For your Sunday viewing and discussion, cher public: Parsifal from the Bayerische Staatsoper, beginning at 11:00 AM.
La Cieca (not pictured) announces not one but two fascinating live video streams this afternoon! Read more »
Anton Rubinstein’s operatic masterpiece Demon first premiered to great acclaim in 1871. Although performed frequently in Russia, the work remains something of a rarity in the West today. The 2018 Summerscape production (July 27 – August 5) will be conducted by Leon Botstein and directed by the renowned American director Thaddeus Strassberger. The all-Russian cast will be led by the sparkling-voiced soprano Olga Tolkmit (last seen at Bard in Dimitrij) alongside baritone Efim Zavalny in his American debut in the title role. Read more »
Shout-out to Peter Gelb: Kill to get back Kirill! Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper has been on a roll lately being dubbed by the New York Times the “world’s best opera company.” But its leadership is moving on but first a victory lap at Carnegie Hall which concluded Thursday night with a sumptuous Der Rosenkavalier spectacularly conducted by Kirill Petrenko, the soon-to-be new music director of the Berlin Philharmonic. Read more »
Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper, a live video webcast of Les Vêpres siciliennes begins a 1:00 PM New York time.
Get an early start today, cher public, with the 11:00 AM live video webcast of Die Walküre from the Bayerische Staatsopera.
Join La Cieca for Puccini’s Il trittico from the Bayerische Staatsoper, webcast at 1:00 PM today.
The Bayerische Staatsoper, purveyor of fascinating video opera, continues to innovate.
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