San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Update For Gounod's ROMEO & JULIET
San Francisco Opera today announced a cast change for Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet (Roméo et Juliette), which opens the Company's 97th season on September 6, 2019 and runs for seven performances through October 1 at the War Memorial Opera House. Samoan-born New Zealand tenor Pene Pati, originally scheduled to sing Romeo on October 1, will perform the role in all performances, replacing Bryan Hymel who has withdrawn for personal reasons.
SF Opera Lab Presents Soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci In Poulenc's LA VOIX HUMAINE
SF Opera Lab presents three performances of Francis Poulenc's 1958 monodrama La Voix humaine (The Human Voice) starring internationally acclaimed sopranoAnna Caterina Antonacci with pianist Donald Sulzen on March 11, 14 and 17, 2017. In these rare appearances outside of Europe, Antonacci will perform "Elle," the distraught character at the heart of the opera and one of the soprano's most celebrated portrayals, along with a program of French art songs in the intimate, 299-seat Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater at the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera.
San Francisco Opera Announces Cast Changes for THE MAKROPULOS CASE and MADAMA BUTTERFLY
San Francisco Opera today announced cast updates for the upcoming productions of Leoš Jana?ek's The Makropulos Case and Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The role of Albert Gregor in The Makropulos Case will now feature American tenor Charles Workman in his Company debut, replacing Scott Quinn who has withdrawn due to personal reasons. Italian tenor Vincenzo Costanzo will make his United States opera debut as Lt. B. F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in lieu of Maxim Aksenov who has withdrawn for personal reasons.
Photo Flash: First Look at Clementine Margaine, Michael Todd Simpson & More in WNO's CARMEN
Washington National Opera (WNO) opens its 2015-2016 season with a newto-Washington staging of Georges Bizet's popular classic Carmen, September 19 to October 3 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Starring two French mezzo-sopranos-Clémentine Margaine and Géraldine Chauvet- in the title role, this production also showcases two stars of flamenco dance, principal dancers Timo Nuñez (Fox's So You Think You Can Dance) and Fanny Ara. The production is staged by American director E. Loren Meeker and the WNO Orchestra is led by American conductor Evan Rogister. A special performance on Friday, October 2 features casting by current singers and alumni of WNO's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.
Washington National Opera Opens New Season With CARMEN Featuring SYTYCD's Timo Nuñez, 9/19
Washington National Opera (WNO) opens its 2015-2016 season with a newto-Washington staging of Georges Bizet's popular classic Carmen, September 19 to October 3 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Starring two French mezzo-sopranos-Clementine Margaine and Geraldine Chauvet- in the title role, this production also showcases two stars of flamenco dance, principal dancers Timo Nuñez (Fox's So You Think You Can Dance) and Fanny Ara. The production is staged by American director E. Loren Meeker and the WNO Orchestra is led by American conductor Evan Rogister. A special performance on Friday, October 2 features casting by current singers and alumni of WNO's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.
Met Opera Live's WERTHER Broadcast at Town Hall Theater, Today
The Metropolitan Opera has had a string of hit new productions lately, including a riotous Falstaff and a monumental Prince Igor. This most exciting of seasons continues with an acclaimed new production of Massenet's Werther, starring tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the title role.
Met Opera Live's WERTHER Broadcast at Town Hall Theater, 3/15
The Metropolitan Opera has had a string of hit new productions lately, including a riotous Falstaff and a monumental Prince Igor. This most exciting of seasons continues with an acclaimed new production of Massenet's Werther, starring tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the title role.
The San Francisco Early Music Society Opens 2013-2014 with Local Trio OSTRAKA Tonight
The San Francisco Early Music Society's 2013-14 season opens this weekend, beginning tonight, October 11, and continuing through the 13th, 2013 with local trio OSTRAKA (Josh Lee, viola da gamba; John Lenti, lute; David Walker, baroque guitar). Founded in 2005 by viol virtuoso Lee, Ostraka was a finalist in Early Music America's 2012 Baroque Performance Competition. Ostraka performs a program titled Leaving Parnassus, tracing the rise and fall of the outrageous and refined French baroque style and its struggle against the fashionable forces of italianismethrough the works of Lully, de Visee, Caix d'Hervelois, Boismortier and Forqueray. The concert promises to be a tour de force of virtuosic solo and ensemble works for bass viol, theorbo and baroque guitar.
The San Francisco Early Music Society Opens 2013-2014 with Local Trio OSTRAKA, 10/11-13
The San Francisco Early Music Society's 2013-14 season opens the weekend of October 11-13, 2013 with local trio OSTRAKA (Josh Lee, viola da gamba; John Lenti, lute; David Walker, baroque guitar). Founded in 2005 by viol virtuoso Lee, Ostraka was a finalist in Early Music America's 2012 Baroque Performance Competition. Ostraka performs a program titled Leaving Parnassus, tracing the rise and fall of the outrageous and refined French baroque style and its struggle against the fashionable forces of italianismethrough the works of Lully, de Visee, Caix d'Hervelois, Boismortier and Forqueray. The concert promises to be a tour de force of virtuosic solo and ensemble works for bass viol, theorbo and baroque guitar.