Arte.TV is set to present Bayerische Staatsoper‘s new production of “Faust” on Feb. 8. The production by Lotte de Beer will be conducted by Natahlie Stutzmann. Jonathan Tetelman will lead the cast in the title role alongside Kyle Ketelsen, Florian Sempey, Thomas Mole, Olga Kulchynska, Emily Sierra, and Dshamilja Kaiser. The production will be shown in cooperation with BR-KLASSIK und Staatsoper.tv. {…}
(Photo: Jonathan Slaff) Theater for the New City (TNC) presented two chamber operas by Leonard Lehrman, “SIMA” and “E.G.: A Musical Portrait of Emma Goldman,” on January 22 and 23, 2026, respectively, with each performed on alternating nights between January 8 and 25. This reviewer chose to watch the two operas back-to-back to better understand Lehrman’s range, as I had {…}
Cutting Edge Concerts announces its 2026 season. This article only features opera-related concerts. Laura Schwendinger’s opera “Margaret in Love and War” makes its world premiere in a semi-staged production. Marnie Breckenridge stars as Margaret Fuller, a 19th century American journalist and women’s rights advocate. Chris Alden directs. Eiki Isomura conducts. Performance Date: April 28, 2026 “Whistling Hens” features soprano Jennifer {…}
(Photo credits: Ealovega, Ehm) The Royal College of Music has announced new appointment for conductors Martyn Brabbins ,Vasily Petrenko, and Speranza Scappucci. Following a five-year term as Prince Consort Professor, Martyn Brabbins will join the Royal College of Music as a professor of conducting. In this position, Brabbins will work with conducting students several times each term as well as leading at least one performance project each year. In addition, Speranza Scappucci and Vasily Petrenko will join the {…}
When they first appeared on European stages a quarter century ago, Calixto Bieito’s stagings were considered revolutionary, typified by their linear contours and geometric shapes. Typically, he deconstructs an opera and then rebuilds it incorporating rarely seen elements. In earlier years, this was refreshing and provocative. However, it’s a sad sight indeed when a once iconoclastic director routinely regurgitates past {…}
In 2014, Florida Grand Opera accumulated a $19.4 million deficit. The company was in chaos, warning that the cancelation of its 2015-16 season in Broward County could be imminent if the organization was unable to secure $400,000. The future of the organization, which was founded in 1941, was uncertain and insecure. Fortunately an anonymous donor pitched in to erase the {…}
(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) Puccini famously left the score of “Turandot” incomplete at his death in 1924, and its last minutes have been completed by other composers such as Franco Alfano (1926) and most recently Luciano Berio (2002). Arturo Toscanini conducting the premiere a century ago simply put down his baton at the point where Puccini had stopped composing and {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu is set to stream “Tristan und Isolde” on Feb. 15, 2026. The company announced that the production, which was recorded during the company’s run, will be presented on Liceu OPERA+. Lise Davidsen and Clay Hilley lead the cast which also includes Tomasz Konieczny, Roger Padullés, Ekaterina Gubanova, Albert Casals, and Milan Perišić. Bárbara Lluch directed {…}
Fort Worth Opera will present “Cowboys & Culture,” a multimedia concert celebrating the music, stories and spirit of the American West on Feb. 5, 2026, at the Kimbell Art Museum’s Renzo Piano Pavilion. The evening will be presented during the closing week of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo and will feature acclaimed dramatic tenor Clifton Forbis. He will {…}
(Photo: Dario Acosta) Eleonora Buratto is set to star in the world premiere of Giordano’s “Marina.” The opera, which will be part of the 81st season of I Pomeriggi Musicali at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, Italy, will all star Freddie De Tommaso, Mihai Damian, and Nicolas Mogg. Vincenzo Milletarì will conduct the concert production. Ahead of both performances {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to be included in the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Feb. 2, 2026. The company announced that the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra will be conducted by Music Director Riccardo Chailly and will feature baritone Luca Salsi. The event is one of the many featured for the 2026 Winter Olympics which are set to {…}