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Julie Fuchs, Julie Roset, Catherine Hunold & Ana Vieira Leite Lead Opéra Grand Avignon’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra Grand Avignon has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Débora Waldman conducts a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” by Frédéric Roels. The opera will star Armando Noguera, Gabrielle Philiponet, Lianghua Gong, Mischa Schelomianski, Anaïk Morel, Tomislav Lavoie, Aimery Lefèvre, and Eduarda Melo. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-14, 2025 Mauro Borgioni, Marie Théoleyre, Floriane Hasler, Anna Rheinold, Furio Zanasi, and Salvo Vitale {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Jakub Józef Orliński, Asmik Grigorian, Elīna Garanča, Pretty Yende, Kate Lindsey, Marina Rebka, Julian Prégardien & Ludovic Tézier Lead Wiener Konzertahus’ 2025-26 Season

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The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. The Constellation Choir & Orchestra under Sir John Eliot Gardiner perform Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2025 Fabio Luisi conducts the Wiener Symphoniker in Franz Schmidt’s “Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln.” Soloists incude Maximilian Schmitt, David Steffens, Giulia {…}

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Chelsea Lehnea, Anna Bonitatibus, Jeanine De Bique, Stéphane Degout, Samuel Hasselhorn & Lea Desandre Lead Opéra de Rouen’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra de Rouen Normandie has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Chelsea Lehnea, Leonardo Sanchez, and Anthony Clark Evans lead Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Dayner Tafur-Diaz conducts the production by Jean-François Sivadier. The opera will be livestreamed on Oct. 4, 2025. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 7, 2025 Elsa Benoit and Samuel Hasselhorn lead Brahms’ Deutsche Requiem. Laurence Equilbey conducts the production {…}

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Opéra Royal de Versailles 2024 Review: L’uomo Femina

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(Photo: Mirco Magliocca) The Versailles Royal Opera successfully staged one of the most curious titles of the eighteenth century: Baldassare Galuppi and Piero Chiari’s “L’uomo Femina.” Galuppi, once a popular Venetian composer—especially known for what is now recognized as opera buffa—has largely fallen into obscurity. Today, his name resonates only among the most hardcore early music enthusiasts—the same audiences likely {…}

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Opéra Grand Avignon Announces 2024-25 Season

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France’s Opéra Grand Avignon has announced its 2024-25 season Federico Santi conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata“ in a production by Chloé Lechat. Julia Muzychenko leads a cast that includes Jonas Hacker and Serban Vasile. Performance Dates: Oct. 11-15, 2024 Charles Lecocq’s “La Fille de Madame Angot” will be conducted by Chloé Dufresne and directed by Richard Brunel. Valentine Lemercier, Hélène Guilmette, {…}

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg Unveils its 2024-25 Season

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(Credit: Nicolas Roses) The Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Fanny Soyer, Floriane Hasler, Adèle Charvet, François Rougier, and Jean-Christophe Lanièce will be the vocal soloists in a “Concert de Noël.” The program includes Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Shéhérazade. Azi Shokhakimov conducts. Performance Date: Dec. 18 & 19, 2024 The Choeur Gospel Experience and Grand Choeur du {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Éléonore Pancrazi, Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva, Enea Scala Headline L’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles’ 2024-25 Season

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Opéra Royal du Château de Versaiilles has announced new productions with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal for its 2024-25 season. Raphaël Pichon will conduct “Vespro della Beata Vergine.” The work stars Perrine Devillers, Zachary Wilder, Robin Tritschler, Antonin Rondepierre, Nicolas Brooyymans, Etienne Bazola, and Renaud Brès. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2024 Lauranne Oliva, Juliette Mey, Léo Vermot-Desroches, and Halidou Nombre headline {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Adam Smith, Karine Deshayes & Sally Matthews Lead Opéra de Rouen Normandies 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Rouen Normandie has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Joyce El-Khoury stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside Adam Smith, Alisa Kolosova, Adolfo Corrado, and Nikoloz Lagvilava. Pierre Bleuse conducts the production by Philipp Himmelmann. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 5, 2024 Sally Matthews, John Findon, Paula Murrihy, and Caroline Wettergreen headline Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Ben Glassberg. The production {…}

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Festival Musica Strasbourg Unveils 2023 Slate

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Festival Musica Strasbourg has unveiled its plans for its 2023 season, which kicks off this September. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. “Dompter les rivières” will feature such vocalists as Fayssal Benbahmed, Pauline Leurent, Maxime Pacaud, and Marie Seux in music by Eve Risser and Antoine Spindler. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2023 Joris Lacoste will produce {…}