Mariangela Sicilia, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Enea Scala & Roberto Aronica Headline Teatro Verdi di Pisa’s 2026-27 Season

The Teatro Verdi di Pisa has announced its 2026-27 season. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Enea Scala, Penelope Kendros, Erica Zulikha Benato, Margherita Sala, Anita Monserrat, and Valentina Coletti star Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Attilio Cremonesi conducts and Francesco Bondì directs. Performance Dates: Oct. 23 & 25, 2026 Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro ossia Il cambio della valigia” will star Yukang Zheng, {…}

Jul 10, 2026

Obituary: Czech Baritone Martin Matoušek Dies at 53

On July 8, 2026, Czech baritone Martin Matoušek has died at the age of 53. According to Opera Plus the baritone died of an aortic rupture. Born on Feb. 21, 1973, Matoušek began studying clarinet, piano, and saxophone at the Army School of Music and in 1991 began studying voice at the Prague Conservatory. He continued his studies from 1996 {…}

Jul 10, 2026

Monteverdi Festival Cremona 2026 Review: Soprano Silvia Frigato & Ensemble Mare Nostrum in Concert

Monteverdi Festival Cremona hosted “La Dea Delle Scene,” (The Goddess of the Scene) at the Museo del Violino’s Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium, featuring Italian soprano Silvia Frigato and director Andrea De Carlo with Ensemble Mare Nostrum performing works by Stradella, Pasquini, and Monteverdi. Museo del Violino’s Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium For five centuries Cremona has been renowned as the world capital for making {…}

Jul 10, 2026

Oper Graz Names New General Director

Marlene Hahn has been appointed new General Director of Opera Graz from 2028-29. The decision was unanimous and Hahn prevailed against a total of 25 competitors in a highly competitive field. Hahn most recently served as chief dramaturge at the Oper Leipzig and is considered an excellent networker in the industry. She has also worked in New York City in {…}

Jul 9, 2026

Artist of the Week: Nina Bezu

This week the Tiroler Festspiele Erl opens a production of “Der fliegende Holländer” with numerous rising stars including Nian Bezu, who will make her role debut as Senta. Bezu is a rising star who has performed at the Theater Baden, Finnish National Opera, Auditorio de Zaragoza, and Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, among many others. In anticipation for {…}

Jul 9, 2026

Masabane Rangwanasha, Nathan Granner & Alfred Walker Lead Detroit Opera’s 2026-27 Season

The Detroit Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Puccini’s “Tosca” will star Masabane Rangwanasha, Nathan Granner, and Alfred Walker. Louisa Proske directs and Roberto Kalb conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 1-5, 2026 “Fiddler on the Roof” will be performed with a cast that includes Roland Wood, Megan Marino, Helene Schneiderman, Sydney Baedke, Rachel Blaustein, Grace Ryan, P. Tucker Worley, Noam Heinz, {…}

Jul 9, 2026

Central City Opera to Present Classics of the Italian & German Repertoire

On July 10 and 11, the Central City Opera Orchestra will perform a concert of the Italian and German repertoire. The evening will include an ensemble of festival singers performing the greatest moments from Wagner and Strauss to Verdi and Puccini. Conductor Brandon Eldredge will lead the evening. The evening will feature such artists as Jennifer DeDominici, Kira Dills-DeSurra, Hilary Ginther, {…}

Jul 9, 2026

Marina Rebeka & Piotr Beczala Lead Teatro Real’s ‘Il Trovatore’ Stream

On July 10, the Teatro Real de Madrid is set to stream a performance of “Il Trovatore” on My Opera Player. The cast will include Marina Rebeka, Piotr Beczala, Artur Ruciński, and Ksenia Dudnikova. Nicola Luisotti conducts the production by Francisco Negrín. The stream is part of the Teatro Real’s opera week which will also see the company broadcast past recordings {…}

Jul 9, 2026

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2026 Review: Acis and Galatea

(Photo: Frances Marshall) As well as its headline opera that takes place in the grounds of Lismore Castle, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival offers a range of other events that take place at venues around the area. This year’s program included a production of Händel’s one-act masque, “Acis and Galatea” (HWV 49), from 1718, in its 1732 adaptation, in which {…}

Jul 9, 2026

Baltic Opera Festival 2026 Review: Die Walküre

(Photo: Krzysztof Mystkowski/ Baltic Opera Festival) Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre” unfolds in a world governed by contracts, power structures, and inherited systems of control. Yet beneath its mythological surface lies a drama about the moment when those systems begin to fail. In John Fulljames’s production, presented at the Forest Opera in Sopot as a co-production of the Royal Danish Theatre {…}

Jul 9, 2026

Q & A: Composer Carlos Simon on the Creation of the ‘Good News Mass’ Ahead of its Ravinia Premiere

Composer Carlos Simon has built a career at the intersection of the Black church and the concert hall, channeling a Pentecostal upbringing into music written for orchestras, opera companies and choruses. That path has taken the Atlanta native from Composer in Residence at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the inaugural Composer Chair of the Boston {…}