Thomas Hampson performs the role of Bishop Edvard Vergérus in Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek's Fanny and Alexander at La Monnaie in Brussels, with performances on December 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, and 19, 2024. This world premiere, based on Ingmar Bergman's film, features conductor Ariane Matiakh and director Ivo van Hove in a production that combines orchestral music with electronic elements. The new opera marks La Monnaie's first staging of this adaptation of Bergman's semi-autobiographical masterpiece.
More

Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars at the annual Advent concert with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Riccardo Minasi. D'Angelo is joined on stage by soprano Nikola Hillebrand and bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff. The concert takes place in the atmospheric Frauenkirche in Dresden and is broadcasted on German national television. The concert takes place on November 30.
More

Elene Gvritishvili takes part in a benefit concert of the Gute Tat Foundation At the Chamber Music Hall of the Berliner Philharmonie on November 25, 2024. Together with the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra Bad Brückenau under the baton of Johannes Moesus Elene performs Lascia ch'io pianga from Händel’s Rinaldo and Il bacio by Arditi.
More

George Gagnidze takes on the role of Miller in Verdi's Luisa Miller at the Hamburg State Opera. Opposite Selene Zanetti in the title role, Gagnidze can be heard on 24, 28, 30 November and 4 December.
More

Mezzo-soprano Siphokazi Molteno begins her tenure as an ensemble member of Teatro Regio Torino as Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Molteno is joined on stage by Jarrett Ott as count Almaviva, Kirsten MacKinnon as the countess, Christian Federici as Figaro and Martina Russomanno as Susanna. The production is staged by Emilio Sagi and lead under the musical direction of Leonardo Sini. The performances take place on November 24, 28 and 30.
More

Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo makes an appearance at this year's Lincoln Center Fall Gala which celebrates the human voice. The performance highlights a captivating blend of opera, jazz, and the American Songbook while raising critical funds necessary to support Lincoln Center’s work in the community, ensuring free and accessible programming for New Yorkers. The evening is hosted by Helga Davis and contains an incredible lineup, including Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, opera singer and RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 4 winner Monét X Change, GRAMMY Award-winner Nathan Schram, singer-songwriter Becca Stevens, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, soprano Brittany Olivia Logan among many other. The gala takes place at the David Greffen Hall on November 18.
More

On November 18, counter tenor Cameron Shahbazi performs a recital together with pianist Sophia Munoz as a part of the concert series Les Lundis Musicaux at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet in Paris. The two artists perform a program that spans over eras and cultures; from Purcell, Handel to traditional American and Iranian songs.
More

On November 15, Counter tenor Cameron Shahbazi performs the world premiere of the concert series “Warsaw sessions” together with pianist Sophia Munoz. The concept by Shahbazi and Munoz is an intimate and personal portrayal of the shared journey of two friends to connect seemingly unrelated songs, in which the common thread is the reflection that comes from difficult experiences, and music and its universality become the tool to process them. The concert takes place at Nowa Miodowa in Warsaw.
More

CSAM is thrilled to announce the addition of Canadian soprano Olivia Smith to the roster! Smith is lauded for her “rich, humane soprano” (Opera Canada) and “convincing and poignant” portrayals (Boston Musical Intelligencer). Currently in her second year of San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Adler Fellowship program, the young soprano performs this season as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Opera Philadelphia and as Micaela in San Francisco Opera’s “Carmen Encounter”. Last season in San Francisco, she made her mainstage debut as the Voice of the Falcon in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten, followed by appearances as First Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and the role of Chrisann Brennan in Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.
More