On April 18-21, Opera Carolina will perform Saint-Saëns’s Samson and Delilah, a biblical drama of seduction and betrayal. The cast includes Alyson Cambridge, Kyle Van Schoonhoven, and Donovan Singletary. https://operacarolina.org/2023-2024/
San Jose Opera will produce its first-ever Spanish-language opera, Florencia en al Amazones by Mexican composer Daniel Catan. Directed by Crystal Manich and conducted by Joseph Marcheso, the opera is based on Gabriel García Márquez’s novel Love in the Time of Cholera. Performances run April 20-May 5. https://www.operasj.org/
Combining two short works into one new production directed by Tamara Trunova, the Bavarian State Opera will present Respighi’s Lucrezia and Carl Orff’s Der Mond (“The Moon”) April 24-May 4. Ustina Dubitsky conducts; the cast includes Natalie Lewis, Louise Foor, and Liam Bonthrone. https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/lucrezia-mond-opst-prod-24/2024-04-24-1930-14183
Delayed by the pandemic, Vladimir Jurowski’s planned Ring cycle at last reaches its conclusion as he conducts a semi-staged production of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung with the London Philharmonic on April 27. The cast includes Burkhard Fritz as Siegfried and Svetlana Sozdateleva as Brünnhilde. https://lpo.org.uk/event/gotterdammerung/
