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Lucie Leguay Named Music Director of Sinfonietta de Lausanne

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The Sinfonietta de Lausanne has announced that French conductor Lucie Leguay will serve as its new Music Director. Leguay will succeed David Reiland and will begin her initial three-year term at the opening of the 2026-27 season. In a statement, Leguay, who recently made debuts with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, and Brno Philharmonic, said, {…}
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Roberto Abbado Appointed Next Artistic Director of Korean National Symphony Orchestra

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The Korean National Symphony Orchestra has appointed Roberto Abbado as its next Artistic Director. Abbado will begin his three-year term in Jan. 2026. He will succeed David Reiland, who has held the post since 2020. In 2023, Abbado led the Korean National Symphony Orchestra in Bellini’s “Norma.” Earlier this year he conducted the Orchestra in Verdi’s “Requiem.” Currently Abbado is {…}
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Kristine Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Eleonora Buratto, Kate Lindsey, Matthias Goerne & Rinat Shaham Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. It’s another week of many releases, including new complete opera recordings, solo albums, oratorios, and sacred works. John Weldon: The Judgment of Paris A long-lost masterpiece revived by Julian Perkins, Cambridge Handel Opera Company and Academy of Ancient Music Academy of Ancient Music {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Marina Rebeka Headline Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s 2025-26 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Productions  Jakob Lehmann conducts Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” in a production by Silvia Costa. Benjamin Bernheim, Viktoria Karkacheva, Christian Van Horn, and Thomas Dolié star. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-15, 2025 Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoé” will be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Laurent Pelly. Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs, Laurent {…}
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Opéra-Théâtre de Metz 2024-25 Review: Così fan tutte

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The Opéra-Théâtre de Metz in co-production with the Fondazione Teatro di Pisa, the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi, the Fondazione Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti di Modena and the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, presented Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” A quasi-synthetic opera after the joyful, mischievous and revolutionary “Le Nozze di Figaro” and the dark, deleterious and almost mystical “Don Giovanni,” he {…}
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Tuuli Takala & Hedvig Haugerud Lead Opéra-Théâtre de Metz’s 2023-24 Season

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France’s Opéra-Théâtre de Metz has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the operas for the upcoming season. Tuuli Takala, Amadi Lagha, Perrine Madoeuf, Joan Martín-Royo, Julien Ségol, Alexey Birkus, and Bertrand Duby star as Puccini’s “La Bohème.” David Reiland conducts Paul-Émile Fourny’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 1-7, 2023 Cristian Carrara’s “Voix d’hébron” will be conducted by Arthur Fagen and  directed {…}
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Piotr Buszewski, Christiane Libor & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2023-24 Season

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Germany’s Oper Leipzig has announced its 2023-24 season featuring five new productions. Premieres Peter Maxwell Davies’s “Majesty and Madness” will be presented in a production by Marlene Hahn. Samuel Emanuel conducts a cast that includes Marie-Luise Dreßen and Franz Xaver Schlecht. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-24, 2023 Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” will be conducted by Jonathan Darlington, Ivan Repušić, Christoph Gedschold, and {…}
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Francesca Tiburzi, Thomas Bettinger & Insung Sim Lead Opéra-Théâtre de l’Eurométropole de Metz’s 2022-23 Season

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France’s Opéra-Théâtre de l’Eurométropole de Metz has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven operatic productions.  Beatrice Venezi conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Giovanna Spinelli directing. Francesca Tiburzi, Thomas Bettinger, Vikena Kamenica, and Jean-Luc Ballestra star. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-6, 2022 “Frankenstein Junior” will be conducted by Aurélien Azan Zielinski and directed by Paul-Émile Fourny. Vincent Heden, Jean-Fernand Setti, Grégory Juppin, {…}
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Patricia Petibon, Pretty Yende, Sir Simon Keenlyside & Adèle Charvet Lead Théâtres de Compiègne’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credits: Bernard Martinez / © Gregor Hohenberg / Uwe Arens / Adèle Charvet official website) Théâtres de Compiègne have announced the 2021-22 season. Here is the full rundown. Chœur de La Tempête performs “Les Vêpres” by Rachmaninoff alongside conductor Simon-Pierre Bestion. Performance date: Sep. 11, 2021 Mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet performs works by Debussy, Aubert, Ravel, Delage and Duparc alongside pianist {…}

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