British counter-tenor Tim Mead joins Intermusica for worldwide management

Published: 20 May 2013

Intermusica is delighted to announce the signing of British counter-tenor Tim Mead for worldwide management.Mead is an exciting and versatile singer and is much sought after by major theatres and concert halls in the world. His operatic engagements have taken him to Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, Bayerische Staatsoper, De Nederlandse Opera, Den Norske Opera,...

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“The performance of a lifetime”: Leigh Melrose’s Wozzeck at ENO

Published: 13 May 2013

Leigh Melrose has been critically acclaimed for his performance as Wozzeck in the new English National Opera production.The British baritone, who is well known for his interpretation of 20th-century repertoire, has earned outstanding reviews for his performance of Berg’s masterpiece at English National Opera on 11 May. The new production by theatre director Carrie Cracknell, and conducted by Edward Gardner, continues tonight and on 15, 18, 23...

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Inger Dam-Jensen sings Mahler’s Symphony No.2 with Oslo Philharmonic

Published: 13 May 2013

On 23 and 24 May, Inger Dam-Jensen joins alto Nathalie Stutzmann to sing in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Oslo Philharmonic under the direction of Jukka-Pekka Saraste. These concerts mark Saraste’s farewell as the orchestra’s Chief Conductor.

Roger Vignoles performs recital with Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Published: 13 May 2013

Roger Vignoles will collaborate with the Canadian coloratura contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux for the first time on 16 May at Musée d’Orsay in Paris.They will perform a programme of Fauré, Hahn, Koechlin and Duparc. The recital will be broadcast live on France Musique. In early 2015 they will go on a recital tour to a number of major cities in Europe. Next month Vignoles will appear with Mahogany Opera as its music director in Britten’s Church...

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Valentina Nafornita triumphs as Musetta in La bohème at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Published: 13 May 2013

Valentina Naforniţa’s performance of Musetta in a concert performance of La bohème on 27 April at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam for the NTR zaterdagmatinee was a tremendous success.Watch a video of Naforniţa’s performance below:On 25 May, she appears at the Theater Bonn for a gala concert for the Deutsche AIDS-Stitung. In July 2013, Naforniţa also makes her debut in China in concerts with the BBC Concert Orchestra, together with conductor Barry...

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Susan Bickley and Matthew Best star in new Lohengrin at Welsh National Opera

Published: 13 May 2013

Mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley and bass Matthew Best both star in a new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin for Welsh National Opera, which opens on 23 May at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff.  Bickley sings the role of Ortrud and Best the role of Heinrich in the production by director Antony McDonald, which is set in the 1840s. WNO Music Director Lothar Koenigs conducts the performances which also star Emma Bell as Elsa and Peter Wedd in the title...

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Eric Cutler sings the role of Georg in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer alongside Les Musiciens du Louvre

Published: 12 May 2013

Eric Cutler joins Les Musiciens du Louvre as they celebrate Wagner’s bicentenary with a performance of the composer’s opera Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Marc Minkowski. Performances take place from 19 May and continue throughout June as part of a European tour that will take the musicians to Versailles, Grenoble, Vienna and Barcelona. Cutler will be joined on stage by Vincent Le Texier, Ingela Brimberg, Mika Kares, Marie-Ange...

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John Chest sings at Salzburg Landestheater in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Greek

Published: 12 May 2013

Baritone John Chest makes his debut in the role of Eddie in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Greek at the Saltzburg Landestheater. There will be six performances, beginning on 26 May and running until 9 June. The opera is a modern take on the ancient Oedipus story, relocated to London in the 1980s, and was commissioned in 1988 as Turnage’s first stage piece.In February, Chest made his debut at London’s Wigmore Hall with a recital of music by...

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Joyce DiDonato gives recitals at Zurich Opera House and La Scala in May and June

Published: 11 May 2013

Joyce DiDonato performs two European recitals in May and June, firstly at Zurich Opera House on 25 May and later at La Scala, Milan on 9 June. Repertoire includes music by Vivaldi, Fauré, Rossini, Schubert, Schumann, Head and Hahn. The recitals are part of an extremely successful season for DiDonato, which includes a starring role as Elena in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden’s new production of La Donna del lago from 17 May and is rounded...

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Alessandro Talevi directs The Barber of Baghdad at Landestheater Coburg

Published: 10 May 2013

Director Alessandro Talevi directs The Barber of Baghdad in Coburg this season, a comic opera by Peter Cornelius, set in the Middle East. It opens on 27 April, with performances on 14, 17, 22 May, 1, 11, 13 June and 3 July. Talevi previously directed the work at Buxton Festival in 2010.Images from the production are available here