile, who will also be the vocal soloist, as well as Jessie Montgomery’s “Source Code.”

Pacific Opera Project is set to revive its 2019 production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute AKA #Superflute” at El Portal Theater. The production, which is set to run between March 17, 2023 and March 26, 2023, will be presented in a new English libretto by POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw and bass-baritone E. Scott Levin.

The London Philharmonic has announced a cast change for its production of “La Damnation de Faust.”. The London Philharmonic said, “unfortunately the advertised tenor, David Junghoon Kim, is indisposed and unable to perform. We are very grateful to John Irvin for stepping in at short notice to sing the role of Faust.”

The Dallas Opera is set to premiere a new production of Wagner’s epic tale “Das Rheingold.”. The opera returns to the company after a 20-year absence with Emmanuel Villaume conducting. Tomer Zvulun, General and Artistic Director of The Atlanta Opera, directs a cast led by Nicholas Brownlee as Wotan, Michael Mayes as Alberich, Amanda Echalaz as Fricka (TDO debut), Brenton Ryan as Loge (TDO debut), Barry Banks as Mime, and Karen Slack as Freia (TDO debut).

American Classical Orchestra is set to present three of Bach’s famed cantatas this March. The company will showcase “Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42,” “Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18,” and “Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36” at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City on March 2, 2023 at 8 p.m. local time.

The Houston Grand Opera has announced the finalists for its 2023 Concert of Arias, currently scheduled for Feb. 3, 2023. The finalists include baritone Samuel Kidd, mezzo-soprano Ani Kushyan, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, soprano Emma Marhefka, tenor Michael McDermott, tenor Demetrious Sampson Jr, bass Gosh Sargsyan, and soprano Gabrielle Turgeon. Audiences...

The Toronto-based opera company, Opera Revue, combines opera and burlesque in its upcoming “Debauchery at the Dakota.”. The Valentine’s Day program will feature selections from R. Strauss to Weill to Elvis. Soloists include soprano Danie Friesen and baritone Alexander Hajek. Claire Elise Harris will join them on piano. Each vocal selection will be paired with a “mixed-gender” troupe of burlesque dancers, including local burlesque choreographer A’Slayna von Hunt.

Resonance Works opens the second half of its tenth anniversary season with “To Breathe Free.”. The program embodies this sense of renewal with a reprise of Aaron Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring, Lyric for Strings by George Walker, a poignant new work by Caroline Shaw, and a commission by powerhouse composer Gilda Lyons.

The Miller Theatre has announced that the Composer Portrait of Suzanne Farrin, originally scheduled for Feb. 2 has been postponed due to COVID-19 cases. The Miller Theater said that a new date will be announced in the coming weeks. The showcase was expected to feature the world premiere of such...

Will Liverman has released a new Music Video for the piece “I Dream a World.”. The video is performed by Will Liverman and Damien Sneed. Sneed composed the music while the text comes from a work by Langston Hughes. The video comes a few days before Liverman performs a...

Opera Columbus is set to present Astor Piazzolla‘s tango opera “María de Buenos Aires.”. The opera will be performed by Monica Danilov makes who her company debut in the title role and Jose Miguel Garcia as El Duende, with Paul La Rosa returning to the company as El Payador. The production will also include dancers from Strictly Tango Columbus. Dennis Whitehead Darling directs, with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra playing Piazzolla’s score under the direction of Rolando Salazar, also in his company debut.

Mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey is set to make her Carnegie Hall debut on March 10, 2023 at the Weill Recital Hall as part of Great Singers III: Evenings of Song. In a statement, Hankey said, “After having postponed this recital for over 2 years, when revisiting the program material I wanted it to be a celebration filled with music I adore and have always wanted to perform. Highlights include Ravel’s masterpiece, Schéhérazade, and selections of Schönbergs cabaret songs, the Brettl Lieder.”

Northern Ireland Opera has announced the launch of “The Salon Series.”. The series will feature six performances around historic venues throughout Northern Ireland. The series will get a total of six performances throughout 2023 for a total of 36 showcases overall. “’The Salon Series’ is a [program] I’ve been...

French mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux made history on Feb. 1 during a presentation of Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld” at the Volskoper Wien. During the performance, Ledoux sang both the mezzo and the tenor role after Daniel Kluge pulled out, feeling sick. In a lengthy social media post,...

The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced that the performances of Stravinsky’s “Les Noces” will no longer be performed in a double bill with “I Pagliacci.”. As a result, Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci” will be the sole work on performances held on May 5, 7, 12, and 14, 2023.

PBS has announced that it will begin broadcasting the 17th season of its “Great Performances at the Met” series this March. In total, audiences will be able to check out 10 new opera performances with the first being “The Hours.” The opera stars Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, and Kelli O’Hara with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Christine Baranski hosts.

Northern Ireland Opera has announced that it will present the world premiere of “Nobody / Somebody.”. The opera by playwright Fionnuala Kennedy and composer Neil Martin will open on March 3, 2023, at the Elmwood Hall in Belfast and features artists from Northern Ireland Opera and the Ulster Youth Orchestra.

On February 19, 2023. Chatham Baroque will present Ensemble Dialogos’ run of “Barlaam and Josaphat.”. This program sets to music the medieval Christian legend which adapts the story of the Buddha, drawing from the repertoires of Greek, Latin, Russian, Croatian, French, and Italian manuscripts. Among the featured performers are Katarina Livljanic, violinist and composer Albrecht Maurer, and flautist Norbert Rodenkirchen.

Violinist and conductor Grigory Krasko has died at the age of 74. Krasko graduated from the Conservatory Gnessin in Moscow and was a laureate of the first awards at the national competitions of violinists of the Soviet Union. In 1974 he was admitted into the orchestra of Bolshoi Theater and...

Semperoper Dresden is set to present the Dresden premiere of Reimann’s “Die Gespenstersonate” starting on Feb. 17, 2023. The opera, which features a group of living and undead meeting for dinner, will be staged by Corinna Tetzel. The opera will star Sarah Alexandra Hudarew, Justyna Ołów, Jennifer Riedel, Eva Maria Summerer, Matthias Henneberg, Jürgen Müller, Philipp Nicklaus, Andrew Nolen, and Michael Pflumm. Yura Yong will conduct.