SCHUBERT OPERA COVERAGE

BWW Reviews: Soprano Nina Stemme Leaves Audience 'In the Dark' with Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Anyone expecting vocal fireworks from soprano Nina Stemme's appearance last night at Alice Tully Hall with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, under Thomas Dausgaard, was woefully disappointed. Count me as... (more...)

Vincent Ricciardi and La Toya Lewis Perform at Enrico Caruso Room Tonight

The Enrico Caruso Room at Little Italy's famed Grotta Azzurra Ristorante will present monthly Tuesday Night Opera & Dinner Shows beginning tonight, April 9, 2013 when tenor Vincent Ricciardi and sopra... (more...)

Vincent Ricciardi and La Toya Lewis to Perform at Enrico Caruso Room, 4/9

The Enrico Caruso Room at Little Italy's famed Grotta Azzurra Ristorante will present monthly Tuesday Night Opera & Dinner Shows beginning Tuesday, April 9, 2013 when tenor Vincent Ricciardi and sopra... (more...)

Florida Grand Opera Comes to Midtown with TANGO and MARÍA DE BUENOS AIRES Double Bill, Now thru 3/24

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) has announced a new three-year program entitled 'Unexpected Operas in Unexpected Places,' designed to bring less-known works to unique venues throughout South Florida in an e... (more...)

New York City Opera Opens Spring 2013 Season with POWDER HER FACE, Now thru 2/23

New York City Opera opens its spring 2013 season with a new production of Powder Her Face (1995), composed by Thomas Ades (b.1971) to a libretto by Philip Hensher (b. 1965). (more...)

Susanna Phillips Makes Carnegie Recital Debut with Schubert, Berg and More Tonight

Rising-star soprano Susanna Phillips - who returned to the Metropolitan Opera to acclaim in Don Giovanni earlier this season - will make her Carnegie recital debut in Weill Recital Hall tonight, Febru... (more...)

Susanna Phillips to Make Carnegie Recital Debut with Schubert, Berg and More, 2/8

Rising-star soprano Susanna Phillips - who returned to the Metropolitan Opera to acclaim in Don Giovanni earlier this season - will make her Carnegie recital debut in Weill Recital Hall on February 8,... (more...)

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Free Concert Series and More Set for Canadian Opera Company, Feb 2013

Canadian Opera Company has announced its upcoming productions in February 2013. Full details below! (more...)

Florida Grand Opera Comes to Midtown with TANGO and MARÍA DE BUENOS AIRES Double Bill, 3/21-24

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) has announced a new three-year program entitled 'Unexpected Operas in Unexpected Places,' designed to bring less-known works to unique venues throughout South Florida in an e... (more...)

HERE and BMP Kick Off Inaugural PROTOTYPE Festival, Now thru 1/19

Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) and HERE announce programming for the inaugural PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now, running today, January 9-19, 2013, in New York City. (more...)

New York City Opera to Open Spring 2013 Season with POWDER HER FACE, 2/15-23

New York City Opera opens its spring 2013 season with a new production of Powder Her Face (1995), composed by Thomas Adès (b.1971) to a libretto by Philip Hensher (b. 1965). (more...)

Susanna Phillips' Set for the Met, Carnegie Solo Debut and STREETCAR in Chicago in 2012–13 Season

A quickly-rising star who is already one of the opera world's most sought-after vocalists, soprano Susanna Phillips has filled the upcoming season with an exciting schedule of engagements. Phillips re... (more...)

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Free Concert Series and More Set for Canadian Opera Company, Feb 2013

Canadian Opera Company has announced its upcoming productions in February 2013. Full details below! (more...)

Susanna Phillips' Set for the Met, Carnegie Solo Debut and STREETCAR in Chicago in 2012–13 Season

A quickly-rising star who is already one of the opera world's most sought-after vocalists, soprano Susanna Phillips has filled the upcoming season with an exciting schedule of engagements. Phillips re... (more...)

HERE and BMP Announce Inaugural PROTOTYPE Festival Lineup, 1/9-19

Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) and HERE announce programming for the inaugural PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now, running January 9-19, 2013, in New York City. This two-week festival, distilling the curatori... (more...)

Luca Pisaroni Sings Rossini's MAOMETTO II in Santa Fe, July-Aug 2012

Luca Pisaroni has already had a banner year, including his universally praised debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Argante in Handel's Rinaldo and a recital of Schubert and Liszt at Lincoln Center. Th... (more...)

Luca Pisaroni Sings Rossini's MAOMETTO II in Santa Fe, July-Aug 2012

Luca Pisaroni has already had a banner year, including his universally praised debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Argante in Handel's Rinaldo and a recital of Schubert and Liszt at Lincoln Center. Th... (more...)

BWW Reviews: EIF's LOVE IN A LIBRARY Guerrilla Opera Focuses on the Music

A simple love story between a librarian and a young English teacher is the excuse for a twenty minute jukebox opera, inflicted on unsuspecting Edinburgh library goers all this week. The show will be p... (more...)

Varla Jean Merman Stars in THE MEDIUM at P-Town's Art House, Now thru 6/3

Varla Jean Merman aka Jeffery Roberson plays the title role in Menotti's THE MEDIUM at The Art House directed by Donna Drake. Produced by Provincetown Counter Productions in association with Mark Cort... (more...)

Susan Graham Announces Upcoming Appearances

Fresh from her appearances in Lehar's The Merry Widow at the Opera National de Paris and Berlioz's La mort de Cleopatre with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, as well as a successful run of Australian recit... (more...)

The Unconventional Trumps the Expected as Peak Performances Announces 2012-13 Season

Peak Performances has been rapidly making Montclair State University a major cultural destination, even for New Yorkers. Nine premieres including stunning, often startling, new music, dance and theate... (more...)

Luca Pisaroni Announces Upcoming Events

Luca Pisaroni will reprise the role of Figaro in productions of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (May 3-13) and at the Vienna State Opera (June 3-13). (more...)

Long Beach Opera Presents Oswaldo Golijov & David Henry Hwang's AINADAMAR, 5/20-26

For the first time on the West Coast, audiences will have the opportunity to see Ainadamar fully staged in its acclaimed revised version. Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents Argentine composer Oswaldo Gol... (more...)

Nathan Gunn Stars in the Title Role of the Met Production of Britten’s BILLY BUDD

Billy Budd, Britten's opera about murder on the high seas, returns to the Met stage for the first time since 1997, with David Robertson conducting and Nathan Gunn in his first Met performances of the... (more...)

Varla Jean Merman Stars in THE MEDIUM at P-Town's Art House, 5/18-6/3

Varla Jean Merman aka Jeffery Roberson will play the title role in Menotti's THE MEDIUM at The Art House directed by Donna Drake. Produced by Provincetown Counter Productions in association with Mark ... (more...)