The Generalitat Valenciana has canceled a production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” which was set to take place in May. The production was set to be performed in Valencia, Buñol, Alicante, and Castellón. The opera was set to be performed during the period when Valencia experienced historic flooding and was postponed for May. The production will not be rescheduled, nor {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced a conductor change for Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tale of Tsar Saltan.” The company said Maestro Karel Mark Chichon has been forced to withdraw from teh production due to medical reasons. As a result, Ouri Bronchti will take over. Bronchti has conducted at La Monnaie, Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Festival Aix-en-Provence, Opéra Comique, and the English Touring {…}
The Polish National Opera has postponed its opening performance of “Ghost of the Governor” on April 26, 2025 following the death of Pope Francis. The company said, “In connection with the announcement by the President of the Republic of Poland of a national mourning scheduled for April 26, 2025, as a tribute on the day of the funeral of Pope {…}
The Welsh National Opera (WNO) and the Musician’s Union, representing the WNO Orchestra, seemed headed toward a new agreement. Per a post on its official social media accounts, WNO’s Co-General Directors and CEOS, Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree, noted that “following open and constructive negotiations with the Musicians’ Union we welcome the decision by WNO’s Orchestra to accept a new {…}
The Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal has announced its 2025-26 season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Joyce DiDonato open the season with a Mahler and Sonny-Ray Day Rider. Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2025 Léa Moisan-Perrier conducts the Chœur Métropolitain and pianists Julie Lamontagne and Rousso. Performance Dates: Dec. 13 & 14, 2025 Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Bach’s Oratorio de Noël with soloists Anna-Sophie Neher, Julie Boulianne, Frédéric Antoun, and Geoffroy {…}
The Opéra National de Paris will showcase a concert of Rolex ambassadors on May 11, 2025. The event will feature Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in its Paris Opera debut. Soloists include Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Rolando Villazón, Sir Bryn Terfel, and pianist Yuja Wang. Yoncheva will perform the Habanera from “Carmen,” while Flórez takes on “Salut, {…}
The Vienna Philharmonic has announced the 2025 Summer Night Concert. The concert is set to be held on June 13, 2025, at 8:45 p.m. at the Schönbrunn Palace Park. The concert will be conducted by Tugan Sokhiev and will feature opera singer Piotr Beczała, who will perform three arias from Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” and Emmerich Kálmán’s operetta {…}
On April 24, 2025, the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò will present “Beyond the Shadows: The Music of Mercadante” in commemoration of the 230th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 1795. Leading the event will be author Bianca Tragni who will introduce the evening’s soloists, including soprano Angela Lomurno, soprano Annunziata Loparcaro, and pianist Alfredo Luigi Cornacchia. On the program will be {…}
The Maggio musicale fiorentino has announced that it will open its 88th festival season with John Adams’ “The Death of Klinghoffer.” The work has never been performed in Florence and will be conducted by Lawrence Renes, a great promoter of Adams’ music. Acclaimed film director Luca Guadagnino will direct the production, which is set to open on April 19, 2026 {…}
Opera Lafayette will celebrate 30 years of Ryan Brown on two separate occasions. The program, titled “RE|JOICE: 30 Years of Ryan Brown,” heads to New York City for a performance at St. Bartholomew Church on April 30, 2025. Then on May 1, the showcase will take the stage in Washington D.C. at The Kennedy Center. Both events will represent Brown’s {…}
American Lyric Theater is presenting “Opera in Eden – Three One Act Operas” on June 14, 2025 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater in New York City. The trio of operas includes “Fourth Wave Beauty Queens,” “Giovanni/a,” and The Shadow.” “Fourth Wave Beauty Queens,” created by composer Kathleen Tagg and librettist Laura Barati, centers on the relationship between Délia, a {…}