The Bach Society of Saint Louis will present four main concerts in its 86th season. The Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra open the season with Haydn’s “The Creation,” sung in English. Soloists soprano Nola Richardson and baritone Paul Max Tipton return, joined by tenor Brian Giebler in his debut with the Society. Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2026 The annual Christmas {…}
Piotr Beczała has canceled two upcoming performances. The Polish tenor took to social media to announce he would not be performing on July 24 at the Bayerische Staatsoper and 25 at the Bayreuth Festival. The tenor said, “Dear friends, I am very sorry to announce that tomorrow’s performance of Faust at the Bayerische Staatsoper as well as the concert at {…}
(Photo: G Schied) Händel’s “Alcina,” first performed in London in 1735 and based on episodes from Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso” (1532), ranks among the composer’s supreme achievements. Far more than a succession of dazzling da capo arias, it is a profound meditation on love’s capacity to delude, possess and ultimately destroy. On the enchanted island of the sorceress Alcina, men who {…}
Bella Voce has announced its 2026-27 season, celebrating Artistic Director Andrew Lewis’s 20th season. The season opens with “How to Fold the Wind,” a program of contemporary works featured throughout Lewis’s tenure, including Caroline Shaw’s “How to Fold the Wind,” a Bella Voce co-commission, and Veljo Tormis’s “Curse Upon Iron,” alongside new works by Ed Frazier Davis, Matthew Recio, and {…}
Deutsche Grammophon (DG) and medici.tv have announced a partnership to take live video content, audio recordings and merchandise to subscribers around the world. Under the terms of the partnership, medici.tv subscribers will also enjoy unique DG Store benefits, such as early access and exclusive drops.The partnership will come during the prestigious Verbier Festival, which will see medici.tv and STAGE+ broadcast {…}
Carnegie Hall+ has announced that it will present two free outdoor film screenings this August in the open air at the Public Square & Gardens at Hudson Yards in New York City. The first screening will be at Hudson Yards featuring “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci” from the salzburg Easter Festival. The recording features Jonas Kaufmann joined by the Staatskapelle Dresden, {…}
On July 22, Aprile Millo made a small appearance on The View. At the beginning of the show, Host Joy Behar presented Aprile Millo saying, “There is a real opera singer in our audience, Aprile Millo.” Behar then asked Millo to stand up with Millo saying,”No that’s okay.” Behar went on to joke, “She’s so tired from singing she can’t {…}
(Credit: James Bort / OnP) The Opéra de Paris has extended Alexander Neef’s contract. The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, decided, on the proposal of Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture, to entrust Alexander Neef with a second mandate running from Sept. 1, 2026 until the end of the 2031-2032 season. In September 2024, together with the Minister of Culture, {…}
Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg will present the concluding Showcase Concert of “Opera Bridge – From Early Career to the European Stage” on July 30, 2026. The performance is a German Irish Erasmus+ collaboration between Musikkultur Rheinsberg and Opera Collective Ireland. Thirteen of the participating singers will appear in a multimedia performance combining opera, spoken word, and responsive digital visuals. The program {…}
BarokOpera Amsterdam is set to present an abridged version of Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” under the title “Mozart in Istanbul” in the garden of Paleis Het Loo. Set for August 8 – 16, 2026, the production will star Turkish baritone Sinan Vural as Pasha Selim opposite soprano Tinka Pypker as Konstanze, with Turkish and Dutch instrumentalists joining the {…}
Boston Lyric Opera has announced the 16th annual roster of its Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists Initiative. The 2025-26 cohort includes returning artists Alexandra Dietrich, a stage director from Freeport, Maine; mezzo-soprano Mary Kray of Boston; and bass-baritone Zizhao Wang of Qingdao, China. New members are soprano Claire Burreson (Seattle), conductor Clancy Ellis (Boston), mezzo-soprano Juliette Kaoudji (Boston), baritone {…}