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Natalya Romaniw, Andrés Presno, Ed Lyon, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Rebecca Evans Headline Welsh National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Welsh National Opera announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with “Tosca,” directed by Edward Dick and conducted by Gergely Madaras and Frederick Brown. Natalya Romaniw  and Fiona Harrison-Wolfe alternate in the title role. Andrés Presno, James Cleverton, Ross Fettes, Dario Solari, and George Newton-Fitzerald star. Performance Dates: Sept. 14 – Oct. 18, 2025 Ed Lyon, Aled Hall, and Soraya {…}

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Amanda Majeski, Lester Lynch & Rebecca Evans Highlight Welsh National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six productions on the main stage. Here is a look at what to expect. Autumn 2020 The season opens with a revival of Janáček and Preissová’s “Jenůfa” starring Amanda Majeski in the title role. She is joined by a cast that includes Peter Berger, Helena Zubanovich, Ed Lyon and Rhodri {…}

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Rebecca de Almeida to Headline Virtuosi OPERA’s ‘Carmen’

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The Virtuosi OPERA will present a fully-staged production of Bizet’s “Carmen” across four New England venues this May and June. The opera will be headlined by Brazilian mezzo-soprano Rebecca de Almeida in the title role, American tenor Jax Hassler as Don José, Polish-American baritone Wojciech Bonarowski as Escamillo, and American soprano Makaela Shade-Alexander as Micaëla. The cast also includes Laurentiu {…}

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Claudia Chapa, Virginie Verrez, Jonathan Burton, Anthony Clark Evans Headline Austin Opera’s 2023-24 Season

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Austin Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season. The season opens with “Pagliacci” starring Jonathan Burton, Anthony Clark Evans, Hailey Clark, Ben Taylor, and Rodell Rosel. Timothy Myers conducts a production by Tara Faircloth. Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 5, 2023 Next up is “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” with Daniel Noyola, Claudia Chapa, Cassandra Zoé Velasco, Efraín Solis, and {…}

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Alexia Voulgaridou, Christine Rice, Nardus Williams & Nathan Berg Lead Welsh National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Puccini’s “La Bohème” will star Carlos Cardoso, Alexia Voulgaridou, Navasard Hakobyan, and Laura Lolita Perešivana. Corinna Niemeyer and Frederick Brown conduct. Performance Dates: Sept. 27, 2026–Nov. 26, 2026 Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” and Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” will be shown in a double bill. The operas will star Nathan Berg, Christine Rice, and {…}

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Christina Gansch, Sarah Connolly, Hilary Cronin, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Headline The Glasshouse & Royal Northern Sinfonia’s 2026–27 Season

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The Glasshouse has announced its 2025–26 season with Royal Northern Sinfonia. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Music Director Dinis Sousa conducts Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia in the first installment of a multi-year Mozart–Da Ponte opera project. The cast features soprano Christina Gansch as Fiordiligi, mezzo-soprano Alexandra Oomens as Dorabella, tenor Jonas {…}

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Welsh National Opera Announces Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season & Associate Artists

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Welsh National Opera Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is a concert with soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn featuring Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder.” Also on the program is music by Dvorák, Haydn, and Beethoven. Jiří Habart conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 24 & 25, 2025 Then in the winter, mezzo-soprano Justine Gringytė joins Carlo Rizzi and the ensemble in performing Berlioz’s “Les Nuits {…}

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Welsh National Opera & Musician’s Union Close in on Agreement for Orchestra

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The Welsh National Opera (WNO) and the Musician’s Union, representing the WNO Orchestra, seemed headed toward a new agreement. Per a post on its official social media accounts, WNO’s Co-General Directors and CEOS, Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree, noted that “following open and constructive negotiations with the Musicians’ Union we welcome the decision by WNO’s Orchestra to accept a new {…}