Lise Davidsen, Julia Kleiter, Ailyn Pérez & Soloman Howard Lead Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s Invincible Tour

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra has announced its 2026 Invincible Tour. The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will reconvene for the fifth time under the baton of its founder and music director, Keri-Lynn Wilson, in a cultural riposte to barbarism and in solidarity with the brave people of Ukraine. The first concert will feature Frolyak’s “Gloria,” Mahler’s “Rückert-Lieder” with Julia Kleiter, and Beethoven’s {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Stefano Coluccini Appointed General Director of the Puccini Festival

Stefano Coluccini has been appointed the General Director of the Puccini Festival. The board of directors of the Fondazione Festival Pucciniano announced the news. Coluccini has worked with the festival since 1993 and has also worked with the San Severo Musica Festival, and Teatro di Castalia, among others. This season the Puccini festival is set to open with a new {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Alexia Voulgaridou, Christine Rice, Nardus Williams & Nathan Berg Lead Welsh National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Puccini’s “La Bohème” will star Carlos Cardoso, Alexia Voulgaridou, Navasard Hakobyan, and Laura Lolita Perešivana. Corinna Niemeyer and Frederick Brown conduct. Performance Dates: Sept. 27, 2026–Nov. 26, 2026 Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” and Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” will be shown in a double bill. The operas will star Nathan Berg, Christine Rice, and {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Teatro Real de Madrid 2025-26 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Four centuries after William Shakespeare imagined a night-time forest where desires dissolve into illusions, Benjamin Britten transformed that world into one of the most enigmatic operas of the 20th century. Now the work returns to the stage of Teatro Real in a new production by director Deborah Warner under the baton of conductor Ivor Bolton–a duo that has repeatedly shaped {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Pasadena Chorale to Present Vaughan Williams’ ‘A Sea Symphony’

The Pasadena Chorale will present Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “A Sea Symphony” on Wednesday, May 13 at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. The performance will feature all 80 singers of the award-winning ensemble, accompanied by pianist Tali Tadmor. “’A Sea Symphony’ is a tour de force for choir,” said Artistic Director Jeffrey Bernstein, per an official press release. “From the first explosive entrance {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Golda Schultz, Sara Jakubiak, David Butt Philip, Jennifer Johnson Cano Headline The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2026-27 Season

(Credit: Yevhen Gulenko) The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2026-27 season at Severance Music Center, the 25th and final year of its partnership with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. Welser-Möst opens his final season on September 17 and 20 with Richard Strauss’s “Four Last Songs,” featuring soprano Golda Schultz alongside Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8. Performance Dates: Sept. 17 & 20, 2026 {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Teatro G. B. Pergolesi di Jesi Announces 2026 Season & Pergolesi Spontini Festival

(Photo credit: Karim Siari) Teatro G. B. Pergolesi di Jesi announces its season and lineup for the Pergolesi Spontini Festival in 2026. This article only features classical voice events. Pergolesi Spontini Festival “Disarming Accords” Maria Olimpia Renna solos in a concert featuring works by Gershwin and Bernstein. Marco Attura directs the Time Machine Ensemble. Performance Date: July 18, 2026 Raphael {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Es Devlin & Nico Muhly to Premiere Choral Installation ‘360 Vessels’

Artist Es Devlin and composer Nico Muhly will present the world premiere of “360 Vessels,” a new choral installation. The showcase, set for Saturday, April 25, 2026 at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities at the University of Oxford, will feature 360 hand-made clay vessels forming a circular landscape amidst the audience as Schola Cantorum of Oxford and {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Merola Opera Program Reveals 2026 Summer Season

(Photo Credit: Kristen Loken) The Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 Summer Festival season. The Summer Festival opens with “L’Anima Napoletana,” a vocal and piano recital curated by Merola faculty member Mario Antonio Marra. The program presents Neapolitan songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performed in Italian and Neapolitan dialect with English supertitles. Performance Date: June {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Schmidt Vocal Arts Unveils Winners of 2025-26 Indiana Regional Competition

Schmidt Vocal Arts (SVA) has announced the winners of its 2025-26 Indiana Regional Competition, held at Butler University on April 11, 2026. Emmanuel Tsao of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York, NY took First Place. Lily Wasoski of Huntington High School in Huntington, NY claimed Second Place, and Raymond Muenzer of Cincinnati Hills {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Opera Steamboat & Opera Colorado Partner for ‘Pirates of Penzance’ & Arias Concert

Opera Steamboat has announced a one-night collaborative performance with Opera Colorado on May 21, 2026 at the Art Depot in Steamboat Springs. The evening will feature a program of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” alongside a selection of arias and ensembles, showcasing Artists in Residence from Opera Colorado’s Opera on Tour program. The cast features three returning artists. {…}