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Aleksandra Kurzak, Konu Kim, Izabela Matuła, Sebastian Catana & Agnieszka Rehlis Lead Polish National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Polish National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions  Agata Zubel and Joanna Freszel star in “The Best City in the World: An Opera About Warsaw.” Bassem Akiki conducts the production by Barbara Wiśniewska. Premiere Date: Sept. 19, 2025 Damian Wilma and Danuta Stenka star in “Wòlô bòskô.” Grzegorz Brajner and Damian Wilma conduct. Performance Date: Nov. 5-29, 2025 Bassem Akiki {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Rebeka, Ludovic Tézier, Aigul Akhmetshina, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Klaus Florian Vogt, Benjamin Bernheim & J’Nai Bridges Lead Carngie Hall’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/jonas-kaufmann-marina-rebeka-ludovic-tezier-aigul-akhmetshina-renee-fleming-elina-garanca-klaus-florian-vogt-benjamin-bernheim-jnai-bridges-lead-carngie-halls-2026-27-season/

Carnegie Hall has announced its 2026-27 season featuring a star studded lineup. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Jonas Kaufmann opens the season with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko in an all-Italian program that includes works by Verdi, Respighi, Cilea, Giordano, and Leoncavallo. Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2026 The Sphinx Virtuosi is joined by J’Nai Bridges for {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Lisette Oropesa, Carolina López Moreno, Martina Russomanno, Yusif Eyvazov, Ludovic Tézier, Luca Salsi & Maria José Siri Lead Arena di Verona’s 2026 Season

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The Arena di Verona has announced its 2026 season. The season will open with a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata.”  Michele Spotti and Francesco Ivan Ciampa conduct the new production starring Martina Russomanno, Gilda Fiume and Rosa Feola. The casts also include Yusif Eyvazov, Galeano Salas, Francesco Meli, René Barbera, Adam Smith, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Mihai Damian, Youngjun Park, Ludovic {…}
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Anna Netrebko to Sing Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ in Budapest

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(Credit: Vladimir Shirokov) Müpa Budapest has announced that Verdi’s “Requiem” will be performed with Anna Netrebko making her role debut. The soprano will return to the hall where she first debuted in 2016 and will be joined by Michelangelo Mazza, conducting the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and Hungarian Radio Choir. Netrebko will be joined by mezzo Agnieszka Rehlis, tenor Matthew {…}
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Stephen Costello, Erika Grimaldi, Elena Stikhina, Piero Pretti to Headline ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at 2026 Edinburgh International Festival

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(Photo Credit: © Herwig Prammer) The Edinburgh International Festival has previewed its 2026 slate. Among the major headlines of the four shows previewed is the Zürich Opera House’s production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Led by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Adele Thomas, Verdi’s famed opera will feature two casts. Stephen Costello and Elena Stikhina will play the ill-fated {…}
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Fondazione Arena di Verona Postpones ‘Aida’ in Adelaide

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The Fondazione Arena di Verona has postponed its upcoming “Aida” in Adelaide, Verona, which was being produced by TEG Live. Limelight is reporting that the production, which was scheduled for Feb. 5 and 6, was postponed “due to unforeseen challenges related to the international transport of artistic assets”, which have upended plans to ship the production’s vast inventory of sets, {…}
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Q & A: Baritone Marcin Kopec on TACT Artists Management & His New UK Based MKImpresari Agency

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(Photo: MKImpresari) Former Baritone Marcin Kopec has had a very successful career as an artist manager. In reality, he’s a mover, shaker, fixer, arranger, organizer, (he likes ‘Impresario’), and frequent savior behind the scenes of some of the most famous names in the business on some of the biggest stages in the world. OperaWire met up with Marcin in Covent {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Angel Blue Lead ‘Aida’ at Adelaide Oval

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The Adelaide Oval is set to present Verdi’s “Aida” in Franco Zeffirelli’s monumental Arena di Verona production. The production will be shown on Feb. 5 and 6 with two casts. The first night will see super star tenor Jonas Kaufmann and superstar mezzo Elīna Garanča alongside two time grammy winner Angel Blue in the title role. Amartuvshin Enkhbat and Morris Robinson {…}
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Cast Change: Maria Jose Siri Replaces Marina Rebeka in ‘Aida’

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(Crédit: Michele Monasta) The Arena di Verona has announced a cast change for its production of Verdi’s “Aida.” The company said that Marina Rebeka will no longer sing the August 24 & 28 performances. Instead, Maria Jose Siri will sing the title role on August 24. No soprano has been announced for the August 28 performance. Siri, who has been {…}

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