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Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2025 nominees. The nominees for Opera Company of the Year are Deutsche Oper Berlin, GöteborgsOperan, Houston Grand Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, and Teatro alla Scala.  Meanwhile, in the Female Singer category, Anastasia Bartoli, Elsa Dreisig, Véronique Gens, Asmik Grigorian, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Adela Zaharia are the nominees.  In the Male Singer {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Festival Aix-en-Provence 2025 Review: La Calisto

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus) By the middle of the second act, a third of the audience had already gone home. They were not necessarily bored—some complained that the seats were too harsh on their spines; others that, because the opera started so late, they were unwilling to return home well after midnight. The fact is, this production of “La Calisto” did {…}
Interviews

Q & A: Serge Dorny, the Bayerische Staatsoper’s Intendant, on the 150th Munich Opera Festival

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Before Bayreuth welcomed its first pilgrims or Verona set its spectacles under the stars, Munich had already begun its tradition of celebrating opera each summer. Founded in 1875 under the patronage of King Ludwig II, the Münchner Opernfestspiele is the world’s oldest continuously running opera festival. The festival’s 150th edition, which runs through July 31 offers an ambitious mix of {…}
News, Season Announcement

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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Paul Figuier, Lauranne Oliva, Apolline Raï-Westphal, Victoire Bunel, Jeanne Mendoche Star in Opéra de Rennes’ 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra de Rennes has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Bertrand Cuiller conducts Handel’s “Rinaldo” with a cast that includes Paul Figuier, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Maïlys De Villoutreys, Camille Poul, and Damien Pass. Performance Date: August 30, 2025 Cavalli’s “La Calisto” will star Lauranne Oliva, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Milan Siljanov, Anna Bonitatibus, Giuseppina Bridelli, Zachary Wilder, Bastien Rimondi, Dominic Sedgwick, Théo Imart, and {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2025: Parsifal

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(Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) A new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” is always a big deal, given the imaginative and actual scale of the work and the special aura that surrounds it – a triumph of Bayreuth marketing, truly, to try and restrict its performances for so many years. But this new staging at Glyndebourne Festival Opera signals the first time {…}
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Eleonora Buratto Leads Palau de Les Arts’ ‘Roberto Devereux’

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(Credit: © Gianluca Fontana) Eleonora Buratto is set to complete the Donizetti opera trilogy with Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” at the Palau de les Arts. Buratto will sing the opera in a production by Jetske Mijnssen, with Francesco Lanzillotta conducting.  She will be joined by Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, Silvia Tro Santafé, and Ismael Jordi. In a statement Buratto said, “After ‘Anna Bolena’ and {…}
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Teatro San Carlo Cancels Final Performance of ‘Roberto Devereux’

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The Teatro San Carlo has canceled the final performance of Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” on July 25, 2025. The company did not announce a reason for the cancellation but noted that ticket holders will be able to change their tickets for another performance from the 2024-25 season. “Roberto Devereux” is set to open on July 16 and will star Roberta Mantegna {…}
News, Season Announcement

Sara Jakubiak, Audun Iversen, Alasdair Kent, Matteo Lippi, Nardus Williams & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Norwegian Opera’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/sara-jakubiak-audun-iversen-alasdair-kent-matteo-lippi-nardus-williams-aigul-akhmetshina-lead-norwegian-operas-2025-26-season/

The Norwegian Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera  Puccini’s “Tosca” will be revived. Performance Dates: August 23-Sept. 4, 2025 Sara Jakubiak headlines Dvořák’s “Rusalka” alongside Dmytro Popov, Birgitte Christensen, Jerzy Butryn, Jennifer Johnston, and Magnus Ingemund Kjelstad. Edward Gardner conducts the production by Tatjana Gürbaca. Performance Dates: August 24-Oct. 9, 2025  Sir Wayne McGregor’s “Jocasta’s Line” will be performed. Performance {…}

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