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News, Season Announcement

Angel Blue, Nicky Spence, Joyce DiDonato, Leah Hawkins, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Charles Castronovo Lead BBC Proms’ 2026 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. The festival opens on with pianist Yunchan Lim and tenor Thomas Atkins joining Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for music by Ravel, Copland, Gershwin and Finzi. There will also be a world premiere by Josephine Stephenson. Performance Date: July 17, 2026 Gianandrea Noseda leads Beethoven’s Symphony {…}

News, Streaming

PBS Announces ‘Great Performances at the Met’ Schedule for 2026

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“Great Performances at the Met” has announced its 20th season on PBS. The broadcasting season opened with Puccini’s “La Bohème” starring soprano Juliana Grigoryan as Mimì and tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo in Franco Zeffirelli’s production. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts. Broadcast Date: Friday, March 20 at 9/8c on PBS Mason Bates’ “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”, based on {…}

Season Announcement

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Brett Polegato, Otar Jorjikia, James Rutherford, Ginger Costa-Jackson Headline Grange Park Opera’s 2026 Season

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Grange Park Opera has announced its 2026 summer season, running from June 4 through July 12 at its West Horsley Place opera house in Surrey. The season opens with the world premiere of Sir John Tavener’s “Krishna,” a mystic pantomime blending dance, ritualised tableaux, and an ethereal sound world built around eight flutes. Sir David Pountney directs. The cast features {…}

News

Cast Change: Ricardo José Rivera to Replace Artur Ruciński in ‘I Puritani’ HD at the Met Opera

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Jan. 10 performance of “I Puritani.” The company said that Artur Ruciński has withdrawn from the performance due to a cold and will be replaced by Ricardo José Rivera. The Polish baritone also took to social media and said, “My dear friends, I have very sad news. Unfortunately, due to {…}

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Lisette Oropesa to Headline The Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Live in HD’ Showcase of ‘I Puritani’

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(Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season will continue with Bellini’s “I Puritani” on Jan. 10, 2026. The company will showcase the first new production of this opera in nearly 50 years and will feature soprano Lisette Oropesa as Elvira, opposite tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Arturo. They will be joined by baritone Artur {…}

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Lisette Oropesa & Lawrence Brownlee Lead New ‘I Puritani’ at the Metropolitan Opera

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(Credit: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a new production of Bellini’s “I Puritani.” This will make the first new staging of the opera in 50 years with Charles Edwards directing the new production. Edwards known for his stage and set designs and previously created scenery for four Met productions by David McVicar. Lisette {…}

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Grange Park Opera Announces ‘Ring’ Partnership with ENO Orchestra

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Grange Park Opera has announced that it will partner with the English National Opera’s Orchestra to present its previously announced “Ring Cycle” in 2026-30. The two organizations are collaborating this season for “Mazeppa” and Grange Park Opera Founder Wasfi Kani CBE remarked his enthusiasm with regards to the partnership. “During this 2025 season, the magnificent orchestra of English National Opera {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Ballet and Opera 2025 Review: Faust

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(Credit: ©2025 Marc Brenner) This David McVicar production of “Faust” is its sixth incarnation. It is a cornucopia of demonic dabbling and delightful witticism combined with some rather dark, if not thoroughly perturbing, moments; balanced with some stellar acting and some pretty glorious singing!
Under revival director Peter Relton we are presented here with a gamut of prancing devils, cabaret girls {…}