Olga Kulchynska gives a piano recital at the Gran Teatre del Liceu during Tenor Viñas Competition on January 24, 2025. The soprano, who won first prize at the Francisco Viñas Vocal Competition in Barcelona in 2015, is a special guest and performs a programme of works by Mompou, Mozart and Puccini with pianist Rodrigo de Vera. […]
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Elene Gvritishvili returns to Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall on 26 January to perform Haydn's oratorio "The Creation". Gvritishvili joins the State Chamber Orchestra of Russia and the Questa Musica Ensemble under the baton of Philipp Chizhevsky.
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Kathryn Lewek stars as Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Palm Beach Opera. Lewek opposite Long Long as Roméo presents Tara Faircloth’s interpretation of the Shakespeare’s drama, with David Stern conducting.
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Soprano Serena Saénz takes the role of Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Vienna State Opera. The new production by Barbora Horáková is lead under the baton of Bertrand de Billy. Saenz is joined on stage by Slávka Zámečníková as Pamina, Julian Pregardien as Tamino and Georg Zeppenfeld as Sarastro. The opera can be experienced on January 27, 30 and February 1, 4, 7, 10.
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Centre Stage Artist Management is thrilled to announce that baritone Matthias Goerne has joined the roster. Matthias Goerne is one of the most versatile and internationally sought-after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and pianists. Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Zürich Opera House, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real in Madrid, Paris National Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. His roles range from Pizzaro (Fidelio), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Amfortas (Parsifal), Wotan (Die Walküre, Das Rheingold), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Orest (Elektra), and Jochanaan (Salome) to the title roles in Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.
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Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Michael Grandage’s production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Canadian Opera Company. Soprano Eri Nakamura stars as Butterfly, while tenor Kang Wang portrays the feckless U.S. officer Pinkerton. The performances take place at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto on January 24, 26 and February 1, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16.
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Kate Lindsey returns to the Vienna State Opera as Der Komponist in Sven-Eric Bechtolf's production of Ariadne auf Naxos. The mezzo can be heard on January 21, 25, 28 and 31, 2025.
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“Destination Mozart” - this is the motto that Artistic Director Rolando Villazón has chosen for Mozart Week 2025. In this sense, all roads lead to Mozart, especially via Monteverdi and Handel, whose works are congenial to Mozart's oeuvre and who were pioneers, inspiration or role models for him. Rolando can be heard in the title role of Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” (January 24, 26, 31, 2025). The Mozart Week begins on January 23 and ends on February 2.
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Tenor Edgardo Rocha makes his role debut of Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Vienna State opera in Monte-Carlo as part of the Mozart à Monaco festival. The semi-staged production is lead under the musical direction of Bertrand de Billy. Rocha shares the stage with Davide Luciano who sings Don Giovanni, Tara Erraught as the love interest Donna Anna and Antonio Di Matteo as Il Commendatore.
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