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Choi Jun-young Wins SD Seoul International Vocal Competition 2025

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The 2025 SD Seoul International Vocal Competition has named baritone Choi Jun-young as the grand prize winner. Preliminary rounds began on Aug. 30, with a total of 244 participants, with 35 contestants advancing to the finals.  The total prize pool was 33.8 million won. Along with the grand prize, Jun-young also won the Solo Opera Company Special Award, which carries {…}
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LA Opera to Present ‘The Magic Flute’ with Sydney Mancasola & Miles Mykkanen

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(Credit: Cory Weaver) LA Opera’s 40th Anniversary Season concludes with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The company will revive Barrie Kosky’s production with James Conlon conducting, in his 20th and final season as the company’s Music Director. In a statement, Christopher Koelsch, LA Opera’s President and CEO said, “For two decades, James has been the artistic heart of LA Opera. While {…}
News, Season Announcement

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende, Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Luca Salsi, Marina Rebeka, Xabier Anduaga & Piotr Beczała Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Zem­lins­ky’s “Eine Florentinische Tragödie” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” will be performed in a new production with Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, Florian Boesch, and Asmik Grigorian. Alain Altinoglu conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov.  Performance Dates: Oct. 3-12, 2026 Barrie Kosky directs a new production of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with {…}
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Benjamin Bernheim, Sabine Devieilhe, Olga Peretyatko, Magdalena Kožená, Klaus Florian Vogt, Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Michael Volle & Miina-Liisa Värelä Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2026-27 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Yannick Nezet-Seguin will conduct Elza van den Heever and the Met Orchestra in a program of Strauss music. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2026 Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Joyce DiDonato team up with the Met Orchestra for Mahler and Kaija Saariaho. Performance Date: Sept. 2, {…}
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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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Nadine Sierra, Lise Davidsen, Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Flórez, Tamara Wilson, Brian Mulligan, Julia Bullock, Saioa Hernández & Aušrinė Stundytė Lead Opéra National de Paris’ 2026-27 Season

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The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Tyshawn Sorey’s “Perle noire : méditations pour Joséphine” will star Julia Bullock and Tyshawn Sorey on piano. Peter Sellars directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 9-19, 2026 Lea Desandre, Marina Viotti, Huw Montague Rendall, Andrzej Filończyk, Jack Swanson, Josh Lovell, Nicola Alaimo, and Adolfo Corrado star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2025-26 Review: Parsifal

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(Photo Credit: Cory Weaver) From the magic of those first ascending B flat minor motifs, to the shimmering chromatic closure, Wagner’s final masterwork “Parsifal” casts a spell of unspeakable radiance. A spell that can fail to materialize when directorial concept goes awry. The Nov. 2nd performance of the San Francisco Opera’s new production of “Parsifal” was an orchestral triumph, and {…}
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Brandon Jovanovich Leads San Francisco Opera’s ‘Parsifal’ Production

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The San Francisco Opera is set to present Wagner’s “Parsifal.” The production will be conducted by Caroline H. Hume, Music Director, Eun Sun Kim, in a new production by Matthew Ozawa. In a statement, Ozawa said: “At a time when the world seems increasingly fractured, I believe Parsifal speaks directly to the crisis of disconnection so many of us feel. {…}

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