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Published: 09 March 2010
Benedict Nelson makes his BBC Symphony Orchestra debut under Jiří Bělohlávek on March 19 when he sings the Brahms Requiem at the Barbican alongside soprano Anna-Maria Martinez.
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Published: 08 March 2010
A new production of Janácek’s Katya Kabanova opens at the English National Opera on 15 March and features three Intermusica artists, conductor Mark Wigglesworth, mezzo Susan Bickley singing Kabanicha and director David Alden.
Wigglesworth, one of the leading British conductors of his generation both in symphonic and operatic fields, has conducted at The Metropolitan Opera, the Netherlands Opera, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Over...
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Published: 01 March 2010
Leigh Melrose continues in a string of contemporary music engagements by singing Peter Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King with the Orquestra de Cadeques on March 15 in Madrid, March 16 in Granada and March 17 in Seville.
In the past 6 months Leigh has given world premieres by Johannes Kaltizke and Elliot Carter and features on the newly released Chandos recording of James MacMillan’s The Sacrifice in which he created the role of Evan...
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Published: 01 March 2010
Young British tenor Ben Johnson makes his debut at the Opera de Lyon on March 3 when he sings Martin in a new production of Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land, to be conducted by Dominic Grier.
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Published: 27 February 2010
Leo Hussain conducts a new production of Tosca at the Salzburg Festspielhaus on March 6 in which Amanda Echalaz, who jumped in to sing the role and Covent Garden last year for an indisposed Angela Gheorghiu, sings the title role.
Hussain, who is Music Director of the Salzburger Landestheater, has made a significant impact on the European music scene recently with successful debuts at La Monnaie, English National Opera, the Mariinsky...
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Published: 26 February 2010
On March 5, Renata Pokupic makes her Royal Opera House, Covent Garden debut singing Irene in Handel’s Tamerlano under Ivor Bolton. Croatian mezzo, Pokupic, debuted the role in Graham Vick’s production when it premiered in Madrid in 2008 and has developed an exceptional reputation for her performances of works by Handel including most recently the title role in Theodora on a European tour with the Gabrieli Consort and Paul McCreesh.
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Published: 25 February 2010
Iain Paterson makes his long-anticipated Opera de Paris debut on March 4 when he sings Fasolt in a new Günter Krämer production of Das Rheingold under Music Director Philippe Jordan. Paterson debuted in this role in the Salzburg Easter Festival 2007 under Sir Simon Rattle when he jumped in at short notice for an indisposed singer. Critical acclaim for what was also his Salzburg Festival debut earned him not only an immediate re-invitation to...
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Published: 22 February 2010
Roger Vignoles continues with his Wigmore Hall Strauss Song Series on 25 February with the mezzo soprano Angelika Kirchschlager. They start their programme with Hugo Wolf's setting of Eduard Mörike poems to set the scene for some of the most celebrated Strauss songs in the second half. This recital will also be recorded for the Wigmore Live label.
Hilary Finch, writing in the Times, commented on the first of the series with Christine...
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Published: 12 February 2010
Following his performance of Count Alamviva in Le nozze di Figaro in Bordeaux last season (for which he received critical acclaim and was immediately re-invited), Riccardo Novaro will bring his excellent portrayal of the part to the Opera de Rouen, opening on 26 February.
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Published: 10 February 2010
Ailish Tynan returns to the Opera Comique in Paris (following her debut there last season as Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring) to sing Hero in a new production of Berlioz' Beatrice et Benedict. One of her favourite roles and one that earned her such critical acclaim in Houston last season, Tynan will be re-united with her 'Albert', Allan Clayton. Sir Colin Davis is conductor and the production runs from 26 February to 6 March.