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Ann Toomey, Kara Shay Thomas, James E. Flora, Robert Mellon Headline Livermore Valley Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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Livermore Valley Opera has unveiled its 2026-27 season First up is “Suor Angelica” with soprano Ann Toomey in the title role. She is joined by contralto Sara Couden as the Principessa, Saori DeBruyn as Suor Genovieffa, Alexandra Jerinic as La Badessa, Mariya Kaganskaya as La Suora Zelatrice, Leandra Ramm as La Maestra delle Novizie, Valérie Filloux as La Suora Infermiera, {…}
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Festival Opera Announces its 2026 Season Featuring Zachary Gordin, Nikola Printz & Efrain Solis

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The Festival Opera has announced its 2026 season in Walnut Creek California will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Opera The season opens with a Spring Soiree featuring soprano Carrie Hennessey, baritone Zachary Gordin and pianist Daniel Lockert. Performance Date: March 29, 2026 Derek Tam conducts Handel’s “Alcina” with Nikola Printz in the title role, Courtney Miller as Ruggiero, Shawnette Sulker as Morgana {…}
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Laura Bohn, Alex Boyer, Kyle Tingzon, Shawnette Sulker, Markel Reed, John Bellemer Headline West Edge Opera’s 2026 Summer Festival

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West Edge Opera announced its 2026 summer festival. “Our 2026 festival celebrates the daring, diversity, and emotional depth that define West Edge Opera,” said Mark Streshinsky, General Director, per an official press release, “these works reflect our belief in the power of opera to speak through ages.” There will be a special preview of the company’s newest commission “Claude & {…}
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Cincinnati May Festival Unveils 2026 Programming

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The Cincinnati May Festival announces the programming for the 2026 May Festival under this year’s Festival Director, Julia Bullock. Julia Bullock, Jason Alexander Holmes, and the May Festival Chorus give the opening concert. They are joined by Carlos Simon on the Hammond Organ and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The evening includes a new work co-curated by Bullock and chorus director {…}
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Queeratura Opera Collective to Present ‘ Plümage, A Queer Avian Opera Pastiche’

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Queeratura Opera Collective will present “Plümage, A Queer Avian Opera Pastiche” on Oct. 18, 2025, at St. John the Evangelist in San Francisco, CA. The work is a parable that explores outrage and grief and the path toward uplift and balm. “As our story unfolds, you’ll meet a flock of diverse birds, who face oppression & captivity,” the company notes {…}
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Joyce DiDonato, Christine Goerke & Sherezade Panthaki Lead St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Stéphane Denève conducts Joyce DiDonato and Members of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus in Aaron Copland, Joan Tower, James Lee III, Kevin Puts, and Richard Strauss. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-28, 2025 Stéphane Denève conducts Britten’s War Requiem with Christine Goerke, Ian Bostridge, and Roderick {…}
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Festival Opera Announces 2025 Season

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Festival Opera in Walnut Creek, California, has announced its 2025 season. Festival Opera’s Spring Soiree wil be an annual company benefit event with musical performances by Festival Opera artists Shawnette Sulker, Courtney Miller, Taylor Thompson, and pianist Daniel Lockert with benefit host Zachary Gordin. Performance Date: May 3, 2025 Ruggero Leoncavallo’s classic one-act opera “Pagliacci” will be performed in concert Vincent {…}
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Angel Blue, Tamara Wilson & Stuart Skelton Lead Houston Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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The Houston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the Vocal performances of the season. Juraj Valčuha and Angel Blue team up for the opening night for an evening featuring music from J. Wolfe, Schmitt, and Stravinsky. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-21, 2025 Juanjo Mena conducts Sara Couden and Jean-Yves Thibaudet in music by De Falla {…}
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San Francisco Opera Review 2024-25: The Handmaid’s Tale

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(Photo credit: Cory Weaver) The West Coast premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale“, by composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley fills the War Memorial Opera House with a performance as harrowing as the dystopic story itself. Delayed by the pandemic from its originally scheduled debut, the co-production of San Francisco Opera (SFO) and the Royal Danish Theatre runs through October {…}

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