Kristine Opolais spoke with Shinobu Naka about her life and career in advance of her major debut singing Strauss’ Four Last Songs in two venues in Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Fabio Luisi this month. To purchase the magazine, click here. More information about Kristine’s upcoming concerts is available via her Calendar. Photo […]

Kristine Opolais joins the NHK Symphony Orchestra for concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya this month. Under the baton of Fabio Luisi, Opolais will sing Strauss’ breathtaking Vier Letzte Lieder, and completing the program is Weber’s Overture to Euryanthe, and Strauss’ heroic tone poem Ein Heldenleben. This engagement marks Ms. Opolais’ debut with the ensemble. Concert […]

Kristine Opolais starts the new year with her debut recital in China at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center on January 11. Latvian pianist Agnese Egliņa will join her on stage; together, they will perform a program beginning with Verdi’s “Willow Song” & “Ave Maria.” Following, Ms. Eglina plays Tchaikovsky’s “April: Hepatica,” “Was I Not a […]

On November 9 at the Cēsis Vidzeme Concert Hall in Latvia, Kristine Opolais, baritone Egils Siliņš, and tenor Mikhail Chulpajev come together with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the actor and stage director, Andrejs Žagars. Mr. Žagars was the General Director of the Latvian National Opera from 1996 to 2013 and was a […]

Siamo veramente felici di poter intervistare Kristine Opolais, astro del panorama lirico internazionale che ha all’attivo numerosi e importanti successi. 1. Come e quando si è avvicinata allo studio della Musica? Quando è arrivato l’amore per l’Opera? Era il desiderio di mia madre, io sarei voluta diventare un’attrice cinematografica. A quel tempo lei decise che non […]

Kristine Opolais makes her highly anticipated debut at the Semperoper Dresden in Johannes Schaaf’s stimulating revival of Puccini’s Tosca. Antonino Fogliani conducts the Staatskapelle and Staatsopernchor Dresden in performances on November 1 & 14. The staging by Christof Cremer provides a traditional setting of Rome in 1800, with costume design by Petra Reinhardt. A signature role […]