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Ludovic Tézier, Brian Jagde, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Anastasia Bartoli, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Maria José Siri & SeokJong Baek Lead Teatro Massimo di Palermo’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/ludovic-tezier-brian-jagde-vasilisa-berzhanskaya-anastasia-bartoli-arturo-chacon-cruz-maria-jose-siri-seokjong-baek-lead-teatro-massimo-di-palermos-2025-26-season/

The Teatro Massimo di Palermo has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera  Rachmaninov’s “Aleko” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will be performed in a double bill. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the production by Silvia Paoli, who will put the two operas in a dialogue. Brian Jagde, Carolina López Moreno, and Elchin Azizov star. Opening Night: Nov. 21, 2025 Puccini’s “La bohème” will star Anastasia Bartoli, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Hasmik {…}
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Renée Fleming, Sondra Radvanovsky, Daniela Mack, Alfredo Daza, SeokJong Baek, & Ana María Martínez Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/renee-fleming-sondra-radvanovsky-daniela-mack-alfredo-daza-seokjong-baek-ana-maria-martinez-lead-lyric-opera-of-chicagos-2025-26-season/

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2025-26 season. The company will open with the Lyric Opening Concert & Gala. Performance Date: Oct. 10, 2025  The first production of the season will be Cherubini’s “Medea“ starring Sondra Radvanovsky in Sir. David McVicar’s production. She will be joined by Matthew Polenzani, Elena Villalón, Zoie Reams, and Alfred Walker. Enrique Mazzola {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: SeokJong Baek On His Favorite Roles & How His Faith & Voice Transitioned His Opera Career

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(Photo: Dahyun Baek) SeokJong Baek’s rise to prominence in the opera world can only be described as meteoric, if not almost difficult to believe. Almost 15 years singing as a baritone, a chance encounter with fellow South Korean tenor Yonghoon Lee suggested to him that he might make a better tenor than a baritone. Despite joining the San Francisco Young {…}
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Leah Hawkins, Maria Brea, Rafael Moras & SeokJong Baek Lead Arizona Opera’s 2024-25 Season

https://operawire.com/leah-hawkins-maria-brea-rafael-moras-seokjong-baek-lead-arizona-operas-2024-25-season/

The Arizona Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Arizona Opera’s new “Beyond Downtown” program, the newest evolution of the company’s McDougall RED Series, which will bring operatic performances throughout Arizona, reaching beyond the walls of the theaters in which the company typically performs. Performance Dates: TBD Caitlin Gotimer, SeokJong Baek, Benjamin Taylor, and Emma Marhefka perform {…}
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Leah Hawkins, Laura Wilde, SeokJong Baek, Véronique Filloux Headline Arizona Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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Arizona Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The season kicks off with “The Falling and the Rising.” The new work is by Zack Redler and Jerre Dye. Audrey Babcock, Brad Bickhardt, Schyler Vargas, and Thomas Cannon. Michael Sakir conducts a production directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling.  Performance Dates: Oct. 14-16, 2022 in Phoenix / Oct. 22-23, 2022 in Tucson Next {…}
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Louise Alder, Lise Davidsen, Rosa Feola, Jonathan Tetelman, Lawrence Brownlee, Clay Hilley & Lisette Oropesa Among Nominees for 2026 International Opera Awards

https://operawire.com/louise-alder-lise-davidsen-rosa-feola-jonathan-tetelman-lawrence-brownlee-clay-hilley-lisette-oropesa-among-nominees-for-2026-international-opera-awards/

The International Opera Awards have announced the 2026 nominees. The nominees for company of the year included Atlanta Opera, Croatian National Opera, Zagreb, English National Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opéra de Lyon, and Teatro Real, Madrid.  Meanwhile the Female Singer of the Year Award nominees are Louise Alder, Sara Blanch, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Ambur Braid, Saioa Hernández, and Golda Schultz.  The Male {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Dutch National Opera 2026-27 Review: Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana

https://operawire.com/dutch-national-opera-2026-27-review-pagliacci-cavalleria-rusticana/

(Photo: Bart Grietens) Dutch National Opera opened its 2026 season with a double bill centered on infidelity and adultery. Written close together in the late 19th century and later combined into a single evening, both short operas share a foundation of love, betrayal, and honor killings. Their shared history also includes triumphant premieres, set to gorgeous, Puccini-like music that remains {…}
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Arena di Verona 2026 Review: Turandot 

https://operawire.com/arena-di-verona-2026-review-turandot/

(Photo: Arena di Verona) There are few operatic spectacles more perfectly suited to the Arena di Verona than Franco Zeffirelli’s “Turandot.” Puccini’s final opera demanded, almost from its inception, something larger than life: an imperial court, a condemned prince, a populace intoxicated by bloodlust, an icy princess elevated to quasi-divine status and, above all, the theatrical machinery of fairy tale. {…}

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