(Photo credit: GSA) Will Liverman is one of the great baritones of his time performing at the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Atlanta Opera, Minnesota Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Santa Fe Opera. In the midst of his run as Figaro in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” at Houston Grand Opera, Will Liverman took time to talk with OperaWire about “Factotum: The {…}
Luca Salsi has canceled his participation in a recital with Anna Netrebko at the Teatro Verdi in Busseto due to illness. As a result, Ludovic Tézier will step in and perform the recital dedicated to Verdi. Tézier and Netrebko have performed together on multiple occasions including at the Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House, Paris Opera, Teatro San Carlo, Salzburg {…}
The Boston Baroque has announced its 2026-27 season. Haydn’s The Creation” will be performed. Performance Date: Sept. 20, 2026 Händel’s “Messiah” will be performed for the holiday season and conducted by Christoph Koncz. Performance Date: Dec. 12 & 13, 2026 Marc Minkowski will lead a a Beethoven-focused New Year’s Celebration concert. Performance Date: TBD Marc Minkowski will lead Pergolesi’s “Stabat {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the return of its popular concert series in New York City parks. The summer 2026 program will feature young Met stars performing favorite arias and duets, presented in collaboration with Capital One City Parks Foundation at Summerstage. The concert will also feature American Composers as part of Carnegie Hall’s “United in Sound: America at 250 {…}
Alessandra di Giorgio is a critically acclaimed soprano spinto whose rich vocal timbre and dramatic intensity have already earned her a place on some of the world’s most prestigious stages. Her repertoire spans some of the most demanding soprano roles in the operatic canon, including Amelia (“Un Ballo in Maschera”), Giulietta (“Les Contes d’Hoffmann”), Manon (“Manon Lescaut”), Brünnhilde (“Siegfried”), Lady {…}
(Photo: Opera Wroclaw | Juliette) What is reality, what is dream? In “Juliette,” Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů constructs an aural dreamscape in which memory dissolves almost as soon as it forms, and identity flickers with unstable voltage. Michel, a Parisian bookseller, arrives in a drab, run-down French seaside town where the inhabitants suffer from a strange affliction: they can recall {…}
The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Renaud Capuçon conducts Mozart and Strauss. The concert includes Krassimira Stoyanova, Davide Bandieri, and Simon Demangeat. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2026 Roberto Rega conducts Bruckner’s Mass and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with pianist Naïma Pfiffer. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2026 William Christie conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with Anna {…}
The Vienna Philharmonic has announced the annual Summer Night Concert. The concert will be held on June 19, 2026 and will be conducted by Lorenzo Viotti. The concert will feature music by Ravel, Puccini, Suppé, Price, Massenet, and Tchaikovsky. Welsh opera singer Bryn Terfel will perform as soloist. He will sing arias from Boito’s “Mefistofele” and Verdi’s “Falstaff,” as well {…}
Opera Las Vegas has announced its 2026-27 season. The season opens with Rossini’s “L’italiana in Algeri” with Laurel Semerdjian (Isabella), Matthew Hanscom (Taddeo), Joshua Hughes (Mustafà), and former OLV/UNLV Studio Artist Christian Shelton (Lindoro). Performance Dates: October 2026 “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” will be performed in collaboration with Mariachi Plata of the College of Southern Nevada. The project {…}
(Credit: Tony Hitchcock) Carnegie Hall is set to present “Il trittico” with the National Symphony Orchestra. The opera in concert, which is set to be presented on May 3, will showcase soloists Meryl Dominguez, Erika Grimaldi, Agnieszka Rehlis, Hakeem Henderson, Gregory Kunde, and Roman Burdenko in Puccini’s grand triptych of one-act operas “Suor Angelica,” “Il tabarro,” and “Gianni Schicchi.” Gianandrea {…}
North Carolina Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Joseph Mechavich conducts Bizet’s “Carmen” directed by Denyce Graves. The production stars Gina Perregrino in the title role, Eric Taylor as Don José, Laureano Quant as Escamillo, and Elana Gleason as Micaela. Performance Dates: Oct. 16 & 18, 2026 Antony Walker conducts Puccini’s “Turandot” directed by John Hoomes in a company premiere. {…}