Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Miah Persson Headline Lucerne Festival 2026

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(Photo credits: Singer & Weber) Lucerne Festival announces its 2026 season. This article only features vocal concerts. Soprano Miah Persson solos in the world premiere of composer in residence, Mark Andre’s “Im Entsiegeln 1 for soprano and orchestra.” Baldur Brönnimann conducts the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra. Performance Date: August 22, 2026 Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and soprano Mélissa Petit star in {…}

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OperaHole to Debut with ‘Screen (Mad Scenes)’

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OperaHole, a new collective in Copenhagen, is set to debut with “screen (mad scenes).” The production, set to open on Oct. 24 and 25, 2025, will feature the several works, including “8 Songs for a Mad King” by Peter Maxwell Davies. The work will be staged using live-filmed media as well as other real-time technology that encourages and enables online {…}

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Obituary: Composer Alexander Goehr Passes Away at 92

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(Photo credit: Tom Hurley) Composer Alexander Goehr passed away on August 26, 2024 at the age of 92. The German-born English composer and academic was born on August 10, 1932, in Berlin. His mother Laelia was a classically trained pianist, and his father Walter Goehr, a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg, was a conductor and composer. He studied composition at the {…}

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Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 Review: Songs and Fragments

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(Photo credit: Monika Rittershaus) Who’s afraid of a double bill? Part two. If Gluck’s Iphigénies required stamina from Aix operagoers, the double bill of Peter Maxwell Davies’s “Eight Songs for a Mad King” and György Kurtág’s “Kafka-Fragments” beseech us to be attentive. It was just an hour and a half of music, and the performances were vivid. But the musical {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Julia Bullock, Huw Montague Rendall, Corinne Winters, Marina Rebeka Headline Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024

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The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence has announced its 2024 slate. Here is a rundown of the vocal and operatic works on offer. First up is “Iphigénie en Aulide” and Iphigénie en Tauride,” presented as a double bill. The Gluck operas will feature Corinne Winters in the title role of both works. In “Aulide,” she is joined by Russell Braun, Véronique Gens, Alasdair {…}

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Vegas City Opera Unveils 2023-24 Season

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Vegas City Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season. It all kicks off with “Kings & Queens: Madness, Mayhem & Macabre.” The showcase will feature Peter Maxwell Davies’ “Eight Songs for a Mad King” as well as works by Ligeti, Larsen, and Cage. Performance Date: Oct. 13 & 14, 2023 Next up is a production of “The Daughter of the Regiment,” conducted {…}

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Piotr Buszewski, Christiane Libor & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2023-24 Season

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Germany’s Oper Leipzig has announced its 2023-24 season featuring five new productions. Premieres Peter Maxwell Davies’s “Majesty and Madness” will be presented in a production by Marlene Hahn. Samuel Emanuel conducts a cast that includes Marie-Luise Dreßen and Franz Xaver Schlecht. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-24, 2023 Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote” will be conducted by Jonathan Darlington, Ivan Repušić, Christoph Gedschold, and {…}

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Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra Appoints Jonathan Darlington to Chief Conductor Post

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The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra has appointed Jonathan Darlington as its Chief Conductor for at least the next five years, beginning with the 2022-23 season. The conductor currently serves as Music Director Emeritus at Vancouver Opera, where he spent the past two decades as the company’s Music Director. In its announcement, the Orchestra stated it would hold a press conference to {…}

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Paula Murrihy, Tara Erraught & Sinéad Campbell-Wallace Lead Irish National Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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The Irish National Opera has announced its 2021-22 season which will begin with streamed performances and then continue with a return to live performances. Here is a look: Streamed Performances The company will world premiere a new film version of Peter Maxwell Davies’ chamber opera “The Lighthouse” directed by Edwina Casey presented in outdoor screenings at locations across Ireland. Brenton {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Miah Persson Headline Lucerne Festival 2026

OperaHole to Debut with ‘Screen (Mad Scenes)’

Obituary: Composer Alexander Goehr Passes Away at 92

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 Review: Songs and Fragments

Ermonela Jaho, Julia Bullock, Huw Montague Rendall, Corinne Winters, Marina Rebeka Headline Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024

Vegas City Opera Unveils 2023-24 Season

Piotr Buszewski, Christiane Libor & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2023-24 Season

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra Appoints Jonathan Darlington to Chief Conductor Post

Paula Murrihy, Tara Erraught & Sinéad Campbell-Wallace Lead Irish National Opera’s 2021-22 Season