The Five Boroughs Music Festival has announced its 2026 edition. Here are the vocal performances on offer. First up is a collaboration between Filament and soprano Alice Teyssier, featuring works by Isabella Leonarda, Barbara Strozzi, and Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, among others. Performance Date: Nov. 1, 2026 Then comes “Zero Summer” featuring Lorelei as the ensemble takes on works by {…}
(Photo: Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala) At a time when vocal recitals seem to have lost some of the prominence they enjoyed throughout much of the twentieth century, it is particularly significant that two artists at the height of their careers should choose to celebrate a decade of collaboration through a format that demands complete artistic exposure. Such {…}
Operafest Lisboa & Oeiras 2026 announces its lineup. This article only features live performances. Daniela Kerck directs Puccini’s “Turandot” with Olesya Golovneva, Rodrigo Garull, Ermin Ašceric, Beatriz Volante, Nuno Dias, Tiago Amado Gomes, Bruno Almeida, Alberto Sousa, Luís Caetano, and Diogo Oliveira. Osvaldo Ferreira conducts the Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra. Performance Dates: Aug. 6-9, 2026 Christian Luján performs the title role {…}
(Photo credit: Levan Kalmakhelidze) The Tsinandali Festival announces its 2026 schedule. Here’s a look at the opera events. Soprano Chen Reiss and mezzo-soprano Okka von der Damerau perform with the Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre Chorus in Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony. Rafael Payare conducts the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra. Performance Date: Sept. 9, 2026 Works by Brahms, Dvořák, Purcell, {…}
(Photo: SF / Monika Rittershaus) Leaving enthusiastically the Grosses Festspielhaus and walking through the beautiful streets of Salzburg after the performance, I found myself asking a simple question: what exactly had I just seen? It was certainly not an opera, nor a recital, nor even a traditional gala. Instead, it felt like something far rarer: a living retrospective in which {…}
Soprano Alketa Cela is set to perform a solo recital in Lyon on June 25. Cela, alongside pianist Futaba Oki will perform arias by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Verdi, Puccini, Charpentier. Also on the program are songs and lieder by Debussy and Strauss. Cela has held engagements at several European opera houses including Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opéra National de Nancy, {…}
(Photo credit: Jack Colver) The 2026-27 season for Musica Viva NY Choir is announced. The season opens with the choir’s “Rising Stars” concert which brings together artists from the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and Teatro Real’s Crescendo Program. Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Musica Viva NY then gives the world premiere of its most recent commission, “The {…}
Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2027 season. Opera Piccinni’s “Zenobia” will star Aya Wakizono, Arianna Vendittelli, Margherita Sala, Désirée Giove, Mert Süngü, and Valeria La Grotta. Federico Maria Sardelli conducts Daniele Luchetti’s production. Performance Dates: Jna. 27-Feb. 2, 2027 Carlo Rizzi conducts Verdi’s “Nabucco” in Emma Dante’s production. Igor Golovatenko and Ewa Płonka star. Performance Dates: March 12-19, 2027 Busoni’s “Arlecchino” {…}
The Kennedy Center will not close on July 5, 2026. The Washington Post is reporting that the center will stay open for the time being, during an ongoing legal battle faced regarding its renaming and renovation project. The news outlet stated that Kennedy Center executives have stated that the venue will stay open but new shows and concerts will not {…}
(Credit: Thomas Ziegler) The true gauge of a festival’s artistic mettle is probably how it tackles a crisis. Faced with the sudden morning-of illness of star countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić, the Halle Handel Festival managed to rescue a non-standard Handel opera like “Radamisto.” With a mere four hours to prepare, conductor Benjamin Bayl and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra worked tightly {…}
(Photo Credit: Thomas Rabsch) Antonello Manacorda has been appointed artistic and music director of Les Siècles. Born in Turin and based in Berlin, Manacorda served as artistic and music director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam from 2010 to 2025. His career was significantly shaped by his close collaboration with conductor Claudio Abbado, who appointed him concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester {…}