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Styriarte Festival 2026 Review: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’

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(Photo: Nikola Milatovic) To speak of Austria as the land of music could be dismissed as a media cliché, a postcard trope engineered for cultural tourism. Yet, experiencing the Styriarte Festival shatters this skepticism entirely. Even in an era where cultural budgets across Europe face systematic contraction, the festival’s curation maintains an outstanding level of detail, immersive hospitality, and uncompromising {…}
News, Season Announcement

Michael Spyres, Huw Montague Rendall, Freddie Ballentine, Elsa Dreisig, Lauranne Oliva, Stéphane Degout, & Julie Roset Lead Opéra national du Rhin’s 2026-27 Season

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The Opéra national du Rhin has announced its 2026-27 season. Marko Letonja and Michael Spyres team up with Brigitta Listra and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg for an evening of music by Wagner, Massenet, Schreker, Bizet, Korngold, and Richard Strauss. Performance Date: Sept. 14 & 15, 2026 Samuel Hasselhorn and Ammiel Bushakevitz perform in recital.  Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2026 {…}
News, Season Announcement

Den Norske Opera & Ballett Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Barbara Hannigan, Gerald Finley, Karen Cargill, Victoria Randem & Ruzan Mantashyan

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The Den Norske Opera & Ballett has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Sing Opera Young will feature the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra. Performance Dates: August 15, 2026 Elisabeth Teige star in Strauss’ “Elektra” with Karen Cargill, Marita Sølberg, Magnus Staveland, and Yngve Søberg. Edward Gardner conducts the production by Ole Anders Tandberg. Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Oct. 4, 2026 Thomas Atkins, Clara {…}
News, Season Announcement

Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie 2025-26 Season to Feature Kathryn Lewek, Bruno Taddia, Sheva Tehoval, & Maciej Kwasnikowski

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The Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie announces its 2025-26 season. This article features operatic events only. A double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” open the season. Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Azer Zada, Julie Pasturaud, Tomasz Kumięga, Reut Venturo, Giuseppina Merli, Galina Cheplakova, Maciej Kwasnikowski, and Leon Kim are among the cast. Silvia Paoli directs. Yoel Gamzou conducts. Performance Dates: October {…}
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Sally Matthews, Olga Peretyatko, Simon Keenlyside, Lea Desandre, Stéphane Degout, Enea Scala, Leah Hawkins, & John Osborn Lead La Monnaie’s 2025-26 Season

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La Monnaie de Mont has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Falstaff” starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role, Lionel Lhote, Bogdan Volkov, Sally Matthews, Benedetta Torres, and Daniela Barcellona. Alain Altinoglu and Ouri Bronchti alternate and Laurent Pelly directs the new production. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 2025 Ricard Soler Mallol and Grey Filastine showcase {…}
News, Streaming

MyOpera Player to Stream Teatro Real’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

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On Feb. 14, 2025, MyOpera Player is set to present Tchiakovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The opera will streamed from the Teatro Real in a production by Christof Loy. Gustavo Gimeno conducts the production with a cast that includes Kristina Mkhitaryan, Iurii Samoilov, Bogdan Volkov, and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev. The cast is rounded out by Katarina Dalayman, Victoria Karkacheva, Elena Zilio, Frederic Jost, and Juan Sancho. The broadcast {…}
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Elena Villalón, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, Tamara Wilson & Francesco Demuro Lead Oper Frankfurt’s 2024-25 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2024-25 season. New Productions The season opens with “Der Prinz von Homburg.” Takeshi Moriuchi conducts and Jens Daniel Herzog directs the work by Henze. It stars Domen Krizaj, Yves Saelens, Magdalena Hinterdobler, Magnus Dietrich, Annette Schönmüller, and Iain MacNeil. Performance Dates: Sept. 22 – Nov. 2, 2024 Nadja Loschky directs “Lulu” and Thomas Guggeis conducts. {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Edward Parks, Asmik Grigorian & Fritz Wunderlich Lead 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. This week audiences get a world premiere recording of a new opera, a legendary recording of Strauss’ work, and a rarely performed Tchaikovsky opera. The Shining  Pentatone releases “The Shining,” the world-premiere recording from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City of the opera {…}

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