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Kristina Mkhitaryan, Louise Alder, Xabier Anduaga, Christina Nilsson Headline Oper Frankfurt 2026-27 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2026-27 season, marking Intendant Bernd Loebe’s 25th season with the company. New Productions Karsten Januschke conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” in a Frankfurt premiere, directed by Matthew Wild with set and costume designs by Herbert Murauer. Petr Sokolov, Nombulelo Yende, Alexander Roslavets, Mikhail Pirogov, Karolina Makuła, Jarrett Porter, Jihun Hong, and Kudaibergen Abildin make up the cast. {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Irene Roberts, Julia Muzychenko, Aigul Akhmetshina, Pretty Yende, & Luca Salsi Highlight Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/jonas-kaufmann-irene-roberts-julia-muzychenko-aigul-akhmetshina-pretty-yende-luca-salsi-highlight-tiroler-festspiele-erls-2026-27-season/

The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced its 2026-27 season. Winter 2026 Julius Zeman conducts Bach’s “Weihnachtsoratorium” with Alina Wunderlin, Anita Monserrat, Manuel Günther, and Michael Nagl. Performance Date: Dec. 6, 2026 Asher Fisch conducts Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Gabriele Viviani, Anastasia Bartoli, Simon Lim, Emilia Rukavina, and Giorgio Berrugi. Performance Date: Dec. 13, 2026 Asher Fisch conducts “Ein Bauer namens Verdi.” Performance {…}
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Arte.TV to Stream ‘Lohengrin’ From Baden Baden with Piotr Beczała

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Arte.TV is set to present Wagner’s “Lohengrin” on April 5 from the Festspielhaus Baden Baden. The production by Johannes Erath is set to be conducted by Joana Mallwitz. The cast will star Piotr Beczała in the title role, Rachel Willis-Sørensen as Elsa von Brabant, Wolfgang Koch as Telramund, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Ortrud, Kwangchul Youn as König Heinrich der Vogler, and Samuel {…}
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Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Apologizes for Technical Glitch in ‘Lohengrin’

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(Credit: Martin Sigmund) The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has released an apology to tenor Piotr Beczala after a technical glitch on opening night of “Lohengrin” on March 28. The company took to social media and said, “We would like to formally apologize to Piotr Beczala. Following yesterday’s premiere, during the well-deserved solo applause for this exceptional artist, there was an unfortunate technical {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, Freddie de Tommaso, René Pape, Benjamin Bernheim, Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2026-27 Season

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere  Carlo Rizzi and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct a new production of Spontini’s “La Vestale” by Lydia Steier. Sonya Yoncheva, David Butt Philip, Marina Prudenskaya, Siyabonga Maqungo, Jean Teitgen, and Hanseong Yun star. Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2026-May 8, 2027 Christina Pluhar conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” in a production by Stefan Herheim. {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Real de Madrid 2025-26 Review: I Masnadieri

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(Credit: Javier del Real | Teatro Real) In recent years, Madrid’s Teatro Real has programmed many “operas in concert.” Sometimes they’re well-known, such as “Orfeo ed Euridice,” “Idomeneo,” or “Die Fledermaus” that I attended at the venerable theatre over the last three seasons. On occasion, they present more obscure works, such as Verdi’s early opera “I masnadieri”(1847). In the past, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Deutsche Oper am Rhein 2025-26 Review: María de Buenos Aires

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(Photo: Andreas Etter) In 1968, as Buenos Aires was going through a difficult political and social period, Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer brought to life a work destined to defy any clear definition: “María de Buenos Aires.” It is neither a lyric opera in the traditional sense nor a simple tango show; rather, as its own creators defined it, it {…}
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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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