The International Opera Awards have announced its 2025 nominees. The nominees for Opera Company of the Year are Deutsche Oper Berlin, GöteborgsOperan, Houston Grand Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, and Teatro alla Scala.  Meanwhile, in the Female Singer category, Anastasia Bartoli, Elsa Dreisig, Véronique Gens, Asmik Grigorian, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Adela Zaharia are the nominees.  In the Male Singer {…}

(Credit: Janis Keris) The Latvian National Opera and Ballet, in cooperation with mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and Jāzeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, have created the first new opera soloist program in the Baltics, “Elīna Garanča: The new voices of the Baltic.” The program will begin in the 2026-27 season, and Elīna Garanča will be the program’s patroness and ambassador. The {…}