Serena Sáenz makes her house debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Together with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala and the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, she performs Luigi Nono’s "Como una ola de fuerza y luz". Ingo Metzmacher conducts. The concerts take place on January 22, 24 and 25.
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Jonah Hoskins makes his house debut at Opera National de Bordeaux with his role debut as Nadir in Pêcheurs de perles. Louise Foor takes on the role as Leilaand Florian Sempey the one of Zurga. Performances take place on 20, 22, 24 and 26 January 2024.
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Mezzo sopranos Gaëlle Arquez and Emily D’Angelo return to Paris Opera in a new production of Georg Friedrich Händels’ Cesare. Arquez sings the title role of Cesare and D’Angelo takes on the role of Sesto. Harry Bicket conducts the Paris Opera Orchestra. Lisette Oropresa takes on the role of Cleopatra. Performances take place on 20., 23., 25., 27., 30. January and 2., 4., 8., 10., 12., 14., 16. February 2024
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The Mozart Week 2024 kicks off on January 24 with Rolando Villazón singing and presenting the opening concert in the Great Hall of Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation. The Mozart Week 2024 titled "Mozart & Salieri" will be held from 24 January to 4 February.
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Elene Gvritishvili makes her long anticipated role debut as Natasha Rostova in the new production of War and Peace - a coproduction of the Moscow Novaya Opera Theater, the Bolshoi Young Artist Programme and the Brusnikin Theatre Studio. Elene can be seen on stage alongside Ilya Kutyuhin as Andrey Bolkonsky, under the baton of maestro Timur Zangiev in a production by Alexey Martynov on January 19, 2024.
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On January 18, 2024, Sondra Radvanovsky pays tribute to Maria Callas in a concert at the Chan Centre in Vancouver. The soprano is accompanied by the Festival Orchestra Vancouver under the direction of Tania Miller. The program includes iconic arias sung by Maria Callas such as “Casta Diva”, “Vissi D’Arte”, “Sola, perduta, abbandonata”, “La Mamma morta” and others.
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The tenor Jonathan Tetelman together with the soprano Sylvia D'Eramo perform Puccini's most famous arias and duets at a concert in Prague on January 23, 2024. Conducted by Rastislav Štúr and accompanied by PKF – Prague Philharmonia, the concert takes place at the prestigious Rudolfinum Dvořák Hall.
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Soprano Olga Peretyatko sings the role of Leila in a Wim Wenders production of Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles at the Staatsoper Berlin. Victorien Vanoosten conducts. The performances take place on 4, 6, 18, 27 January and 3 February.
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The Persian-Canadian countertenor Cameron Shahbazi returns to the Oper Frankfurt on 16 January 2024 for a solo recital together with pianist Malcolm Martineau. The programme includes works by Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Händel and Franz Schubert as well as songs by Louis Armstrong and contemporary Iranian composers. A special guest of the evening is the activist and artist Enissa Amani.
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