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Katarina Bradić, Vlada Borovko & Egils Silins Lead Staatstheater Kassel 2020-21 Season

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Credits: (Dragana Branković / Intermusica Official website / Egils Silins official website) The Staatstheater Kassel has announced the complete casts for its 2020-21 season. Here is the full rundown. Premieres “L’Ultimo Sogno,” one act opera by Giuseppe Verdi and Carlo Ciceri will feature Vlada Borovko in the role of Violetta Valéry, Giordano Lucà as Alfredo Germont, while Cozmin Sime and {…}
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Egils Siliņš Named Chairman Of The Board At Latvian National Opera

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Bass-baritone Egils Siliņš has taken over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet. The company announced that the bass-baritone will take over on Nov. 5, 2019. Siliņš is one of the world’s most in demand bass baritones who has performed for over 30 years in numerous Wagnerian roles. A graduate from the Latvian Academy {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Javier Camarena, Leonor Bonilla, Asmik Grigorian & Joyce El-Koury Lead ABAO Bilbao Opera’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/jessica-pratt-javier-camarena-leonor-bonilla-asmik-grigorian-joyce-el-koury-lead-abao-bilbao-operas-2026-27-season/

The ABAO Bilbao Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Jessica Pratt, Javier Camarena, and Gabriele Viviani star in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts the production by Mario Pontiggia. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-26, 2026 Andrzej Filończyk, Leonor Bonilla, Santiago Ballerini, Sabrina Gárdez, and José Manuel Díaz star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Pedro Bartolomé conducts the production {…}
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Natalya Romaniw, Martin Muehle, Daniel Johansson, Catherine Foster, Olena Tokar & Franz Xaver Schlecht Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2026-27 Season

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Oper Leipzig has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Premiere Ivan Repušić and Yura Yang conduct a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” directed by Vasily Barkhatov. The cast will be led by Franz Xaver Schlecht and Mathias Hausmann with Kathrin Göring, Olena Tokar, Maya Gour, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Peter Dolinšek, and Yorck Felix Speer. Performance Dates: Oct. 10, 2026-Feb. 7, 2027 Mozart’s {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2025-26 Review: Lohengrin

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(Photos: © Marcus Lieberenz / Bettina Stöß) The plot of “Lohengrin” is drawn from medieval German literature, a tale of chivalric values set in tenth-century Northern Germany. In this production, the stage during the prelude presents the aftermath of a battle, with corpses scattered across the scene and a comet—possibly Halley’s, which passed in 913 AD—brightening the night sky. Director {…}
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Shanghai Opera House Announces Cast Change for ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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The Shanghai Opera House has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Tristan und Isolde,” which will launch Bayreuth in Shanghai. Last week, the company announced that soprano Nina Warren will make her house debut as Isolde in the 2022 Bayreuth Festival production, directed by Roland Schwab. Nina replaces Song Qian, a soloist of the Shanghai Opera House, {…}
Season Announcement

Airam Hernandez, Rinat Shaham & Catriona Morison Lead Sinfónica de Tenerife’s 2025-26 Season

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The Sinfónica de Tenerife has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Nuni Coelho and Catriona Morison team up for Strauss, Mahler, and Schumann. Performance Date: Nov. 28, 2025 Pablo González conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Maria Espada, Cristina Faus, Airam Hernandez, and Sebastia Peris. The program also includes music by Diaz. Performance Dates: {…}
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Asmik Grigorian, Rolando Villazón, Xabier Anduaga, Jonathan Tetelman, Aigul Akhmetshina, Anastasia Bartoli, Camilla Nylund, Clay Hilley & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2025-26 Season

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(Credit: Deutsche Oper) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Detlev Glanert ‘s “Die drei Rätsel” will be conducted by Dominic Limburg and directed by Brigitte Dethier. The production will star Martina Baroni, Philipp Jekal, Chance Jonas-O’Toole, Joel Allison, Padraic Rowan, Maria Vasilevskaya, and Alexandra Oomens. Performance Dates: Oct. 11, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026 Sir Donald Runnicles will {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Ildiko Komlósi, Freddie De Tommaso, Asmik Grigorian, Ludovic Tézier, Aigul Akhmetshina, Michael Volle Headline Hungarian State Opera’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-ildiko-komlosi-freddie-de-tommaso-asmik-grigorian-ludovic-tezier-aigul-akhmetshina-michael-volle-headline-hungarian-state-operas-2025-26-season/

The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions “Lohengrin” will get a new production by András Almási-Tóth. Martin Rajna conducts two separate casts starring Christopher Sokolowski, Szabolcs Brickner, Johanni van Oostrum, Klára Kolonits, Egils Siliņš, Károly Szemerédy, Judit Kutasi, and Szilvia Rálik, among others. Performance Dates: Nov. 15-20, 2025 There will be a world premiere double bill {…}

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