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Jeanine De Bique, Yuriy Mynenko, Sophie Junker, Raffaele Pe, Julia Lezhneva, Channa Malkin Headline Göttingen International Handel Festival’s 2022 Season

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The Göttingen International Handel Festival has announced its 2022 slate, entitled “New Horizons.” The festival opens with “Aminta e Fillide” starring Bruno de Sá and Myrsini Margariti. George Petrou conducts the FestspielOrchester Göttingen. Performance Dates: May 12, 2022  Next up is the opening of “Giulio Cesare” starring Yuriy Mynenko, Sophie Junker, Nicholas Tamagna, Francesca Ascioti, Katie Coventry, Riccardo Novaro, Artur {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Jonas Kaufmann, Malin Byström, Allan Clayton & Lidia Fridman Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear one of the most popular tenor’s new album. There is also a new album from a great Swedish soprano and a new version of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Dvořák: Early Songs Navona releases Czech soprano Martina Janková and Barbara Maria {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Magdeburg Telemann Festival 2026 Review: Festmusik & Otto

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(Photo: Viktoria Kühne) The 2026 biennial Magdeburg Telemann Festival reached its zenith this week, offering a rewarding musical marathon that spanned centuries of political and musical history. Over the course of a single day, the festival presented two contrasting faces of Georg Philipp Telemann: the celebratory architect of Habsburg dynastic splendor and the pragmatic, experimental operatic bridge-builder. From the daylight {…}

Reviews

Barockwerk Hamburg 2026 Review: Pharao Tubaetes

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(Photo: Valentin Daniel Preissler) The annals of Baroque opera are filled with lost masterpieces—works that once dazzled European courts only to be silenced by shifting musical fashions. While the period ensemble Barockwerk Hamburg performs only a few times a year, their contribution to resurrecting rare Baroque gems is peerless. They have become the primary champions of Carl Heinrich Graun, an {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg 2025-26 Review: Venus & Adonis / Dido & Aeneas

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(Photo: André Krieg) To hear John Blow’s “Venus and Adonis” and Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” in a single evening is to witness a moment of metamorphosis in English music. Antonius Adamske and his forces shaped a journey, tracing how English musical drama moved from Blow’s miniature masque of graceful restraint, to Purcell’s denser, more dramatically various opera, with persuasive {…}

News, Season Announcement

Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Rebeka, Karita Mattila, Benjamin Appl, Rolando Villazón, & Elsa Dreisig Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2025-26 Season

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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The Symphoniker Hamburg, alongside Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor Hamburg and Knabenchor Hannover, perform Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Mandy Fredrich and Isabelle Huppert are the soloists with Lucie Leguay conducting. Performance Date: August 22 & 23, 2025 Manuel Winckhler, Mauro Peter, Kathryn Lewek, Elsa Dreisig, Äneas {…}

News

Joyce DiDonato, Rihab Chaieb, Attilio Glaser, & Johan Reuter Lead Bregenz Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Bregenz Festival has announced its 2025 season. Opera The festival will present Weber’s “Der Freischütz” in a production by Philipp Stölzl. The cast will include Liviu Holender, Johannes Kammler, Franz Hawlata, Raimund Nolte, Mandy Fredrich, Elissa Huber, Irina Simmes, Hanna Herfurtner, Gloria Rehm, Katharina Ruckgaber, Christof Fischesser, David Steffens, Oliver Zwarg, Thomas Blondelle, Attilio Glaser, and Mauro Peter. Performance Dates: July 17-August 17, 2025 Enescu’s {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Iestyn Davies, Juan Diego Flórez, Lauren Snouffer, Rolando Villazón Headline Salzburg Mozarteum’s 2025 Season

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The Salzburg Mozarteum has unveiled its 2025 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is a program featuring soprano Lauren Snouffer taking on arias by Haydn and Mozart. The program, which will be conducted by Roberto González-Monjas, will also include works by Gluck and Salieri. Performance Date: Jan. 23, 2025 Michael Shade headlines a concert {…}

News

Bregenz Festival Announces 2024 Season

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The Bregenz Festival has announced its 2024 season. The festival will be held between July 17 and August 18, 2024. The season will open with Philipp Stölzl’s production of Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz.” The production will star Liviu Holender, Johannes Kammler, Franz Hawlata, Raimund Nolte, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Nikola Hillebrand, Elissa Huber, Hanna Herfurtner, Gloria Rehm, Katharina Ruckgaber, Christof Fischesser, {…}