The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for its July 17 concert. The company stated that due to indisposition, tenor Jonas Kaufmann will no long be able to perform alongside Ludovic Tézier. As a result, tenor Brian Jagde will replace Kaufmann. The program will include music by Verdi, Puccini, and Poncheilli. The cancelation comes after Kaufmann was forced {…}
(Credit: Tatjana Daschel) Ruth Berghaus’s legendary production of “Pelléas et Mélisande” (seen July 9), which has remained in the repertoire of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden since 1991, returned once again to Berlin, proving that genuinely great theatre neither ages nor relinquishes its power to surprise. The evening possessed the aura of an encounter with operatic history: not merely a {…}
White Snake Projects has announced “INDIGENOUS STORIES,” a new augmented reality walking tour exploring Boston’s Indigenous history. The app was launched on June 29 and will be available through Dec. 31, 2026. It was developed in partnership with the North American Indian Center of Boston and produced and commissioned by White Snake Projects. It features new original music and lyrics {…}
EastWest Artistry NYC will present “Autumn Melodies: An Evening of Music, Art & Connection,” a salon concert, on Sept. 17 at Opera America in New York. The 45-minute program opens with a duet, “Sull’aria” from “Le Nozze di Figaro,” performed by Lingli Zhou and Lena Wu. Zhou, a soprano, will also perform selections including “Ach, ich fühl’s” from “Die Zauberflöte” {…}
The Valkyrie Ensemble, a feminist opera collective based in Chicago, will present an all-femme production of Händel’s “Acis & Galatea” on July 24 and 25 at Chicago Danztheatre. The Valkyrie Ensemble’s production sets the action of the work poolside, with the piece performed in English with piano accompaniment. The cast includes soprano Jessica Adkins as Galatea, soprano Ana Marie Miranda {…}
New Orleans Opera has named Clare Burovac Producing Artistic Director for the 2026-27 season, marking her return to the company after previously serving as its General and Artistic Director. The news was revealed in a letter penned by Stephanie Laurent, Executive Director of the New Orleans Opera. Moreover, Laurent revealed some plans for the upcoming season. The season will include {…}
Opera Parallèle and the San Francisco Transgender District team up to present the 5th annual “EXPANSIVE” concert, showcasing transgender and nonbinary singing artists, as part of the statewide Transgender History Month. This year, the concert’s theme is “Revolution is Just the Beginning,” in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Compton Cafeteria Riot of 1966. The concert features bass-baritone Sapphira {…}
The city of Bayreuth and five German theaters will jointly launch “Silenced Voices,” a digital research and memorial platform commemorating persecuted opera ensemble members, on July 20, 2026. Per an official press release, the platform makes permanently accessible nearly 300 biographies of artists and stage professionals who were expelled from German opera houses, persecuted, and in many cases murdered by {…}
(Photo: Nikola Milatovic) When traveling to Graz for the summer Styriarte festival, one might expect the grand choral architecture of Joseph Haydn to echo through a stunning cathedral in the old town center. The reality, however, arrived as a complete surprise. The festival’s flagship production unfolded beneath an imposing double-facade Science Tower, surrounded by trendy contemporary apartments boasting container-style structures. {…}
(Credit: © Javier del Real | Teatro Real) There are operas that cannot be separated from the city where they were born. For Madrid, “Il Trovatore” is exactly that kind of story. It did not begin with Verdi but with a young playwright, Antonio Garcia Gutierrez, who in 1836 presented his play “El Trovador” at Madrid’s Teatro del Principe, inspired {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that Jonas Kaufmann’s Liederabend concert on July 13, 2026 has been canceled. Per an official statement from the company, “It is with great regret that Jonas Kaufmann must cancel tonight’s recital, as his doctor has ordered him to rest his voice due to an infection.” Kaufmann was set to perform with Helmut Deutsch in a {…}