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Saioa Hernández, Maxim Mironov, Nino Machaidze, Nina Minasyan, Lianna Haroutounian & Luca Micheletti Lead Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/saioa-hernandez-maxim-mironov-nino-machaidze-nina-minasyan-lianna-haroutounian-luca-micheletti-lead-opera-royal-de-wallonie-lieges-2026-27-season/

The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Stefano Poda directing. Luca Micheletti, Ewa Płonka, Ricardo Fassi, and Matteo Desole. Performance Dates: Sept. 18-29, 2026 Ravel’s “L’Heure espagnole” and “L’Enfant et les Sortilèges” will be conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce and directed by Jean-Louis Grinda. The production will star Vincent Ordonneau , {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Cecilia Bartoli, Asmik Grigorian, Ludovic Tézier, Lisette Oropesa, Benjamin Bernheim, Leah Hawkins, Jonathan Tetelman Lead Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-cecilia-bartoli-asmik-grigorian-ludovic-tezier-lisette-oropesa-benjamin-bernheim-leah-hawkins-jonathan-tetelman-lead-opera-de-monte-carlos-2026-27-season/

The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2026-27 season. Jonathan Tetelman and James Vaughan open the season with a recital. Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2026 Michael Sumuel and Brittany Olivia Logan lead the Gerswhin’s “Porgy and Bess” with Bongani Kubheka, Leah Hawkins, Brandie Sutton, Adriana Bignagni Lesca, Donovan Singletary, and Chauncey Packer. Lee Reynolds conducts the production by Jean-Louis Grinda. {…}
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Cecilia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča, Pretty Yende, Sir Bryn Terfel, Matthias Goerne, Asmik Grigorian & Roberto Alagna Lead Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/cecilia-bartoli-elina-garanca-pretty-yende-sir-bryn-terfel-matthias-goerne-asmik-grigorian-roberto-alagna-lead-opera-de-monte-carlos-2025-26-season/

The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” starring Sir Bryn Terfel, Albert Dohmen, Asmik Grigorian, Daniel Behle, Angharad Lyddon, and Trystan Llyr Griffiths. Gianluca Marcianò conducts the semi-staged version. Performance Date: Nov. 2, 2025 Anna Pirozzi stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside  Antonio Di Matteo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Arsen Soghomonyan, Erwin Schrott, and Artur Rucinski. Massimo {…}
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Jessica Pratt, John Osborn, Nino Machaidze, Francesca Dotto, Markus Werba & Kristine Opolais Lead Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/jessica-pratt-john-osborn-nino-machaidze-francesca-dotto-markus-werba-kristine-opolais-lead-opera-royal-de-wallonie-lieges-2025-26-season/

The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Gound’s “Faust” in Thaddeus Strassberger’s production. The cast includes John Osborn, Erwin Schrott, Nino Machaidze, Markus Werba, and Elmina Hasan. Performance Dates: Sept. 12-20, 2025 Sieva Borzak conducts Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with a cast that includes Francesca Dotto, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Maxim Mironov, Vittorio Prato, {…}
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Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2024-25 Review: ‘L’Heure espagnole’ & ‘L’Enfant et les sortilèges’

https://operawire.com/opera-de-monte-carlo-2024-25-review-lheure-espagnole-lenfant-et-les-sortileges/

(Photo: ©OMC Marco Borrelli) A Parisian critic during the belle époque once wrote about the Opéra de Monte-Carlo: “If only the Paris Opera could assemble for one special performance a cast equivalent to the one that the inhabitants of the little earthly paradise on the Mediterranean will be able to applaud all winter long!” (La Renaissance musicale, October 8, 1881) {…}
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Royal Opera House Muscat 2024-25 Review: La Fille du Régiment

https://operawire.com/royal-opera-house-muscat-2024-25-review-la-fille-du-regiment/

Muscat, the capital city of the Sultanate of Oman, has been a crossroads of culture for centuries. Ships from as far away as China once arrived here, bearing precious spices. Oman itself was and remains the leading producer of frankincense, the scent of which hangs in the air. The Sultanate sits at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, with {…}
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Rossini Opera Festival 2024 Review: Bianca e Falliero

https://operawire.com/rossini-opera-festival-pesaro-2024-review-bianca-e-falliero/

(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) After the initial success of its premiere in 1819 at Teatro La Scala, Rossini’s “Bianca e Falliero” managed to hold its place on Italian stages and beyond for over 10 years before disappearing completely. It was not until 1986 that its first revival in modern times took place, thanks to the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. The {…}
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Piotr Beczala, Jessica Pratt, Juliana Grigoryan & Joyce El-Khoury Lead Royal Opera Muscat’s 2024-25 Season

https://operawire.com/piotr-beczala-jessica-pratt-juliana-grigoryan-joyce-el-khoury-lead-royal-opera-muscats-2024-25-season/

(Credit: Courtesy of Royal Opera House Muscat) The Royal Opera House Muscat has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season will open with Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” featuring The National Centre for Performing Arts Beijing. The cast will include Elena Stikhina, Piotr Bezcala, Liao Chaoyong, and Agnieszka Rehlis, and will be directed by Hugo de Ana. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts. {…}
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Rai to Broadcast ‘Bianca e Falliero’ from Rossini Opera Festival

https://operawire.com/rai-to-broadcast-bianca-e-falliero-from-rossini-opera-festival/

Rai5 is set to present Rossini’s “Bianca e Falliero” from the Rossini Opera Festival. The opera will be presented on August 7 and later on RaiCultura. The production by Jean-Louis Grinda will be conducted by Roberto Abbado and will star Nicolo Donini, Dmitry Korchak, Giorgi Manoshvili, Aya Wakizono, Jessica Pratt, Carmen Buendia, Claudio Zazzaro, and Dangelo Diaz. Rai Radio 3 {…}

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