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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Director Daisy Evans On The Haydn Foundation’s Forthcoming World Premiere ‘Peter Pan’ – The Dark Side’

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J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” the mischievous, free-spirited child who never grows up, has exerted a hold over children and even many adults for well over 100 years. His adventures set in Neverland, with its array of comic book characters such as Captain Hook, Tinker Bell, the crocodile, the Lost Boys, and Wendy, have fascinated and entertained over the generations. Peter {…}

News

Sunyoung Seo, Daniela Mack, Trine Bastrup Møller & Julia Sporsén Lead Scottish Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Scottish Opera’s 2026-27 season. Missy Mazzoli, Royce Vavrek, and Tom Morris will present “The Galloping Cure.” The cast includes Daniela Mack, Gabrielle Turgeon, Justin Austin, Susan Bullock, Catriona Hewitson, Edward Jowle, Luvo Maranti, Rosie Lavery, Lea Shaw, Donna Bateman, James Smith, Francis Church, and Ross Cumming. Stuart Stratford conducts. Performance Dates: August 9-12, 2026 Benjamin Britten’s “Les Illuminations” will {…}

News, Season Announcement

Lester Lynch, Susan Bullock, James Clayton, Madison Nonoa, Filipe Headline New Zealand Opera’s 2026 Season

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(Credit: Katya Brook) New Zealand Opera has announced its 2026 season. The season opens with “Opera in the Park,” presented as part of the Auckland Council’s Music in Parks series. Performance Dates: Jan. 24 & 31, 2026 Next, the company presents “Bluebeard’s Castle,” with a libretto by Béla Balázs and an English translation by Daisy Evans. Brad Cohen conducts a {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Buxton International Festival 2025 Review: ‘Trouble In Tahiti’ & ‘La Voix Humaine’

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(Photo:Genevieve Girling) There really does need to be a connection between the operas chosen by a company if it decides to stage a double bill. Two randomly chosen pieces with little to tie the works together, or worse, drawing attention to certain common superficialities and presenting them as an artistically founded pairing, is not simply lazy programming but is also {…}

IndieOpera

Women Serial Killers Take Center Stage in New Opera, ‘The Hive’

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Harvey Brough and Carole Hayman’s new opera, “The Hive” makes its world premiere on Nov. 8, at The Tung in Liverpool. “The Hive” draws the research conducted by Hayman during her fellowship at King’s College, London, where she focused on real stories of women who have committed serial murder. The libretto fuses verbatim interviews with text drawing from dark fairy {…}

News, Season Announcement

Salome Jicia, Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Celine Byrne & Mario Chang Lead Irish National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Irish National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with a darkly comic new opera, “MARS,” a commissioned work from Jennifer Walshe and Mark O’Connell. The work will star sopranos Nina Guo and Jade Phoenix, and mezzo-sopranos Doreen Curran and Sarah Richmond. Performance Dates: July 25–27 & August 7–9, 2025. The company will present “Viva Verdi, Viva Wagner” with Irish soprano Sinéad Campbell Wallace, US {…}

News, Season Announcement

Johan Reuter, Susan Bullock, Natalya Romaniw, Elisabet Strid, Ricarda Merbeth & Russell Thomas Lead Finnish National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Finnish National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel”  will get a new production by Richard Jones and will be presented for the first time since 1996. The new Finnish translation by Mikko Koivusalo will star Tommi Hakala, Samuli Takkula, Tuija Knihtilä, Maiju Vaahtoluoto, Elli Vallinoja, Polina Liiv, Suvi Väyrynen, Emma Mustaniemi, Dan Karlström, and Roland Liiv. Antony Hermus conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}

News

The Tallis Scholars & The King’s Singers Headline the 2025 Buxton International Festival

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(Photo credit: Hugo Glendinning) The Buxton International Festival has unveiled its 2025 season. This article features opera and choral events only. A full cast list will be announced at a later date. Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet” stars Gregory Feldmann in the title role. He is joined by Alastair Miles, Yewon Han, Richard Woodall, and Allison Cook, among others. Jack Furness directs {…}