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Kathryn Lewek, Enea Scala, Vanessa Goikoetxea & Mikhail Timoshenko Lead Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur has announced its 2025-26 season. Léo Warynski conducts Philip Glass’ “Satyagraha” in a production by Lucinda Childs. The production stars Melody Louledjan, Karen Vourc’h, Julie Robard-Gendre, Sahy Ratya, Jean-Luc Ballestra, Frédéric Diquero, and Angel Odena. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-7, 2025 “Chansons de Paris” will star Laeticia Goepfert, Remi Mathieu, Priscilla Beyrand, Serge Manguette, Isabelle Bourgeais, and Gilles San {…}
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Q & A: Mikhail Timoshenko On His Opera Career & Philanthropic Path

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(Photo: Annemone Taake) Russian baritone Mikhail Timoshenko began his musical and theatrical training in Mednogorsk, then at the Franz Liszt University in Weimar and the Hans Eisler in Berlin. From 2015 to 2017, he was a member of the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris.
He sang in the world premiere of Joanna Lee’s “Vol Retour” and performed the role of {…}
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Mikhail Timoshenko Wins Wigmore International Song Competition

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Russian bass-baritone Mikhail Timoshenko has won the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. The 25-year-old took home first prize at the international competition on Sept. 11, 2019 winning £10,000. The £5,000 second prize place was awarded to 29-year-old British soprano Harriet Burns, while third place, with a prize of £2,500, went to British mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor. British tenor Kieran Carrel took {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Emily D’Angelo, Aigul Akhmetshina, Malin Byström, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Angel Blue & Charles Castronovo Lead Royal Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Royal Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. New Productions Evgeny Titov directs a new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal,” conducted by Jakub Hrůša. Stanislas de Barbeyrac sings the title role, with Ekaterina Gubanova as Kundry, Christian Gerhaher as Amfortas, Brindley Sherratt as Gurnemanz, and Mark Stone as Klingsor. Performance Dates: Oct. 1–17, 2026 Philipp Stölzl directs a new production of {…}
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Jeanine De Bique, Asmik Grigorian, Kangmin Justin Kim, Gaëlle Arquez, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Susan Bullock, Clémentine Margaine & Kate Lindsey Lead La Monnaie/De Munt’s 2026-27 Season

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La Monnaie/De Munt has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Jeanine de Bique, Kseniia Proshina, Ismael Jordi and Airam Hernandez star in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with Florence Losseau, Travon D. Walker, and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev. Valentina Peleggi conducts the production by Julia Burbach. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 17,, 2026 Alain Altinoglu conducts Berg’s “Wozzeck” in a production by Christophe Coppens. Scott {…}
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Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie 2025-26 Season to Feature Kathryn Lewek, Bruno Taddia, Sheva Tehoval, & Maciej Kwasnikowski

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The Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie announces its 2025-26 season. This article features operatic events only. A double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” open the season. Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Azer Zada, Julie Pasturaud, Tomasz Kumięga, Reut Venturo, Giuseppina Merli, Galina Cheplakova, Maciej Kwasnikowski, and Leon Kim are among the cast. Silvia Paoli directs. Yoel Gamzou conducts. Performance Dates: October {…}
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Natalya Romaniw, Michael Volle, Golda Schultz, Ailyn Pérez & Corinne Winters Lead Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia’s 2025-26 Season

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The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have announced its 2025-26 season. Concerts  Daniel Harding conducts a staged version of Wagner’s “Die Walküre” by Vincent Huguet. The opera will star Michael Volle, Miina‐Liisa Värelä, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Jamez McCorkle, Stephen Milling, and Okka von der Damerau. Performance Dates: Oct. 23-27, 2025 Antonio Pappano conducts Natalya Romaniw, Szilvia Vörös, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra National de Lorraine 2025 Review: L’Elisir d’Amore

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(Photo Credit: Jean-Louis-Fernandez) From April 25 to May 3, Opéra National de Lorraine reprises Angers Nantes Opéra’s 2023 production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” A seemingly straightforward opera of great finesse, both in its orchestration and arias, it offers melodic treasures for connoisseurs. The Opéra de Lorraine orchestra, under the direction of Montpelier-born conductor Chloé Dufresne, performed with a sincerity that {…}
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Michael Fabiano, Lea Desandre, Jessica Pratt, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Matthias Goerne Lead Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Hervé Niquet conducts a production of Massenet’s “Thaïs” with Stefano Poda directing. Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Tassis Christoyannis, and Jean-François Borras star. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 5, 2025 Thomas Dunford conducts Handel’s “Theodora” in concert with Lea Desandre, Véronique Gens, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen. Performance Date: {…}

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