Guanqun Yu, Olivia Cranwell & Vittoria Yeo Lead Opera Australia’s ‘Madama Butterfly’

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Opera Australia’s 70th anniversary season will open with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The production by Moffatt Oxenbould will be conducted by Maestro Andrea Battistoni, Paul Fitzsimon, and Erina Yashima. Multiple casts will lead the work including sopranos Guanqun Yu, Olivia Cranwell, and Vittoria Yeo as Cio Cio San alongside tenors Robert Watson and Oreste Cosimo as Pinkerton. The lead cast will be {…}

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Saimir Pirgu, Marlis Petersen & Guanqun Yu Lead Bregenz Festival’s 2023 Season

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The Bregenz Festival in Austria has announced its 2023 season. The season will open with Verdi’s “Ernani” with Enrique Mazzola conducting a production by Lotte de Beer. The cast includes Guanqun Yu, Saimir Pirgu, Igor Golovatenko, and Goran Jurié. Premiere Date: July 19, 2023 Enrique Mazzola conducts the revival of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in a production by Andreas Homoki. Premiere Date: July {…}

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Lawrence Brownlee, Guanqun Yu, Nicholas Brownlee Headline LA Opera’s Streaming Slate for July 5

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The Los Angeles Opera has announced the streaming slate for the week of July 5, 2020. It begins with Opera Family Time starring soprano Jamie Chamberlin and tenor Nathan Granner as they perform in an episode of “Sing Out Loud.” Streaming Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at 2 p.m. PDT Nicholas Brownlee hosts “Il TRIVIAtore” as part of the “Learn {…}

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Matthias Goerne, Guanqun Yi, Leo Nucci, Ying Huang Headline Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

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The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here’s a rundown of vocal performances on offer. The opening night showcase will be headlined by baritone Matthias Goerne in a program that includes works by Mozart, Wagner, Ma Sicong, Huang Yijun, Suppé, Sarasate, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler. Long Yu, Chen Xieyang, Cao Peng, and Hou Runyu conduct the concert which also {…}

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Kristina Mkhitaryan, Louise Alder, Xabier Anduaga, Christina Nilsson Headline Oper Frankfurt 2026-27 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2026-27 season, marking Intendant Bernd Loebe’s 25th season with the company. New Productions Karsten Januschke conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” in a Frankfurt premiere, directed by Matthew Wild with set and costume designs by Herbert Murauer. Petr Sokolov, Nombulelo Yende, Alexander Roslavets, Mikhail Pirogov, Karolina Makuła, Jarrett Porter, Jihun Hong, and Kudaibergen Abildin make up the cast. {…}

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Saioa Hernández, Xabier Anduaga, Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Tomasz Konieczny, Federica Lombardi, Julieth Lozano, Elsa Dreisig, & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2026-27 Season

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres “Mittwoch aus Licht” will be conducted by Maxime Pascal and directed by Susanne Kennedy. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-27, 2026 Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” will be conducted by Anna Handler and Giedrė Šlekytė and directed by Milo Rau. The opera will star Tareq Nazmi, Aušrine Stundytė, Attilio Glaser, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Omar {…}

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Opera Australia 2026 Review: Madama Butterfly

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) “Harrowing” might be the best word for this powerful production of “Madama Butterfly,” the first opera in Opera Australia’s (OA) 2026 Sydney summer season and, in fact, the first opera in Opera Australia’s 70th anniversary season. Admittedly, Puccini’s subject matter is disturbing, albeit clothed in seductively gorgeous music. Finally realizing that the fable-like love she ‘shared’ {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Don Giovanni (Cast B)

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A new cast took over the Met Opera’s run of “Don Giovanni” on Nov. 6, 2025 to stunning results. I’ve said this before, but casting is such a complex task in the opera world. Most of these productions have to be cast years before they take place and often rely on projections of where certain artists will be vocally and {…}

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Ryan Speedo Green, Kyle Ketelsen, Federica Lombardi & Ben Bliss Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’

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(Credit: Karen Almond) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Ivo van Hove’s production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The opera will be performed 14 times between Sept. 24 and Nov. 22, 2025 and will showcase Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the first cast. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green takes on the title role with a cast that includes Federica Lombardi, Ben Bliss, Janai {…}

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Guanqun Yu, Olivia Cranwell & Vittoria Yeo Lead Opera Australia’s ‘Madama Butterfly’

Saimir Pirgu, Marlis Petersen & Guanqun Yu Lead Bregenz Festival’s 2023 Season

Lawrence Brownlee, Guanqun Yu, Nicholas Brownlee Headline LA Opera’s Streaming Slate for July 5

Matthias Goerne, Guanqun Yi, Leo Nucci, Ying Huang Headline Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

Kristina Mkhitaryan, Louise Alder, Xabier Anduaga, Christina Nilsson Headline Oper Frankfurt 2026-27 Season

Saioa Hernández, Xabier Anduaga, Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Tomasz Konieczny, Federica Lombardi, Julieth Lozano, Elsa Dreisig, & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2026-27 Season

Opera Australia 2026 Review: Madama Butterfly

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Don Giovanni (Cast B)

Ryan Speedo Green, Kyle Ketelsen, Federica Lombardi & Ben Bliss Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’