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Nadine Sierra, Elmina Hassan, Catherine Trottmann, Levy Sekgapane, Gevorg Hakobyan, Marianne Crebassa Lead Opéra National de Bordeaux’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/nadine-sierra-elmina-hassan-catherine-trottmann-levy-sekgapane-gevorg-hakobyan-marianne-crebassa-lead-opera-national-de-bordeauxs-2026-27-season/

The Opéra National de Bordeaux has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” will star Blandine de Sansal, Grace Durham, and Clara Penalva. Louis-Noël Bestion conducts the production by Pierre Lebon. Performance Dates: Sept. 17-19, 2026 Evan Rogister conducts Bizet’s “Carmen” with Elmina Hassan, Julien Henric, Natalia Tanasii, Jérôme Boutillier, and John Chest. Performance Dates: Nov. 9-17, 2026 Mozart’s “Requiem” {…}
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Huw Montague Rendall, Pene Pati, Freddie De Tommaso, Mihai Damian, Pretty Yende, Sabine Devieilhe, Elina Garanča Perform in Les Grandes Voix | Les Grands Solistes’ 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/huw-montague-rendall-pene-pati-freddie-de-tommaso-mihai-damian-pretty-yende-sabine-devieilhe-elina-garanca-perform-in-les-grandes-voix-les-grands-solistes-2026-27-season/

(Photo credit: Watson, Leedom, Gibson, Filip) Les Grandes Voix | Les Grands Solistes announces 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the vocal performances. A concert version of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” stars Huw Montague Rendall, Emöke Baráth, Lauranne Oliva, Adrien Fournaison, Eva Zaïcik, Diana Montague, Jennifer Courcier, Raphaël Brémard, and Nicolas Brooymans. Francesco Corti conducts B’Rock Orchestra. Performance Date: {…}
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Benjamin Bernheim, Sabine Devieilhe, Olga Peretyatko, Magdalena Kožená, Klaus Florian Vogt, Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Michael Volle & Miina-Liisa Värelä Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/benjamin-bernheim-sabine-devieilhe-olga-peretyatko-magdalena-kozena-klaus-florian-vogt-nadine-sierra-elza-van-den-heever-michael-volle-miina-liisa-varela-lead-philharmonie-de-paris-2026-27/

The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Yannick Nezet-Seguin will conduct Elza van den Heever and the Met Orchestra in a program of Strauss music. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2026 Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Joyce DiDonato team up with the Met Orchestra for Mahler and Kaija Saariaho. Performance Date: Sept. 2, {…}
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Lyric Opera of Chicago 2023-24 Review: Aida

https://operawire.com/lyric-opera-of-chicago-2024-review-aida/

Though the most iconic grand opera in the art form’s canon, Verdi’s “Aïda” shouldn’t challenge a house of Lyric’s caliber too strenuously. The work requires four good-to-great singers, but we expect a top-five American opera house to arrange them. Though “Aïda” lends itself to maximalist stagings, smaller companies pare it down successfully by foregoing equestrian participants, or downshifting parades to {…}
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Karine Deshayes, Michael Spyres, Sabine Devielhe, Franco Fagioli, & Anne Sofie von Otter Headline Opéra National du Rhin’s 2023-24 Season

https://operawire.com/karine-deshayes-michael-spyres-sabine-devielhe-franco-fagioli-anne-sofie-von-otter-headline-opera-national-du-rhins-2023-24-season/

The Opéra National du Rhin has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is “Don Giovanni aux Enfers” by Simon Steen-Anderson. The opera is conducted by Basseem Akiki and directed by Simon Steen-Anderson. It stars Sandrine Buendia, Julia Deit-Ferrand, François Rougier, Christophe Gay, and Damien Pass, among others. Performance Dates: Sept. 16 – 21, 2023  Sabine Devielhe stars in “Lakmé,” conducted {…}
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Canadian Opera Company Announces New Cast Change for ‘Macbeth’

https://operawire.com/canadian-opera-company-announces-new-cast-change-for-macbeth/

The Canadian Opera Company has announced a cast change for its production of “Macbeth.” The company said that soprano Tracy Cantin will step into the role of Lady Macbeth for the remainder of the run, replacing an ailing Liudmyla Monastyrska. Cantin will perform on May 17 and 20, 2023. Cantin made her role debut as Lady Macbeth during the Sunday, May {…}
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Quinn Kelsey & Sondra Radvanovsky Lead Canadian Opera Company’s ‘Macbeth’

https://operawire.com/quinn-kelsey-sondra-radvanovsky-lead-canadian-opera-companys-macbeth/

The Canadian Opera Company is set to present Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a new production Sir. David McVicar. The production, which will star Quinn Kelsey in the title role and Sondra Radvanovsky as Lady Macbeth, will be performed at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts between April 28 and May 20, 2023. Kelsey will make his role debut as {…}
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Lise Davidsen, Lisette Oropesa & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2023-24 Season

https://operawire.com/lise-davidsen-lisette-oropesa-tomasz-konieczny-lead-lyric-opera-of-chicagos-2023-24-season/

The Lyric Opera of Chicago is set to open its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the season. Tomasz Konieczny leads Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” alongside Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, and Mika Kares. Enrique Mazzola conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 23, 2023 – Oct. 7, 2023 Audra MacDonald will perform in one evening. Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2023 Donizetti’s “La {…}
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Luca Pisaroni, Miles Mykkanen & Roland Wood Highlight Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series

https://operawire.com/luca-pisaroni-miles-mykkanen-roland-wood-highlight-canadian-opera-companys-free-concert-series/

The Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre is set to return for the first time in three seasons on Sept. 20, 2022. The company’s 15th season as Toronto’s go-to venue for diverse cultural programming will feature 70 concerts, from September to June, that showcase global and local artists across a variety of genres and disciplines. {…}

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