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Vannina Santoni, Paolo Fanale, Adrianna González & Julien Dran Lead Opéra de Toulon’s 2026-27 Season

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Opéra de Toulon has announced its 2026-27 season. Stravinsky’s “L’enfant et les sortilèges” will star Victoire Bunel, Lise Nougier, Lila Dufy, Doris Lamprecht, Pauline Gaillard, Fabien Hyon, Paul-Émile Burgevin, and Jérôme Varnier. the work will be presented with Stravinsky’s “Petrouchka. Victorien Vanoosten conducts the production by James Bonas. Performance Dates: Oct. 3, 2026 Victorien Vanoosten conducts Bizet’s “Les pêcheurs de perles” {…}
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Vannina Santoni, Marina Viotti, Magdalena Kozena, Huw Montague Rendall & Ossian Huskinson Lead Opera de Lausanne’s 2026-27 Season

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Opera de Lausanne announces 2026-27 season. The season opens with Gound’s “Mireille” starring Vannina Santoni, Thomas Bettinger, Géraldine Chauvet, Andrea Cueva Molnar, Jean-Kristof Bouton, Matthieu Lécroart, Nathanaël Tavernier, Maxence Billiemaz, and Emma Delannoy. Jean-Marie Zeitouni conducts the production by Bruno Ravella. Performance Dates: Oct. 4-11, 2026 The company will present the finals of the Concours Kattenburg. Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2026 Britten’s {…}
DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci’s ‘Adriano in Siria’

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Carl Heinrich Graun’s “Adriano in Siria”—set to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio—is a compelling example of mid-18th-century opera seria, a genre that once dominated the European stage. First performed in Berlin in 1746, Graun’s setting was one of more than seventy opera settings of Metastasio’s libretto between 1732 and 1828, attesting to its immense popularity. This new live recording from {…}
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World Premiere Recording of Carl Heinrich Graun’s Opera ‘Adriano in Siria’ to be Released

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(Photo credit: Stefan Gloede) The world premiere recording of Carl Heinrich Graun’s opera, “Adriano in Siria” is set to be released on June 13. “Adriano in Siria” was presented in a production by the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and recorded in June 2024. The cast features the countertenor trio of Valer Sabadus, Bruno de Sá, and Federico Fiorio, alongside sopranos Roberta Mameli {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Freddie De Tommaso, Marina Rebeka, Bryn Terfel, Aigul Akhmetshina, Lisette Oropesa, Juan Diego Flórez & Pretty Yende Lead Royal Ballet & Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” in a new production by Oliver Mears. Anna Netrebko and Aleksandra Kurzak share the title role. Freddie De Tommaso and Gerald Finley also star. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-Oct. 7, 2025 Speranza Scappucci conducts Verdi’s “I vespri siciliani” in a revival of Stefan Herheim’s production. Marina {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Cecilia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Michael Spyres Lead Philharmonie Essen’s 2024-25 Season

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The Philharmonie Essen has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances of the season. Evelina Liubonko, Sarah Romberger, Thomas Hobbs, and Kresimir Strazanac perform works by Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Georg Friedrich Händel alongside Rias Kammerchor Berlin. Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2024 Graun’s “Adriano in Siria” will star Noah Hellwig, Valer Sabadus, Roberta Mameli, Maayan Licht, David {…}
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Cyrille Dubois & José Carreras Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to experience classic recordings as well as some new solo recitals and complete recordings of rarely performed operas. AMASS GRAMMY-nominated conductor Eugene Rogers brings to life Jocelyn Hagen’s setting of the Roman Catholic Mass in AMASS. This work stands apart from the Mass settings of other composers who have practiced this centuries-old genre, including Johann {…}
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Francesco Meli, Irina Lungu, Salome Jicia & Angela Meade Lead Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2023-24 Season

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The Teatro Caro Felice has announced its 2023-24 season. Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens the season with a cast that includes Christopher Ainslie, Sydney Mancasola, Matteo Anselmi, Scott Wilde, Kamelia Kader, Peter Kirk, John Chest, Hagar Sharvit, Keri Fuge, David Shipley, David Ireland, Seumas Begg, Sion Goronwy, Robert Burt, and Benjamin Bevan. Donato Renzetti conducts the production by Laurence Dale. Performance Dates: Oct. 13-19, 2023 Dante Ferretti directs Massenet’s “Werther” with Jean-François Borras, Jérôme {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

English National Opera 2022 Review: It’s a Wonderful Life

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Photo: © Lloyd Winters Unlike ballet, which has “The Nutcracker” as a festive staple, there aren’t very many Christmas operas. “La bohème” opens on Christmas eve, and there is invariably snow, but yuletide is hardly the subject of the opera. ENO were scheduled to perform John Adams nativity oratorio “El Niño” during lockdown, but it sadly got canned. Along comes {…}

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