We wish you a great 2022-2023 season !
We are happy to continue with you this season and it is full of hope that we share with you the upcoming news of our artists :
After two years delay due to the pandemia, Shirine, Thierry Escaich’s new opera, can finally be created at Opéra National de Lyon, directed by Richard Brunel and conducted by Franck Ollu.
Florent Karrrer will be Farhad.
An event not to be missed on 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 May : https://www.opera-lyon.com/fr/saison-2122/opera/shirine
The Theater Basel continues its performances of Don Carlos, directed by Vincent Huguet and conducted by Michele Spotti.
Leah Gordon will sing the part of Elisabeth de Valois, gradually becoming one of her signature roles, on 4, 13 and 22 May.
Derrick Ballard will be the Grand Inquisitor on 13 and 15 May.
A monument of the operatic repertoire not to be missed : https://www.theater-basel.ch/de/doncarlos
The Opéra National de Montpellier presents a new production of Tosca, designed by Rafael R. Villalobos and conducted by Michael Schønwandt.
Yoann Le Lan will sing the perfidious Spoletta.
A masterpiece of Italian opera to take place on 11, 13 and 15 May: https://www.opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr/evenement/tosca-0
Angers-Nantes Opéra continues the performances of its Madama Butterfly, directed by Fabio Ceresa and conducted by Rudolf Piehlmayer.
Jiwon Song will be Yamadori.
Five dates are scheduled in Nantes on 15, 17, 18, 20 and 21 May: https://www.angers-nantes-opera.com/la-programmation-2022/madama-butterfly_1
The Palazzetto Bru Zane is embarking on an epic adventure, César Franck’s rare Hulda, under the baton of Gergely Madaras.
Matthieu Lécroart will sing the part of Gudleik.
A rarity to be rediscovered, first at the Salle Philharmonique in Liège (Belgium) on 15 May: https://www.oprl.be/fr/concerts/hulda
Then at the Grand Manège in Namur on 17 May: https://grandmanege.mystrikingly.com/#a-l-affiche
The Limoges Opera is offering its public a new production of Ariadne auf Naxos, entrusted to the imagination of Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil > Le Lab and conducted by Robert Tuohy.
Jeanne Mendoche will sing the role of Najade.
Two performances not to be missed on 17 and 19 May: https://www.operalimoges.fr/agitateurlyrique/ariane-naxos
The Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing hosts the diptych composed of La Princesse jaune by Saint-Saëns and Djamileh by Bizet, conducted by François-Xavier Roth and directed by Géraldine Martineau, of the Comédie-française.
Sahy Ratia will play the two male characters : Kornélis and Haroun.
Two works to be rediscovered on 19, 21 and 22 May: https://www.atelierlyriquedetourcoing.fr/bizet-djamileh-saint-saens-la-princesse-jaune-19-21-22-mai-2022/
The agency Adagio Artists is proud to welcome the following artists :
Rose Naggar-Tremblay, a young mezzo-contralto from Quebec, who has just won the First Grand Prize in Opera at the Georges Enesco International Competition as well as the First Prize in the OSM Competition organised by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Rafaela Albuquerque, a young Portuguese soprano from la Fabbrica (the young artist studio of the Rome Opera), where she had the opportunity to get noticed as Clorinda (La Cenerentola), the Sacerdotessa (Aida), Annina (La Traviata) and especially Zerlina (Don Giovanni) on main stage of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
Clarke Ruth, a young Canadian bass-baritone, has just completed his studies at the Hochschule in Cologne.
As a winner of the International singing competition in Clermont-Ferrand, he has been untrusted with the part of Alessio (La Sonnambula) in a coproduction of Clermont-Ferrand, Vichy, Avignon, Metz, Reims, Limoges, Massy and Compiègne opera houses.
Charlie Guillemin, an original and protean artist, a true actor-singer, finds his field of election in character tenor parts.
Recently, he had great success playing the jester Elcius (Croesus by Keiser) at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris and will soon play the part of Remendado (Carmen, Reine du cirque) at the Avignon Opera.
Clelia Cafiero, a young Italian conductor, with a bright future. After assisting Sir Antonio Pappano, she is currently assistant to Lawrence Foster at Marseille Opera.
Her projects include Madama Butterfly at the Quebec Opera, and La Traviata in Marseille.
