Tenor Teodor Ilincai has joined the roster of Zelaya Artists for worldwide management. Ilincai has performed some of the most challenging roles in the repertoire including Otello, Calaf, Don José, Turiddu, Pinkerton, Radamès, and Cavaradossi. He has also performed at many of the leading opera houses including Grand Théâtre de Genève, Festival Puccini Torre del Lago, New Tokyo National Theatre, {…}
Long Beach Opera unveils its 2026-27 season. Soprano Habin Kim performs alongside instrumentalists Geneva Jacuzzi, Brian Cannady, and M.A. Tiesenga in an evening featuring Georges Aperghis’ “Le corps à corps,” “Les Sept Crimes de l’amour,” and “Récitations.” James Darrah Black directs and Christopher Rountree conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 26, 2026 Soprano Amanda Forsythe and Opera Prima present “Tormento Seicento” with {…}
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present “An Exploration of Opera” as part of its “Creative Convening: Musical Bodies” program. Headlining the event will be countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, who will perform alongside pianist Bryan Wagorn starting at 11 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2026. The performance will be followed by numerous music-related events including “An Exploration of Whistling,” “An Exploration {…}
Opera Australia’s “Aida” will return to Sydney Harbour in 2027. The production, which will be presented at Fleet Steps, is set to take the stage of Mrs Macquaries Point from March 27 to April 25, 2027. Gale Edwards directs the production, which premiered in 2015. Sets and costumes are designed by Mark Thompson with Matt Scott designing the lighting and {…}
Teatro Grattacielo has announced the appointment of Hilary Baboukis as Director of Artistic Operations and Programming. Effective Sept. 1, 2026, Baboukis’ appointment marks the organization’s second full-time employee. Baboukis is a Greek-American mezzo-soprano, conductor, and arranger and orchestrator, who serves as Associate Music Director at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City, teaches voice {…}
The Kennedy Center drama continued on Thursday Sept. 17 after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had to provide 30 days’ notice of any changes in the Kennedy Center’s renovation plans. Judge Cooper said that any changes, “including but not limited to any ‘demolition’ of the Center’s main building” would have to be notified to him. The ruling {…}
Cape Town Opera is set to present Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” this November. The production, set to take the stage at the Artscape Theatre starting on Nov. 18, 2026, will be directed by Marcus Desando, a South African opera singer and arts administrator who has performed in more than 75 opera, musical theatre and concert productions internationally and has directed {…}
In this new four-part series, we’ll be taking a look at four significant, and greatly underperformed, operas within opera history from early-mid 20th century but outside America and Central Europe. The normal Opera Film reader may be acquainted with a breadth of opera’s expressive diversity. From Cage’s ‘Europera V’ and Stockhausen’s ‘Dienstag aus Licht’ (1991) to Shirokov’s ‘Marevo’ and Vustin’s {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” in Live in HD on Oct. 3, 2026. The opera will star Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, with tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as their lovers, Ferrando and Guglielmo. Soprano Ana María Martínez sings Despina, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley {…}
(Credit: Amelie Chapalain) The Berliner Philharmoniker has announced a cast change for its Sept. 24 and 26 performances. The orchestra said that “Unfortunately, for personal reasons, Sabine Devieilhe has had to withdraw from the Berliner Philharmoniker’s concerts featuring Mahler’s Second Symphony, conducted by Daniel Harding. As a result, soprano role will be taken over by Johanna Wallroth, who will be making her {…}
(Photo: Bart Grietens) Dutch National Opera opened its 2026 season with a double bill centered on infidelity and adultery. Written close together in the late 19th century and later combined into a single evening, both short operas share a foundation of love, betrayal, and honor killings. Their shared history also includes triumphant premieres, set to gorgeous, Puccini-like music that remains {…}
