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Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras Announces Recording Partnership with Harmonia Mundi

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The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras (MCO) and Harmonia Mundi have announced a new long-term recording partnership, launching with three releases led by conductors Pablo Heras-Casado, Jakob Lehmann and Christophe Rousset. The partnership launches in October 2026 with Rousset conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Händel’s “Messiah,” recorded during a European tour last year. The release features soprano {…}
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Volksoper Wien Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Wallis Giunta, Misha Kiria, Annette Dasch & Matilda Sterby

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The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the opera and operetta productions. Premieres  Hannah Severin and Ayaka Koshida lead “Ronja Räubertochter” with Eike Onyambu, Johannes Brand, Juergen Maurer, Rebecca Nelsen, Reini Moritz, Nicolaus Hagg, and Martin Enenkel. Maayan Franco and Keren Kagarlitsky conduct the production by Ruth Brauer-Kvam. Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2026-Feb. 7, 2027 {…}
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Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras Announces 2026-27 Season

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Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras has announced its 2026-27 season. “Our 26-27 season reflects the strength and international standing of the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras, built on our uncompromising commitment to excellence, our deep partnerships with the leading artists of today, and our ever-present spirit of innovation, curiosity and discovery,” said MCO Chairman Christian Rochat in the official announcement. The season’s {…}
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Angel Blue, Nicky Spence, Joyce DiDonato, Leah Hawkins, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Charles Castronovo Lead BBC Proms’ 2026 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. The festival opens on with pianist Yunchan Lim and tenor Thomas Atkins joining Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for music by Ravel, Copland, Gershwin and Finzi. There will also be a world premiere by Josephine Stephenson. Performance Date: July 17, 2026 Gianandrea Noseda leads Beethoven’s Symphony {…}
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Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 2025-26 Review: La Damnation de Faust

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(Photo: © Vincent Pontet) From November 3 to 15, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées presented Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” with the Orchestre Les Siècle—formerly conducted by François-Xavier Roth and now under the baton of Jakob Lehmann—in a production by Silvia Costa. Staging is perhaps a big word, given the minimal effort that went into it. Whether in terms of set {…}
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Cast Change: Petr Nekoranec Takes Over ‘La Damnation de Faust’ in Paris

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Theatre des Champs-Elysées has anounced a cast change for the final performance of “La Damnation de Faust” on Nov. 15, 2025. The company said that “Benjamin Bernheim has been forced to forgo his participation in the last performance due to illness. We wish him a speedy recovery.” As a result, Czech tenor Petr Nekoranec will once again sing the role {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Nuovo 2025 Review: Macbeth

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Verdi’s “Macbeth” is a pillar of the standard repertory, beloved for the composer’s ability to capture the spirit of one of the bard’s great plays. If “Macbeth” never captures the raw power of “Otello” or the immaculate precision and robustness of “Falstaff,” it is merely because of his three Shakespeare adaptations, this is the earliest in his oeuvre. And yet, {…}
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Lucie Roche, Lauranne Oliva, Apolline Rai-Westphal, Laura Ulloa, Pierre Derhet Headline Angers Nantes Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Angers Nantes Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” and “La Vida Breve” will star Lucie Roche, Patricia Petibon, Sophie Belloir, Carlos Natale, Jean-Luc Ballestra, and Laura Gallego Cabeza. Roberto Forés Veses conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 8 & 15, 2025 Sébastien Daucé conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” with Lauranne Oliva, Alex Rosen, Giuseppina Bridelli, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Anna Bonitatibus, Zachary Wilder, Petr Nekoranec, Dominic Sedgwick, Théo Imart, and José {…}
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Natalie Dessay Leads Opéra de Massy’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra de Massy has announced its 2025-26 season. Héloïse Poulet, Juliette Mey, and Matthieu Walendzick will perform in recital with Rodolphe Lospied. The program includes music by Mozart and Poulenc. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2025 Bach Stagioni will be conducted by David Stern and soloists Thaïs Raï-Westphal, Lucas Pauchet, and Julien Ségol. Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2025 Bizet’s “Les {…}

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