Kristine Opolais begins the 2023/24 season with a beautiful series of recitals in Latvia, Hungary, and Brazil. Joining her on stage is pianist Agnese Egliņa, with whom she made her Chinese debut at the largest concert hall in Shanghai in 2020. Their program will include famous arias from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, […]

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced two January 2024 performances at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, providing a first look at the orchestra’s 2023-24 season. The next day, January 30, Nelsons is scheduled to lead a complete concert performance of Shostakovich’s opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” a much-anticipated landmark in Nelsons’ exploration of Shostakovich’s orchestral […]

On February 3, Kristine Opolais makes her much-anticipated return to the Latvian National Opera for a special gala concert in tribute to Andrejs Žagars, former Intendant of Latvian National Opera and close colleague to Ms.Opolais. Marking her return to the house after a gap of ten years, she will perform arias by Cilea, Puccini, Verdi, […]

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Kristine Opolais begins the new year starring in two concerts with the Gulbenkian Orchestra and conductor Oksana Lyniv on January 5 & 6. The program will feature some of Kristine’s favorite opera arias including Cilea’s “Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur, Verdi’s “Pace, pace, mio ​​Dio!” from La forza del Destino, arias from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, […]

Kristine Opolais joins a fantastic group of musicians for “WOMEN. LIFE. FREEDOM,” a benefit concert for human rights in Iran. Taking place on December 12, this important initiative will feature a diverse musical program with artists including sopranos Ambur Braid, Lilian Farahani, Giulia Semenzato, mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus, countertenor Cameron Shahbazi, pianists Jeff Cohen and Sophia […]