The return of Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel to the Paris Opera.  La Damnation de Faust directed by Alvis Hermanis and featuring Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Koch, Bryn Terfel, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Sophie Claisse, sung in French

MetroWest Opera was created to provide quality performance opportunities for emerging young opera singers, while enriching the arts community in Boston’s MetroWest area. Since 2008, MetroWest Opera has delighted audiences with operas such as Massenet’s Cendrillon, Mozart’s Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortileges, Mozart’s The Impresario, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, and Moore’s Gallantry. More recently MetroWest Opera has presented Bizet’s Carmen, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, … Continue reading MetroWest Opera Annual Competition Final Concert →

The Middle Gray dishes out sophisticated South American cuisine while Opera on Tap and OperaHub serve up Spanish and Latin opera arias and songs. New Gallery/Cafe/Tapas Bar The Middle Gray in Brookline Village hosts Opera on Tap and OperaHub for an intimate evening of vocal music. This is a special collaboration between three unconventional arts-focused … Continue reading ¡Opera y Olé! @ The Middle Gray, Brookline →

“Anna Netrebko – better than Maria Callas” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) – Since her sensational success in La Traviata, the soprano Anna Netrebko, at the height of her popularity, returns regularly to the great festival hall of the Salzburg Festival. This time, Netrebko shines as Leonora in Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic opera Il Trovatore with Plácido Domingo as … Continue reading Opera at The Coolidge | Il Trovatore →

Madama Butterfly Presented by the Royal Opera House. Antonio Pappano conducts an impressive cast led by Ermonela Jaho in Puccini’s deeply poignant opera. Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular of all operas, with ravishing music and a heartbreaking story of a loving geisha deserted by a callous American husband. Much-loved soprano Ermonela … Continue reading Madama Butterfly | Opera at the Coolidge →

I Due Foscari “Plácido Domingo is the definitive Francesco of recent times” — Financial Times “To see him again on stage is a joy. From here to eternity” — La Stampa “One can only marvel at his enormous musicality, his ageless vocal quality, his enviable stage presence” — Il corriere musicale Here is Plácido Domingo’s … Continue reading I Due Foscari | Opera at the Coolidge →

Presented by the Royal Opera House. Verdi’s opera on Shakespeare’s tragedy is conducted by Antonio Pappano, with a magnificent cast including Anna Netrebko, Željko Lučić and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. Verdi’s life-long love affair with Shakespeare’s works began with Macbeth, a play he considered to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. With his librettist, Francesco Maria … Continue reading Macbeth | Opera at the Coolidge →