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News, Season Announcement

Gabriela Scherer, Rolando Villazón, Huw Montague Rendall, Louise Alder, Viktor Antipenko, Catherine Foster, Annette Dasch & Clay Hilley Perform Theater Dortmund’s 2026-27 Season

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Theater Dortmund has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres  Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay’s “Rebecca” will star Antonia Kalinowski, Mark Seibert, Jan Ammann, Bettina Mönch, David Jakobs, Andreas Schneider, Amani Robinson, Alexandra Farkic, Max Lochmüller, Markus Schneider, Andreas Schneider, and Martin Planz. Carlos Vázquez conducts Gil Mehmert’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2026-April 10, 2027 Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” will be performed in {…}

News, Season Announcement

Rolando Villazón, Piotr Beczała, Javier Camarena, Kathryn Lewek, & Klaus Florian Vogt Lead Festival Internacional de Santander’s 2026 Season

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The Festival Internacional de Santander has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. Palacio de Festival  David Afkham conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with Rolando Villazón directing. Javier Camarena, Theodore Platt, Emily Pogorelc, Kathryn Lewek, and Franz-Josef Selig. Performance Dates: August 3 & 5, 2026 Anaïs Bertrand, Paco García, Marcial Pauliat, and Igor Bouin star in “Carnaval Barroco: {…}

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Rolando Villazón Awarded the Rheingau Music Prize for 2026

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(© Concerts Pamplona/Jakob Tillmann) Rolando Villazón has won the Rheingau Music Prize for 2026. The Mexican tenor will receive €10,000 from the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture. Founded in 1994, the Rheingau Music Prize is given annually to established artists, composers, and musicologists or musical institutions in recognition of their contribution to musical life. The citation for {…}

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Rolando Villazón Stars in New Short Film on Urban Forestry for Corazón Latino and Trees New York

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U.S.-based conservation non-profit Corazón Latino will premiere a new short film on urban and community forestry on March 20, 2026, via social media, coinciding with the United Nations’ International Day of Forests. The film, produced in collaboration with Trees New York, features internationally renowned tenor and director Rolando Villazón. Filmed in New York City in September 2025, the project came {…}

News, Season Announcement

Lisette Orospesa, Asmik Grigorian Lise Davidsen, Rolando Villazón, Michael Fabiano, Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, Aigul Akhmetshina Star in Metropolitan Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. The company opens the season with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” starring Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Freddie De Tommaso, and Ryan Speedo Green. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a production by Louisa Proske. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 20, 2026 The Metropolitan Opera will present the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the {…}

News, Season Announcement

Anna Netrebko, Judit Kutasi, Anita Rachvelishvili, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson, Diana Damrau, Corinne Winters, Lawrence Brownlee Headline Hungarian State Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 143rd season, featuring 10 new productions, 500 performances across its two venues, and a landmark Kodály centenary celebration. Here is a look at the operatic offerings. New Productions The season opens with a world premiere of “Kodály Háry Jancsika,” a new children’s version of the beloved singspiel performed by the OPERA Children’s Chorus, {…}

Business, News

Rolando Villazón’s Contract at International Mozarteum Foundation Extended Through 2031

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The International Mozarteum Foundation has announced that Rolando Villazón will remain its Artistic Director through 2031. Villazón has served as Intendant of the Mozart Week Festival since 2019 and assumed full artistic responsibility for the Foundation in summer 2021. His contract was previously extended to 2028 in 2022. Moreover, the Foundation also unveiled initial highlights of the 2027 Mozart Week {…}

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Rolando Villazón to Perform ‘Man of La Mancha’ at Lincoln Center Theater

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Lincoln Center Theater has announced its annual spring Gala with a staged concert performance of “Man of La Mancha.” The production will star tenor Rolando Villazón as “Cervantes / Don Quixote” and will take place on May 18 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The one-night-only event will be directed by LCT Executive Producer Bartlett Sher and will include a post-performance {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Jodie Devos, Luciano Pavarotti, Berit Norbakken Rolando Villazon, Freddie de Tommaso 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 get to hear a lost concert from a legendary tenor, an homage to a great singer who we lost too soon, a new album from one of the great tenors of our time, and a new song by a rising {…}