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Sonya Yoncheva, Jakub Józef Orliński, Nadine Sierra, Sabine Devieilhe, Franco Fagioli, Théo Imart & Catherine Trottmann Lead Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles’ 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/sonya-yoncheva-jakub-jozef-orlinski-nadine-sierra-sabine-devieilhe-franco-fagioli-theo-imart-catherine-trottmann-lead-opera-royal-du-chateau-de-versailles-2026-27-season/

The Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Salieri’s “Tarare” is set to star Reinoud Van Mechelen, Éléonore Pancrazi, Jean-François Lapointe, Gwendoline Blondeel, Enguerrand de Hys, Alexandre Adra, Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Alexandre Baldo, Clara Penalva, and Isaure Brunner. Théotime Langlois de Swarte conducts the production by Jean-Romain Vesperini. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-18, 2026 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will {…}
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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

https://operawire.com/benjamin-bernheim-sabine-devieilhe-olga-peretyatko-magdalena-kozena-klaus-florian-vogt-nadine-sierra-elza-van-den-heever-michael-volle-miina-liisa-varela-lead-philharmonie-de-paris-2026-27/

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, {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Luciano Pavarotti, Sondra Radvanovsky, Marina Rebeka, Piotr Beczala & Randall Scotting Lead CD/DVD Releases

https://operawire.com/luciano-pavarotti-sonra-radvanovsky-marina-rebeka-piotr-beczala-randall-scotting-lead-cd-dvd-releases/

Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear a Puccini album by one of the great divas of our time, re-releases of Pavarotti’s great hits, and a full performance of “Faust” with a star-studded cast. Sondra Radvanovsky – Puccini: Heroines Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali 2025-26 Review: Mozart’s Mass in C Minor

https://operawire.com/orchestra-i-pomeriggi-musicali-2025-26-review-mozarts-mass-in-c-minor/

(Photo: Lorenza Daverio) The Grosse Messe, or as it is known, the Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart occupies a singular place within the sacred repertoire. Monumental, deeply expressive, and paradoxically unfinished–much like his Requiem–the work emerged during one of the most intense periods in the composer’s life. The personal and professional context was complex and {…}
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Internationale Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe 2026 Review: ‘Tamerlano’ & ‘Atalanta’

https://operawire.com/internationale-handel-festspiele-karlsruhe-2026-tamerlano-atalanta/

(Photo: Felix Grünschloß) This year, Karlsruhe curated a true weekend feast for Baroque enthusiasts: staging two Handel operas in a single day! The organizers even meticulously accounted for the expected performance durations of “Tamerlano” by pushing back the evening performance of “Atalanta.” It was not merely a schedule; it was a curated emotional arc that tested the endurance of the {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Staatsoper Stuttgart 2025-26 Review: Don Giovanni

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(Credit: Martin Sigmund) While the midsize southwestern German city of Stuttgart is not an international operatic centre like Berlin or Munich, it’s nonetheless important to opera’s history. It witnessed the world premieres of three major works: Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos“ (1912); Zemlinsky’s “A Florentine Tragedy” (1917); and Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten” (1984), in addition to several operas by Carl Orff and {…}
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‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ to Be Presented at Staatsoper Stuttgart for the First Time

https://operawire.com/the-cunning-little-vixen-to-be-presented-at-staatsoper-stuttgart-for-the-first-time/

Leoš Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” is set to be performed at the Staatsoper Stuttgart for the first time. The opera will be staged by Stephan Kimmig and will premiere on Nov. 9, 2025. The new production by Kimmig will center on the confrontation between nature and civilization. French conductor Ariane Matiakh will conduct the Staatsorchester Stuttgart with a cast {…}
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Atalla Ayan, Michael Volle, Franz Hawlata, Evelyn Herlitzius, Claudia Muschio & Anna Princeva Lead Staatsoper Stuttgart’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/atalla-ayan-michael-volle-franz-hawlata-evelyn-herlitzius-claudia-muschio-anna-princeva-lead-staatsoper-stuttgarts-2025-26-season/

The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Sebastian Schwab conducts “I Did it My Way” by Nina Simone and Frank Sinatra. Ivo van Hove directs a cast that includes  Lars Eidinger and Larissa Sirah Herden. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-28, 2025 Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” will get a new production by Stephan Kimmig. Ariane Matiakh conducts a cast {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Sabine Devieilhe, Marina Rebeka, Peter Mattei, Anna Prohaska & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Philharmonie Luxembourg’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-sabine-devieilhe-marina-rebeka-peter-mattei-anna-prohaska-jakub-jozef-orlinski-lead-philharmonie-luxembourgs-2025-26-season/

The Philharmonie Luxembourg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Orchestra and Coro del Teatro alla Scala will be conducted by Riccardo Chailly in music by Verdi and Rossini. Performance Date: Sept. 9, 2025 Sir John Eliot Gardiner will conduct the Luxembourg Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s “Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum” and “Die erste Walpurgisnacht.” Sam Cobb, Rebecca Hardwick, {…}

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