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How Mark Nathan & Carolyn Holt Found Success With Send-A-Song During the COVID-19 Lockdown

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It was early March and baritone Mark Nathan was facing a situation that many people around the world would also have to deal with – miss out on an important event due to the lockdown imposed by the global pandemic. In this case, it was his mother’s birthday. He was living in Glasgow with partner and mezzo-soprano Carolyn Holt while {…}

News, Season Announcement

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. {…}

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Symone Harcum, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Robert Kerr to Headline Opera Columbus’ ‘The Anonymous Lover’

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Opera Columbus will continue its 2025–26 season with the Columbus premiere of “The Anonymous Lover” this February. The Joseph Bologne work will feature a new libretto adaptation by Kirsten Greenidge, with spoken dialogue in English and sung portions in the original French, accompanied by English supertitles. Performances will be conducted by Dr. Everett McCorvey, Opera Columbus’s Principal Guest Conductor, and {…}

Season Announcement

Laura Bohn, Alex Boyer, Kyle Tingzon, Shawnette Sulker, Markel Reed, John Bellemer Headline West Edge Opera’s 2026 Summer Festival

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West Edge Opera announced its 2026 summer festival. “Our 2026 festival celebrates the daring, diversity, and emotional depth that define West Edge Opera,” said Mark Streshinsky, General Director, per an official press release, “these works reflect our belief in the power of opera to speak through ages.” There will be a special preview of the company’s newest commission “Claude & {…}

News, Season Announcement

Asmik Grigorian, Kate Lindsey, Jonathan Tetelman, Benjamin Bernheim, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2026 Season

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Franck Ollu conducts Pascal Dusapin and Rita de Letteriis’s “Passion” starring Sarah Aristidou, Georg Nigl, and Schola Heidelberg. Performance Date: July 23, 2026 Asmik Grigorian stars as Bizet’s “Carmen” alongside Jonathan Tetelman, Kristina Mkhitaryan, and Davide Luciano. Teodor Currentzis conducts the production by Gabriela {…}

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Sarah Connolly, Magdalena Kožená, & Mark Padmore Star in Oxford International Song Festival 2026

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The Oxford International Song Festival announces its 2026 lineup. Magdalena Kožená opens the year by performing Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” with pianist Malcolm Martineau. Performance Date: January 10, 2026 Alexandra Flood and pianist Sholto Kynoch perform a program dedicated to Schubert’s 229th birthday. Performance Date: January 31, 2026 Felix Gygli presents Shakespeare settings by Korngold, Quilter, and Rautavaara, Jonathan Dove. Performance Date: {…}

Business

Opera Orlando Announces First-Ever Marketing & Sales Manager

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(Photo credit: Cori Kogan) Opera Orlando has announced that Melody Chang will be the company’s first-ever Marketing and Sales Manager. The Spokane native will oversee marketing, box office, and front-of-house operations under General Director Gabriel Preisser and Artistic Director Grant Preisser. Chang’s previous experience includes working as Director of Marketing and Interim General Director at Inland Northwest Opera and as {…}

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Haymarket Opera & Newberry Consort to Present ‘Euridice’

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Haymarket Opera is teaming up with The Newberry Consort to present Jacopo Peri’s “Euridice” on Oct. 24 and 25, 2025. The oldest surviving opera, which originally premiered in 1600 and had its American premiere at the University of Chicago in 1967, will take the stage of the Music Institute of Chicago in a production starring Soprano Erica Schuller and tenor {…}