United States PROTOTYPE: OPERA ǀ THEATRE ǀ NOW [1]: co-production of Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, New York, streaming through 16.1.2021 (click here). (RP)
New York’s PROTOTYPE 2021 – still daring, but now digital
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BON APPÉTIT!: A Sweet Soirée – Jamie Barton is as luscious as the chocolate cake she bakes for Opera Philadelphia
United States Lee Hoiby, Bon Appétit!: Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Easter (piano), Opera Philadelphia. Available on Opera Philadelphia Channel until 15.1.2021. (RP)
Compelling and cutting-edge: LA Opera presents Prototype Festival’s Modulation
United States Various composers, Modulation: Prototype Festival co-presented by LA Opera / a co-production of Beth Morrison Projects and Here, streaming from 8.1 to 16.1.2021 (click here). (JRo)
The champagne falls flat for Vienna’s lockdown 2020 New Year’s Eve Die Fledermaus
Austria Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Livestream (directed by Volker Grohskopf) from the Vienna State Opera, 31.12.2020. (JPr)
Roberto Alagna and Vida Miknevičiūtė make their role debuts in Calixto Bieito’s unromantic trial by jury Berlin Lohengrin
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Matthias Pintscher (conductor). 13.12.2020 performance at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, streamed (directed for TV by Andreas Morell) and available on ARTE Concert until 15.1.2020 (click here). (JPr)
Anna Netrebko and Wolfgang Koch are a dynamic duo in Vienna’s new lockdown Tosca
Austria Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast from Vienna State Opera on 13.12.2020. (JPr)
Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s Cav & Pag provides the shot of versimo we surely need
Italy Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Frédéric Chaslin (conductor). Originally livestreamed (9.2.2020) on OperaStreaming by Edunova. This was reviewed on YouTube and it is available via SoundCloud. (CC)
Pittsburgh Opera presents David T. Little’s powerful and provocative Soldier Songs
United States Little, Soldier Songs: Yazid Gray (baritone), Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra / Mark Trawka (conductor). Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, Pittsburgh, 8.12.2020. Livestream viewed on 11.12.2020. (RP)
