Freddie Ballentine, Kevin Short, Janai Brugger, Kathryn Lewek & Matthew White Lead Cincinnati Opera’s 2027 Season

The Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2027 Summer Festival. The season opens with “John Lewis: Good Trouble” by Maria Thompson Corley and Diana Solomon-Glover. The opera will star Freddie Ballentine, Kevin Short, Marietta Simpson, Victoria Okafor, Sirgourney Cook, Ron Dukes, Markel Reed, and Andrew Turner. Timothy Douglas serves as stage director and dramaturg, with Everett McCorvey, founder and music director of {…}

Jul 27, 2026

Konzerthaus Berlin Extends Joana Mallwitz Contract as Principal Conductor of the Konzerthausorchester

(Credit: Pablo Castagnola) The Konzerthaus Berlin has extended Joana Mallwitz as principal conductor of the Konzerthausorchester until the end of the 2032-33 season. Mallwitz thus extends her contract with the institution by five years. She began her collaboration with the orchestra during the 2023-24 season. The renewal comes after three seasons in which the German conductor has helped to strengthen {…}

Jul 27, 2026

Wolf Trap Opera 2026 Review: Eugene Onegin

(Photo Credit Wolf Trap PR) Stunning performances and engrossing acting kept the Wolf Trap audience involved and thrilled with “Eugene Onegin’s” presentation at the Barns. Alexander Pushkin’s revered Russian novel in verse, “Eugene Onegin,” is considered by many the greatest Russian classic. This book is the literary source that inspired Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky to write the libretto, {…}

Jul 27, 2026

Guildhall School of Music & Drama Unveils Fall 2026 Season

Guildhall School of Music & Drama has announced its autumn 2026 season. Here are the vocal showcases on offer. Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and Chorus open the season under conductor Eivind Aadland. The program includes a new fanfare by Diego Jimenez, followed by Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” and Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.” The second half of the program {…}

Jul 27, 2026

Francesco Pia Vitale to Debut at Ravello Festival

Francesca Pia Vitale is set to make her debut in her native region of Campania on July 29 at the Ravello Festival. The soprano will perform in the Sala dei Cavalieri at Villa Rufolo with the theatrical concert “Piccinni e Gluck, una corona per due” created by Valerio Cappelli, together with narrator Sergio Rubini and pianist Luca Gorla. In a statement {…}

Jul 27, 2026

Q & A: Soprano Amy Ní Fhearraigh On Her Rising Profile & Her Role As Cora In The World Premiere Of The Curing Line At The Kilkenny Arts Festival

(Photo: Roberto Santos-Luy) Having just watched the splendid Irish soprano Amy Ní Fhearraigh, one of Ireland’s rising stars, in her role debut as Donna Anna in Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s production of “Don Giovanni” as well as being scheduled to review her next role as Cora in the world premiere of Michael Gallen’s award-winning new opera “The Curing Line” at {…}

Jul 27, 2026

The Thirteen Announces 2026-27 Season

The Thirteen has announced its 15th season, “In Our Time.” The season opens with Johannes Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem,” performed in the composer’s own version for piano four hands with pianists Brian Ganz and Eric Conway, paired with Margaret Bonds’ “Credo,” a setting of a text by W.E.B. Du Bois. Performance Date: Oct. 16 – 18, 2026 The program “Reincarnations” {…}

Jul 27, 2026

Divaria Productions & Bruce Museum to Present ‘Tactile Space’

On August 1, 2026, the Bruce Museum, in collaboration with Divaria Productions, will present a musical performance concluding its Georges Braque exhibit, “Tactile Space,” in Greenwich, Connecticut. The curated program draws on music that influenced Braque, music the artist himself inspired, and works written in his honor, spanning composers including Bach, Satie, Ravel, Massenet, Stravinsky, and De Falla. The performance {…}

Jul 26, 2026

LA Opera Announces the Passing of Founding Board Member Bernard A. Greenberg

LA Opera has announced the passing of Bernard A. Greenberg, Founding Board Member, former Chairman, and one of the principal architects of the company. A visionary civic leader, philanthropist and arts advocate, Greenberg devoted more than seven decades to the dream of establishing and sustaining a world-class opera company in Los Angeles. Before the LA Opera was inaugurated in 1986, {…}

Jul 26, 2026

Opera Australia 2026 Review: The Merry Widow

(Photo: Carlita Sari) Apparently in the early years of the 20th century, Gustav and Alma Mahler, the master symphonist and his composer-wife, unable to remember exactly one of the numbers from “The Merry Widow” which they had just seen, went to the trouble of visiting Doblinger’s music store in Vienna to refresh their memories. Gustav distracted the staff while Alma {…}

Jul 26, 2026

Q & A: Mattia Oliveri on ‘Eugene Onegin,’ Santa Fe Opera & Returning to the Metropolitan Opera

Italian baritone Mattia Oliveri has become one of the most in-demand singers of his generation performing at major opera houses including the Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Massimo in Palermo and Opéra de Paris. He has become renowned for his Italian repertoire in particular the Bel Canto works and has slowly moved into heavier {…}