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Piotr Beczała & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Andrea Chénier’

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(Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” for the first time since 2014. The opera will be presented six times between Nov. 24 and Dec. 13, 2025, and will star tenor Piotr Beczała, soprano Sonya Yoncheva, and baritone Igor Golovatenko. The opera will reunite Beczała and Yoncheva after performing in a {…}

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Piotr Beczała Cancels Performances in Arena di Verona & Bayreuth Festival

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Piotr Beczała has canceled two of his upcoming performances. The tenor took to social media and said, “Unfortunately, I’ve been hit by a summer flu since yesterday, and I’ve been struggling with it. It’s forcing me to cancel the final performance of ‘Lohengrin’ in Bayreuth tomorrow as well as ‘Carmen’ in Verona. I will now take the time to fully {…}

News, Season Announcement

Piotr Beczała, Lise Davidsen, & Freddie De Tommaso Perform in the 2025-26 Season at BroadStage

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Los Angeles’s BroadStage announces its 2025-26 season. This article only features classical vocal works. First up is the GRAMMY® Award-winning Los Angeles Master Chorale presents “English Cathedral Christmas.” Performance Date: December 13, 2025 The Celebrity Opera Series welcomes the return of famed tenor Piotr Beczała. Performance Date: December 19, 2025 Lise Davidsen and Freddie De Tommaso close out the season {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Sidney Outlaw Tomasz Konieczny, Camilla Nylund, Carlos Álvarez & Piotr Beczała 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 a chance to see a new production of the Ring Cycle, a classic recording of a Verdi staple, and two solo albums. Here is a look at this week’s releases. Black Pierrot Lexicon Classics releases “Black Pierrot,” a {…}

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Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, Nadine Sierra & Piotr Beczała Lead Metropolitan Opera’s 2025 Live in HD Summer Encores

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2025 Summer Encores, which will be presented between July 23 and August 13. Here are the encore screenings. Verdi’s “La Traviata” from Dec.15, 2018, will be showcased. The performance showcases Michael Mayer’s production starring soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Juan Diego Flórez. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Encore Date: July 23, 2025 Nadine Sierra {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Cecilia Bartoli, Piotr Beczała, Elina Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim & Sabine Devieilhe Headline Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2025-26 Season

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The Palau de la Música Catalana has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Adolf Gassol conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Performance Dates: Sept. 6 & Dec. 6, 2025 Puccini’s “Tosca” will be performed. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2025 Julia Kleiter joins the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and Andrés Salado for G. Ortiz and Tchaikovsky. Performance {…}

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Piotr Beczała & Tugan Sokhiev Lead 2025 Summer Night Concert

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The Vienna Philharmonic has announced the 2025 Summer Night Concert. The concert is set to be held on June 13, 2025, at 8:45 p.m. at the Schönbrunn Palace Park. The concert will be conducted by Tugan Sokhiev and will feature opera singer Piotr Beczała, who will perform three arias from Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” and Emmerich Kálmán’s operetta {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sabine Devieilhe, Piotr Beczała, Nicole Car, Saioa Hernández, Freddie De Tommaso, Thomas Hampson, Pretty Yende & Renée Fleming Lead Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème,” featuring Nicole Car, Yaritza Véliz, Charles Castronovo, Joshua Guerrero, Andrea Carroll, Étienne Dupuis, Xiaomeng Zhang, and Alexandros Stavrakakis. Domingo Hindoyan conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Oct. 14, 2025 Cecilia Molinari leads Handel’s “Ariodante” alongside Luca Tittoto, Jacquelyn Stucker, Sabine Devieilhe, Rupert Charlesworth, Christophe Dumaux, {…}

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Piotr Beczała, Sonya Yoncheva, Asmik Grigorian, Lisette Oropesa, Lise Davidsen Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 Live in HD Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2025-26 season, which means that we now know what the vaunted Live in HD series has in store as well. The series opens with “La Sonnambula.” Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga star. Riccardo Frizza conducts the new production by Rolando Villazón. HD Date: Oct. 18, 2025 Next up the company brings “La Bohème” to cinemas {…}