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Marigona Qerkezi, Johan Reuter, Ian Rucker, Heidi Stober & Laura Mayer Lead Royal Danish Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Royal Danish Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera  Vassilis Christopoulos conducts Verdi’s “Macbeth” starring Jens Søndergaard, Marigona Qerkezi, Henning von Schulman, and Jamez McCorkle. Performance Dates: Sept. 5-26, 2026 Massenet’s “Werther” will be conducted by Marie Jacquot and will star Elisabeth Jansson, Ava Line Shokooh, Jacob Skov Andersen, and Theodore Platt. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-Oct. 8, 2026 Elena Schwarz {…}
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Corinne Winters, Ryan Speedo Green, Federica Lombardi, Sara Jakubiak & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Dutch National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” will be conducted by Andrea Battistoni. Leoncavallo’s work will star Corinne Winters, Riccardo Massi, Roman Burdenko, and Hubert Zapiór while Mascagni’s will star Raehann Bryce-Davis, SeokJong Baek, Enkelejda Shkoza, Roman Burdenko, and Maria Warenberg. Performance Dates: Sept. 5 – 23, 2026 Shostakovich’s “Cherry Town” will {…}
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Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Der Rosenkavalier

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On Sept. 21, 2025, the Opernhaus Zürich opened the 2025-26 season with a new production of “Der Rosenkavalier.” The season opening was the start of General Director Mattias Schulz’s tenure, and based on this premiere, it is a great start. Fantasy World  The production by Lydia Steier is a confection of colorful sets that mix time periods and wild fantastical {…}
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Baltic Opera Festival 2025 Review: Salome

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(Photo: K. Mystkowski) Now in its third year, the Baltic Opera Festival is hitting its stride, with founder and leading baritone Tomasz Konieczny omnipresent—tending to last-minute details and overseeing a courteous and attentive staff. The performances take place at the Forest Opera in Sopot, a seaside resort north of Gdańsk on the Polish Baltic coast. For many international opera lovers, {…}
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Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie 2025-26 Season to Feature Kathryn Lewek, Bruno Taddia, Sheva Tehoval, & Maciej Kwasnikowski

https://operawire.com/opera-orchestre-national-montpellier-occitanie-2025-26-season-to-feature-kathryn-lewek-bruno-taddia-sheva-tehoval-maciej-kwasnikowski/

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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Opernhaus Zürich 2024-25 Review: Salome

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(Photos: Paul Leclaire) Opernhaus Zürich revives its 2021 production of Richard Strauss’s “Salome,” directed by Andreas Homoki. The striking set design by Hartmut Meyer features two massive, crescent-shaped rotating structures—an evident nod to the libretto’s many references to the moon. One of these structures serves as a raked stage representing the terrace of Herod’s palace, while the other hovers above {…}
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Jennifer Holloway, Olga Bezsmertna & Matthias Goerne Lead Baltic Opera Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Baltic Opera Festival has announced its 2025 season, which will be held in Sopot and Gdańsk. Jennifer Holloway, Gerhard Siegel, Claudia Mahnke, Oleksandr Pushniak, and Omer Kobiljak star in Strauss’ “Salome.” Lothar Zagrosek conducts a Concept and Artistic Supervision by Tomasz Konieczny. Performance Dates: July 11 & 13, 2025 Alek Nowak’s “Monster’s voice” will be perfoemed. Performance Date: July 12, {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Golda Schultz, Sonya Yoncheva, Cecilia Bartoli & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-jonas-kaufmann-diana-damrau-elina-garanca-golda-schultz-sonya-yoncheva-cecilia-bartoli-benjamin-bernheim-lead-opernhaus-zurichs-2025-26-season/

The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the productions and concerts. Premieres  Simon Steen-Andersen and Liliana Nikiteanu lead “Wie du warst! Wie du bist!”  Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2025-July 11, 2026 Diana Damrau, Günther Groissböck, Angela Brower, Bo Skovhus, and Emily Pogorelc star in a new production Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Joana Mallwitz conducts the {…}
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Opernhaus Zürich 2023-24 Review: Andrea Chénier

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“Andrea Chénier” is the greatest masterpiece of Umberto Giordano, one of the most prominent exponents of Verismo. The plot is based on historical events: poet and scholar André Chénier, who had sympathized with revolutionary ideas, was guillotined in 1794 during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution of 1789. The libretto features a love story between Chénier and Maddalena {…}

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