Sondra Radvanovsky, Simon Keenlyside & Andrè Schuen Lead Salzburg Easter Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Salzburg Easter Festival has announced its 2025 season. Modest Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina” will be directed by Simon McBurney and will showcase the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. It will be presented in a version of the unfinished work based solely on the testimonies left behind by Mussorgsky. Performance Dates: TBA Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. {…}

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Antonio Pappano, Simon Rattle, Barbara Hannigan & Fabio Luisi Among Signatories Petitioning Against the Canceling of Russian Artists

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Metropolitan Opera) One hundred and nineteen artists and conductors are signing a petition to end the war and end the boycott against boycotting Russian artists. The petition, which is signed by such prominent artists as Antonio Pappano, Mark Elder, Simon Rattle, Franz Welser-Möst, Cornelius Meister, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Barrie Kosky, Matthew Rose, Fabio Luisi, Barbara Hannigan, and {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Layoffs, Salary Cuts & Postponement of a New Production

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it is laying off workers, cutting salaries of its top-paid executives, and postponing a new production from its 2026-27 season. The company’s General manager Peter Gelb told the New York Times that he was forced to take these steps due to concerns with the Saudi Arabia deal, under {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2025 nominees. The nominees for Opera Company of the Year are Deutsche Oper Berlin, GöteborgsOperan, Houston Grand Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, and Teatro alla Scala. Meanwhile, in the Female Singer category, Anastasia Bartoli, Elsa Dreisig, Véronique Gens, Asmik Grigorian, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Adela Zaharia are the nominees. In the Male Singer {…}

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International Vocal Competition Launches ‘Theatre in Song’ Segment This September

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International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch (IVC) will feature “Theatre in Song,” a new competition that focuses on Lied and art song. The idea for this new segment of the competition was created by IVC General and Artistic Director Andrew Watts, and it will take place on Sept. 26-28, 2025. Over those two days, 11 finalist duos will curate 45-minute programs. The {…}

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Obituary: Legendary Director Pierre Audi Dies at 67

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Famed director Pierre Audi has died at the age of 67. Born in Beirut, Audi went on to study at Oxford and founded the Almeida Theatre in London in 1979, as well as its International Festival of Contemporary Music, which he directed until 1989. In 1988, he was appointed the Artistic Director of Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam where he {…}

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Salzburg Easter Festival 2025 Review: Khovanshchina

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(Credit: Inés Bacher) A mysterious traveler climbed onto the stage, draped in a long garment. A burnished gold and bronze curtain rose slowly on her approach as she sought to enter it. Slowly, a second curtain began to rise. All was suspended, still. It seemed as if time began to peel away. We were elsewhere as well as right there. {…}

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Metropolitan Opera to Get New ‘Khovanschina’ production

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(Credit: Inés Bacher) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a new production of Mussorgsky’s “Khovanschina” in a future season. The New York Times is reporting that the production by Simon McBurney premiering at the Salzburg Easter Festival “will travel to New York in the future.” The new production will showcase a new ending by composer, musicologist, and author Gerard {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Die Zauberflöte

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(Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) Simon McBurney’s German-language production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” lifts the veil between performers and audience members, making it easy to find a full-length opera (approximately three hours and 15 minutes) that is fun and interesting. OperaWire initially reviewed this production in detail for the Met’s 2022-23 season and is excited to see it included {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Simon Keenlyside & Andrè Schuen Lead Salzburg Easter Festival’s 2025 Season

Antonio Pappano, Simon Rattle, Barbara Hannigan & Fabio Luisi Among Signatories Petitioning Against the Canceling of Russian Artists

Metropolitan Opera Announces Layoffs, Salary Cuts & Postponement of a New Production

Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

International Vocal Competition Launches ‘Theatre in Song’ Segment This September

Obituary: Legendary Director Pierre Audi Dies at 67

Salzburg Easter Festival 2025 Review: Khovanshchina

Metropolitan Opera to Get New ‘Khovanschina’ production

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Die Zauberflöte