Olivier Award winner, Peter Whelan, is known as one of the most dynamic and versatile exponents of historical performance of his generation. He is currently the Artistic Director of Irish Baroque Orchestra and Curator for Early Music of Norwegian Wind Ensemble. In addition to taking up the role of Artistic Partner with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland in January 2026 and {…}
The Teatro Verdi di Pisa has announced its 2026-27 season. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Enea Scala, Penelope Kendros, Erica Zulikha Benato, Margherita Sala, Anita Monserrat, and Valentina Coletti star Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Attilio Cremonesi conducts and Francesco Bondì directs. Performance Dates: Oct. 23 & 25, 2026 Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro ossia Il cambio della valigia” will star Yukang Zheng, {…}
On July 8, 2026, Czech baritone Martin Matoušek has died at the age of 53. According to Opera Plus the baritone died of an aortic rupture. Born on Feb. 21, 1973, Matoušek began studying clarinet, piano, and saxophone at the Army School of Music and in 1991 began studying voice at the Prague Conservatory. He continued his studies from 1996 {…}
Monteverdi Festival Cremona hosted “La Dea Delle Scene,” (The Goddess of the Scene) at the Museo del Violino’s Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium, featuring Italian soprano Silvia Frigato and director Andrea De Carlo with Ensemble Mare Nostrum performing works by Stradella, Pasquini, and Monteverdi. Museo del Violino’s Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium For five centuries Cremona has been renowned as the world capital for making {…}
Marlene Hahn has been appointed new General Director of Opera Graz from 2028-29. The decision was unanimous and Hahn prevailed against a total of 25 competitors in a highly competitive field. Hahn most recently served as chief dramaturge at the Oper Leipzig and is considered an excellent networker in the industry. She has also worked in New York City in {…}
This week the Tiroler Festspiele Erl opens a production of “Der fliegende Holländer” with numerous rising stars including Nian Bezu, who will make her role debut as Senta. Bezu is a rising star who has performed at the Theater Baden, Finnish National Opera, Auditorio de Zaragoza, and Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, among many others. In anticipation for {…}
The Detroit Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Puccini’s “Tosca” will star Masabane Rangwanasha, Nathan Granner, and Alfred Walker. Louisa Proske directs and Roberto Kalb conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 1-5, 2026 “Fiddler on the Roof” will be performed. Performance Dates: March 14-20, 2027 Phillip Glass’ “Satyagraha” will conclude the season. Performance Date: April 17, 2027
On July 10 and 11, the Central City Opera Orchestra will perform a concert of the Italian and German repertoire. The evening will include an ensemble of festival singers performing the greatest moments from Wagner and Strauss to Verdi and Puccini. Conductor Brandon Eldredge will lead the evening. The evening will feature such artists as Jennifer DeDominici, Kira Dills-DeSurra, Hilary Ginther, {…}
On July 10, the Teatro Real de Madrid is set to stream a performance of “Il Trovatore” on My Opera Player. The cast will include Marina Rebeka, Piotr Beczala, Artur Ruciński, and Ksenia Dudnikova. Nicola Luisotti conducts the production by Francisco Negrín. The stream is part of the Teatro Real’s opera week which will also see the company broadcast past recordings {…}
(Photo: Frances Marshall) As well as its headline opera that takes place in the grounds of Lismore Castle, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival offers a range of other events that take place at venues around the area. This year’s program included a production of Händel’s one-act masque, “Acis and Galatea” (HWV 49), from 1718, in its 1732 adaptation, in which {…}
(Photo: Krzysztof Mystkowski/ Baltic Opera Festival) Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre” unfolds in a world governed by contracts, power structures, and inherited systems of control. Yet beneath its mythological surface lies a drama about the moment when those systems begin to fail. In John Fulljames’s production, presented at the Forest Opera in Sopot as a co-production of the Royal Danish Theatre {…}