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Mariangela Sicilia, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Enea Scala & Roberto Aronica Headline Teatro Verdi di Pisa’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro Verdi di Pisa has announced its 2026-27 season. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Enea Scala, Penelope Kendros, Erica Zulikha Benato, Margherita Sala, Anita Monserrat, and Valentina Coletti star Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Attilio Cremonesi conducts and Francesco Bondì directs. Performance Dates: Oct. 23 & 25, 2026 Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro ossia Il cambio della valigia” will star Yukang Zheng, {…}
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Teatro Petruzzelli Announces 2027 Season Featuring Yusif Eyvazov, Gilda Fiume, Galeano Salas & Aya Wakizono

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Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2027 season. Opera Piccinni’s “Zenobia” will star Aya Wakizono, Arianna Vendittelli, Margherita Sala, Désirée Giove, Mert Süngü, and Valeria La Grotta. Federico Maria Sardelli conducts Daniele Luchetti’s production. Performance Dates: Jna. 27-Feb. 2, 2027 Carlo Rizzi conducts Verdi’s “Nabucco” in Emma Dante’s production. Igor Golovatenko and Ewa Płonka star. Performance Dates: March 12-19, 2027 Busoni’s “Arlecchino” {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik 2026 Review: Il Pomo O’Doro

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(Photo: Birgit Gufler) Baroque opera is no stranger to theatrical excess. With its lavish sets, fabulous costumes, spectacular stage effects, and array of mythical heroes, gods and monsters, it could never be accused of understatement. Yet, Antonio Cesti’s 1668 opera, “Il pomo d’oro,” took it all to a new level. This was an opera on a whole new scale, one {…}
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Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik 2026 Review: Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni

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(Photo: Amir Kaufmann) As a court composer in 1720s Vienna, Antonio Caldara occupied a unique position in Baroque music. His style—characterized by dense, contrapuntal orchestral textures, intricate imitative writing, and a strict avoidance of cheap theatrical indulgence—gives his operas and oratorios an almost scholarly quality. Much like Alessandro Scarlatti, Caldara was a master of deep psychological portraiture, yet his commitment {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Ailyn Pérez, Brian Jagde, Ainhoa Arteta, Ermonela Jaho, Francesco Demuro, Klaus Florian Vogt & Pavol Breslik Lead Teatro de la Maestranza’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville has announced its 2026-27 Season Opera The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra under Pablo Heras-Casado will lead scenes from the Ring Cycle with Katharina Wagner directing and Catherine Foster, Klaus Florian Vogt and Nicholas Brownlee as soloists. Performance Date: Sept. 2, 2026 Pavol Breslik, Nina Minasyan, Riccardo Fassi, Maxim Lisiin, and Anna-Doris Capitelli lead Gounod’s {…}
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Gabriela Scherer, Rolando Villazón, Huw Montague Rendall, Louise Alder, Viktor Antipenko, Catherine Foster, Annette Dasch & Clay Hilley Perform Theater Dortmund’s 2026-27 Season

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Theater Dortmund has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres  Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay’s “Rebecca” will star Antonia Kalinowski, Mark Seibert, Jan Ammann, Bettina Mönch, David Jakobs, Andreas Schneider, Amani Robinson, Alexandra Farkic, Max Lochmüller, Markus Schneider, Andreas Schneider, and Martin Planz. Carlos Vázquez conducts Gil Mehmert’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2026-April 10, 2027 Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” will be performed in {…}
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Sophie Rennert, Anna Bonitatibus, Salvador Simão, Jonathan Eyers Lead Innsbruck Festival of Early Music’s 2026 Season

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Innsbruck Festival of Early Music announces its 50th season. This article only features vocal events. Ottavio Dantone leads the Accademia Bizantina Ensemble in a workshop concert. Performance Date: July 25, 2026 Lauren Lodge-Campbell, Nicolò Balducci, and Jonathan Eyers perform alongside Il Gusto Barocco Ensemble under the direction of Jörg Halubek. Performance Date: August 1, 2026 Anna Bonitatibus gives a masterclass. {…}
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Cecilia Bartoli, Ian Bostridge, Maayan Licht & Carlo Vistoli Lead 2026 Monteverdi Festival

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(Credit: Fabrice Demessence) The Monteverdi Festival announces its 2026 programming. This article only features vocal concerts. Cecilia Bartoli opens the Festival in a gala concert with Les Musiciens du Prince conducted by Gianluca Capuano. Performance Date: May 28, 2026 The Monteverdi Festival opens with “Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin” under the baton of Leonardo García-Alarcón. Performance Date: June 7, 2026 {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Joyce DiDonato, Louise Alder, Nadine Koutcher & Nicholas Phan Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week, audiences are in for a world premiere recording from one of the great mezzos, a Strauss album from a rising star soprano, a contemporary album of rediscovered works, and a lot of baroque music. Here is a look at some of the {…}

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