16 Jan 2025
Between performances of “La Cenerentola”, Beth Taylor makes her Canadian debut on January 16, 2025, singing Alma Mahler’s “Five Lieder” with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal led by Rafael Payare. The concert, also including Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, will be repeated on January 17 and 18.
10 Jan 2025
After receiving accolades for her debut as the protagonist of “La Cenerentola” just weeks ago in Nancy, where this co-production of Rossini’s masterpiece originated, Beth Taylor reprises this iconic mezzo-soprano role at the Théâtre de Caen on January 10, 12, and 14, at subsequently at the Opéra de Reims on January 24 and 26. The Fabrice Murgia staging is led by Giulio Cilona, and the cast is the same as the Nancy performances. After receiving accolades for her debut as the protagonist of “La Cenerentola” just weeks ago in Nancy, where this co-production of Rossini’s masterpiece originated, Beth Taylor reprises this iconic mezzo-soprano role at the Théâtre de Caen this evening and on January 12, and 14, at subsequently at the Opéra de Reims on January 24 and 26. Toi, toi, toi!
19 Dec 2024
On December 19, 2024, at the Vzlet in Prague, Kangmin Justin Kim will star in a concert devoted to the Italian cantata, with the Collegium 1704 led by Václav Luks, who will also play the harpsichord. Kangmin Justin will perform Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Ah, crudel, nel pianto mio”, and Carl Heinrich Graun’s “Apollo e Dafne”. The program will also include Baldassarre Galuppi’s Concerto a quattro, No. 4 in C minor.
18 Dec 2024
On December 18, 2024, Kangmin Justin Kim will sing the role of Ruggiero in "Alcina" at the National Theatre Brno in a production by Jiří Heřman led by Václav Luks. He will sing two additional performances on December 21, 2024, and January 12, 2025. The Korean-American countertenor has already triumphed as Ruggiero in the same Brno production and at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, which earned him a Thálie Award nomination,
13 Dec 2024
Beth Taylor returns to Rossini, making her role debut as the protagonist of "La Cenerentola" at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy on December 13, 2024, in a Fabrice Murgia production conducted by Giulio Cilona. She will share the stage with Dave Monaco as Don Ramiro, Gyula Nagy as Don Magnifico, Alessio Arduini as Dandini, Sam Carl as Alidoro, Héloïse Poulet as Clorinda, and Alix Le Saux as Tisbe. Additional performances will be on December 15, 17, 19, and 22. The production, still starring the Scottish mezzo-soprano, will travel to the Théâtre de Caen on January 10 and 14, to the Opéra de Reims on January 24 and 26, and finally to the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg on May 21 and 23, 2025. [Photo: John Cooper]
05 Dec 2024
On December 5, 8, 12, and 15, 2024, Michael Spyres sings the title role in Hans Pfitzner’s “Palestrina” at the Wiener Staatsoper, in a production by Herbert Wernicke and under the music direction of Christian Thielemann. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]