Carnegie Hall+

Carnegie Hall+ takes you behind the scenes and into some of the most renowned festivals in Europe for exciting new opera productions that feature extraordinary stagings, big stars, and acclaimed directors and conductors. Experience Weber’s Der Freischütz from the Bregenz Festival’s floating stage, watch countertenor Bejun Mehta in an update of Handel’s Julius Caesar, and see Pretty Yende and Juan Diego Flórez in a rare Rossini opera.

Also new this summer—and timed for the recent Paris Olympics—is the premiere of Eden, a once-in-a-lifetime theatrical experience recorded in the ruins of Ancient Olympia that features Joyce DiDonato, children’s choirs from Greece and France, ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro, and Maxim Emelyanychev.

New Programs

Rossini’s Ricciardo e Zoraide
with Pretty Yende and Juan Diego Flórez

In this Rossini rarity, the knight Ricciardo attempts to free his beloved, Zoraide, from the clutches of King Agorante. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez and soprano Pretty Yende sing the title roles, conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti.

Handel’s Julius Caesar in Egypt
at the Theater an der Wien

With countertenor Bejun Mehta as Caesar, soprano Louise Alder as Cleopatra, and Ivor Bolton conducting, this staging updates Handel’s tale of revenge in ancient Egypt to a German silent film screening at Los Angeles’s Egyptian Theatre.

Bregenz Festival: Weber’s Der Freischütz
conducted by Enrique Mazzola

Max must pass a marksmanship test to marry his beloved, Agathe. He receives six magic bullets, unaware that the seventh is in the devil’s hands. Philipp Stölzl stages Weber’s opera of love and fate on the Bregenz Festival’s floating stage.

Joyce DiDonato: Eden from Ancient Olympia

In the ruins of Olympia, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato explores a timely theme: humans’ frayed relationship to nature and hopes for renewal. Il Pomo d’Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev join her for music by Gluck, Handel, Rachel Portman, and more.