DO Opera Management Adds Nicolas Courjal

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DO OPERA Artist Management has announced the addition of Bass Nicolas Courjal to its roster for worldwide management. Courjal’s 2023-24 season has featured performances at the Paris Opera, Lausanne Opera, and Opéra de Marseille. In 2024-25, he is set to appear at the Théâtre Capitole de Toulouse before heading to the U.S. for his debut at The Dallas Opera. He {…}

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Mezzo-Soprano Sophie Koch Joins Do Opera for Management

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Mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch has joined Do Opera’s roster for worldwide career management. Koch is a leading artist at the Wiener Staatsoper, where she has sung roles including Octavian in “Der Rosenkavalier,” the Composer in “Ariadne auf Naxos,” Charlotte in “Werther,” and Fricka in “Das Rheingold.” She was named an Österreichische Kammersängerin by the Vienna State Opera in 2016. Her other {…}

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The Dallas Opera to Broadcast 2024-25 Mainstage Productions on WRR 101.1 FM

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(Photo credit: Kyle Flubacker) The Dallas Opera will begin broadcasting its 2024-25 season mainstage productions on WRR 101.1 FM’s Concert Hall program. All broadcasts were performed live and recorded during the 2024-25 season. First up, on Aug. 25, is “La traviata,” with soprano Yaritza Véliz and tenor Javier Camarena. Iván López Reynoso is the guest conductor. This is followed by {…}

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Luca Salsi, Nino Machaidze, Dmitry Korchak, Ermonela Jaho, Nadine Sierra, Vittorio Grigolo & Carlo Vistoli Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2025-26 Season. Opera The season opens with Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Michele Mariotti conducting a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast includes Dmitry Korchak, Clive Bayley, Tómas Tómasson, Ekaterina Gubanova, Andrei Bondarenko, and Jennifer Holloway. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 7, 2025, 2025 Davide Livermore’s production of Puccini’s “La bohème” returns with Carolina López {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Festival Aix-en-Provence 2025 Review: Louise

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Full disclosure: my definition of purgatory is a Christof Loy opera staging. They are not infernal—there is always some redemption—and they used to be good. But now, they are definitely not for me. That mono-scenario, that preference for milk-aisle lighting and the somewhat surreal stagings. I get it, some people might like it. I am even friends with some of {…}

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Arte.TV to Broadcast Festival Aix-en-Provence’s ‘Louise’

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Arte.tv is set ot broadcast Charpentier’s “Louise” for the Festival Aix-en-Provence. The broadcast will take place on July 12, produced by Christof Loy. The work will star soprano Elsa Dreisig in the title role alongside Adam Smith, Nicolas Courjal, Sophie Koch, Marianne Croux, Annick Massis, Grégoire Mour, Carol Garcia, Karolina Bengtsson, Marie-Thérèse Keller, Julie Pasturaud, Marion Vergez-Pascal, Marion Lebègue, Jennifer {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Davone Tines, Matthias Winckhler, & Núria Rial Star in L’Auditori’s 2025-26 Season

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(Photo credit: Gisela Schenker) L’Auditori presents its 2025-26 season, “Renaixements.” For the purpose of this article only vocal works are included. Beethoven’s “Symphony” No. 9 stars Joyce El-Khoury, Silvia Tro Santafé, Elgan Llyr Thomas, and Davone Tines. They are joined by the Orfeó Català and the Barcelona and National Symphony Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC) under the direction of Ludovic Morlot. {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sara Jakubiak, Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Marina Rebeka, Michael Volle & Camilla Nylund Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” featuring Alexander Roslavets, Sara Jakubiak, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Alexander Kravets, Valery Gilmanov, Yevgeny Akimov, Jirí Rajniš, Oleg Budaratskiy, Ekaterina Sannikova, Goderedzi Janelidze, Elena Maximova, Natalya Romaniw, Huanhong Li, and Vasyl Solodkyy. Riccardo Chailly conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov. Performance Dates: Dec. {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Agneta Eichenholz, Chen Reiss, Malin Byström, Gerhard Siegel & Caterina Sala Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences will get to hear two Strauss recordings and a complete recording of Lalo’s famed work. Jewish Vienna Chen Reiss and Daniel Grossmann team up with the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich for an album which highlights Vienna at the turn of {…}

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