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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Palau de Les Arts 2025-26 Review: Faust

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(Image source: Official Les Arts Website) Palau de Les Arts opened its 2025-26 season with a brand-new production of “Faust,” coproduced with La Scala de Milán, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, and Teatro Real Madrid. Les Arts continues to maintain a classical repertoire. Despite being a young institution, which opened just 20 years ago, it is the second time that {…}

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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 {…}

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Lisette Oropesa, Marigona Qerkezi, John Osborn & Ida Falk Winland Lead Savonlinna Opera Festival’s 2026 Season

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(Image Courtesy of Savonlinna Festival) The Savonlinna Opera Festival has announced its 2026 season. Henning von Schulman, Kristian Lindroos, Lucrezia Drei, Iris Candelaria, Waltteri Torikka, Jérôme Boutillier, and Sonja Herranen star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Johannes Erath directs and Andrea Sanguineti conducts. Performance Date: July 3-25, 2026 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Silja Aalto, Antony Ciaramitaro, and Emilia {…}

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Corinne Winter, Federica Lombardi, Alex Esposito, Freddie De Tommaso, Gregory Kunde, Angel Blue & Serena Sáenz Lead Palau de Les Arts’ 2025-26 Season

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The Palau de les Arts has announced its 2025-26 season. Lorenzo Viotti conducts Gounod’s “Faust” in a production by Johannes Erath. Iván Ayón-Rivas, Alex Esposito, Ruth Iniesta, Florian Sempey, and Ekaterine Buachidze. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-15, 2025 Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “La descente d’Orphée aux enfers” will star Josipa Bilić, Camille Chopin, Sarah Fleiss, Tanaquil Ollivier, Sydney Frodsham, Richard Pittsinger, Bastien Rimondi, Attila {…}

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The Top Five of the New Season at Teatro alla Scala

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(Photo: Ansa Matteo Corner) This Monday, the long-awaited press conference was held to unveil the Teatro alla Scala’s 2025–26 season. The lineup promises to shine with big names, new productions, and ambitious projects. That’s why we’re bringing you a Top five list of the unmissable highlights of the new season! Number 1: A Bold Opening As tradition dictates, the season {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sara Jakubiak, Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Marina Rebeka, Michael Volle & Camilla Nylund Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” featuring Alexander Roslavets, Sara Jakubiak, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Alexander Kravets, Valery Gilmanov, Yevgeny Akimov, Jirí Rajniš, Oleg Budaratskiy, Ekaterina Sannikova, Goderedzi Janelidze, Elena Maximova, Natalya Romaniw, Huanhong Li, and Vasyl Solodkyy. Riccardo Chailly conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov. Performance Dates: Dec. {…}

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Jacquelyn Wagner, Eduardo Aladrén, Ramona Zaharia, Maria Kataeva, Liana Aleksanyan & Alexey Zelenkov Lead Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2025-26 Season

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2025-26 season. Premiere  Jacquelyn Wagner, John Matthew Myers, Simon Neal, Hans-Peter König, Anna Sophia Theil, Lavinia Dames, Riccardo Romeo, Henry Ross, Luke Stoker, and Žilvinas Miškinis star in Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Vitali Alekseenok and Harry Ogg conduct the concert performances.  Performance Dates: Sept. 10-Oct. 24, 2025 Antonino Fogliani conducts Donizetti’s “Prima La Mamma” {…}

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Mariangela Sicilia & Cecilia Molinari Among Premio ‘Franco Abbiati’ Winners

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The 44th edition of the Premio della Critica Musicale “Franco Abbiati.” The award for Best Performance went to “Ermione” from the Rossini Opera Festival conducted by and directed by Johannes Erath. The award for Best Conductor went to Emmanuel Tjeknavorian while the Director award was awarded to Moshe Leiser e Patrice Caurier for their production of “Mefistofele” at the Teatro La Fenice. The {…}

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Piotr Beczala, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Elīna Garanča Lead Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s 2026 Easter Festival

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The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has announced the Easter Festival for 2026. Joana Mallwitz conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” by Johannes Erath. The cast includes Piotr Beczała in the title role, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, and Samuel Hasselhorn. Performance Dates: March 28 & 31, 2026 Klaus Mäkelä conducts Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion. Performance Date: March 30, 2026 Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem is {…}