08 Oct 2024
Kangmin Justin Kim adds another virtuoso Baroque role to his repertoire by interpreting the role of Acis in a new Bruno Ravella production of Nicola Porpora’s Polifemo led by Emmanuelle Haïm, opening on October 8, 2024, at the Opéra de Lille. He will share the stage with José Coca Loza in the title role, Marie Lys as Galatea, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian as Ulisse, Delphine Galou as Calipso, and Florie Valiquette as Nerea. Additional performances will be on October 10, 12, 14, and 16, 202
05 Oct 2024
On October 5, 2024, at the Philharmonie de Paris, Beth Taylor will perform the alto solo in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris and International Chorakademie, conducted by Raphaël Pichon. She will sing alongside soprano Jacquelyn Stucker, tenor Robin Tritschler, and bass Jarrett Ott.
27 Sep 2024
Beth Taylor will make her U.S. debut - at the Boston Symphony Hall - on September 27, 2024, as the alto soloist in a concert of the Requiem settings by Mozart and Michael Haydn with the Handel + Haydn Orchestra and Chorus led by its Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen, sharing the stage with soprano Lucy Crowe, tenor Duke Kim, and bass Brandon Cedel. An additional performance will take place on September 29.
22 Sep 2024
On September 22, 2024, Katarina Bradić will participate in the inaugural production of the 2024/25 season of the Komische Oper Berlin by interpreting the alto soloist part in Handel’s Messiah. The performance will take place in Hangar 4 at the Tempelhof Airport, the location the Komische Oper first adopted to open last season with Hans Werner Henze’s “Das Floß der Medusa.” George Petrou will lead the new Damiano Michieletto production. She will sing alongside soprano Julia Grüter, tenor Rupert Charlesworth, and bass Tijl Faveyts. Additional performances will be on September 25, 28, and October 2, 4, and 6.
19 Sep 2024
On September 19 and 21, 2024, at the Konserthuset Stockholm, Beth Taylor will sing the alto soloist part in Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 3 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the musical direction of their chief conductor, Ryan Bancroft.
29 Aug 2024
Fresh from debuting it to rave reviews at the Bayreuth Festival, on August 29, Michael Spyres reprises the role of Siegmund in a concert performance of Act I of “Die Walküre” at the Grafenegg Festival, with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra led by Pablo Heras-Casado, singing alongside Vida Miknevičiūtė as Sieglinde, and Günther Groissböck as Hunding. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]