Giovanni Conti has been named Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He will assume the position during the 2026-27 season. Conti is a prize winner at the 13th edition of the Premio Guido Cantelli and first prize at the CAMPUS Dirigieren competition. He has taken masterclasses with Riccardo Muti and Daniele Gatti and has conducted with the Theater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach where {…}
(Photo credit: Padraig Grant) The International Handel Festival Göttingen announces its 2026 lineup. Sophie Junker takes on the title role in Händel’s “Deidamia.” The Handel specialist is joined by Nicolò Balducci, Bruno de Sá, Sarah Gilford, Rory Musgrave, and Fenice Petros. The Göttingen University Chamber Choir is led by Antonius Adamske. George Petrou conducts the Göttingen Festival Orchestra. Giorgina Germanou and Ernst {…}
(Photo Credit: Tommy Ly) The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has announced that the three-year contract extension for Music Director Chad Goodman was approved unanimously. Goodman is the fifth music director in the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 76-year history. He joined the Symphony in May 2023 and has led premieres of more than a dozen works, and has worked to increase community engagement. {…}
On Feb. 14, the ABAO Bilbao Opera is set to present Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda.” The opera will be presented for times through Feb. 23, 2026 and will star Yolanda Auyanet in the title role and Maria Barakova as Elisabetta I. They will be joined by Filip Filipović as Roberto, Conte di Leicester, Manuel Fuentes as Giorgio Talbot, Cristina del Barrio {…}
(Photos: Hans Joerg Michel & Andreas Etter) To think of “Turandot,” Giacomo Puccini’s swan song, inevitably means evoking the Orient – and more specifically China – not only because of its plot, but above all because of its sonic universe. The premise of the production under review is particularly intriguing precisely because it arises from the encounter between East and West. {…}
(Photo: Andreas Etter) In 1968, as Buenos Aires was going through a difficult political and social period, Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer brought to life a work destined to defy any clear definition: “María de Buenos Aires.” It is neither a lyric opera in the traditional sense nor a simple tango show; rather, as its own creators defined it, it {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced the appointment of Ian Derrer as the company’s next General Director. Derrer, who has stepped down from his current position as the General Director and CEO of The Dallas Opera, will assume the role on July 1, 2026. Derrer has been at the helm of The Dallas Opera for the past eight years. During {…}
Wolf Trap has announced its 2026 season which will include an Opera and Classical music program. Opera Rossini’s “La Cenerentola“ will be conducted by Louis Lohraseb and Joel Ivany. Angela Yam, Sophia Maekawa, Cumhur Görgün, Ziniu Zhao, Angel Gomez, and Korin Thomas-Smith star. Performance Dates: June 18, 21, 25, and 27, 2026; The Barns at Wolf Trap Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin“ will {…}
Opera Atelier has announced its 2026- 27 Season, titled “A Season of Heroes.” The season opens with the Canadian premiere of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s “The Descent of Orpheus” at Toronto’s Koerner Hall. American tenor Daniel McGrew makes his company debut in the title role with soprano Mireille Asselin as Eurydice, bass-baritone David Witczak as Pluto, and mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel as {…}
Sydney-based Gente, gente! Productions is set to launch in 2026 with a bold double bill pairing Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Riders to the Sea” with selected works by his protégée, Dame Elizabeth Maconchy. Directed by Bec Moret and conducted by Dr. Joanna Drimatis, the production centers female perspectives both on and off the stage, challenging operatic conventions through a modern, emotionally {…}
Puccini’s “La Bohème” will hit UK cinemas on March 3, 2026, in a striking new film adaptation set in present-day East London. The work was reimagined by writer and director Robin Norton-Hale, who is also Artistic Director and CEO of English Touring Opera and the founder of OperaUpClose, and stars Scottish tenor Matthew in his breakout feature film debut as {…}