Recent performances in Dublin by Wide Open Opera, NI Opera and Lyric Opera, as well as the upcoming Opera Briefs from RIAM at The Lir, Cork Opera House’s tour to Kilkenny, Galway and Wicklow and the ongoing success of Wexford all give hope that, somehow, locally-produced live opera productions are still possible in Ireland, and…
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Very little information has been forthcoming about screenings of opera simulcasts in Ireland (NI & ROI) for the coming year. Part of this is due to the fact that the last function of the late, lamented Opera Ireland was to act as distribution agent for the Met in HD, and with it gone I can…
David McVicar added to his repertoire of Handel operas this season with his production of Handel’s Orlando (1733), which has been co-produced by three French opera companies who are each showing it in quick succession: Opera de Lille last month, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris last week, and Opera de Dijon on 20, 23…
Rinaldo Alessandrini discusses Naïve Classique’s new release, a complete recording of Vivaldi’s Armida al campo d’Egitto (Armida at the camp of the Egyptians) [1718], which includes a reconstruction of the missing second act. Sure this is a plug, but it’s an interesting plug – and an interesting work, one I’m hoping to get to know…
Details of the New York Metropolitan Opera’s 2010-11 season were announced this week. It’s an impressive lineup, as ever. The Met Live in HD simulcast programme was announced at the same time, and is as follows: Das Rheingold / Wagner (October 9, 2010) – conductor James Levine, director Robert Lepage, singers include Bryn Terfel (Wotan),…
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