New Music USA Announces Recipients of Thea Musgrave Performer-Composer Collaboration Grant 2026

New Music USA has announced the recipients of the second annual Thea Musgrave Performer-Composer Collaboration Grant, awarding $10,000 to composer Stephanie Ann Boyd, multidisciplinary artist and inventor Geoff Robertson, and violinist Audrey Wright for their collaborative project “PRISMBODY.” The grant is made possible through an endowed gift from composer Thea Musgrave and her husband, opera director Peter Mark. “PRISMBODY” will {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Canadian Opera Company Announces Que Rock as Next Artist in Land Acknowledgement Commissioning Program

(photo by: Nadya Kwandibens/Red Works Photography) The Canadian Opera Company has named Anishinaabe multidisciplinary artist, muralist, and cultural educator Que Rock (Quentin Commanda) as the next artist collaborator in its Land Acknowledgement Commissioning Program. The company initiative invites Indigenous artists to reimagine land acknowledgement through artistic creation and community engagement. Commanda, who is from Nipissing First Nation, will create a {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Nouvel Opéra Fribourg Unveils 2026-27 Slate

© Damien Frost Nouvel Opéra Fribourg announces its 2026-27 season. Sarah Defrise takes to the stage in the one-woman show, “I Hate Music,” which features personal anecdotes with a cappella interpretations of contemporary pieces by Luciano Berio, John Cage, and Cathy Berberian. Performance Dates: Aug. 15 – Dec. 13, 2026 “Lyrical Brunches” stars young vocal artists from the Haute École {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Atlanta Opera Awards $10,000 Prize & Commission to ‘The Sickness’

Composer Gillian Rae Perry and librettist David Davila have won the fifth annual 96-Hour Opera Project at The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival. The duo will now take home the $10,000 Antinori Foundation Grand Prize and a commission to write their chamber opera, “The Sickness” for the company. Their winning work is set during Georgia’s Gold Rush on Cherokee land and {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Ann Toomey, Kara Shay Thomas, James E. Flora, Robert Mellon Headline Livermore Valley Opera’s 2026-27 Season

Livermore Valley Opera has unveiled its 2026-27 season First up is “Suor Angelica” with soprano Ann Toomey in the title role. She is joined by contralto Sara Couden as the Principessa, Saori DeBruyn as Suor Genovieffa, Alexandra Jerinic as La Badessa, Mariya Kaganskaya as La Suora Zelatrice, Leandra Ramm as La Maestra delle Novizie, Valérie Filloux as La Suora Infermiera, {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Lise Davidsen & Huw Montague Rendall Star in BroadStage’s 2026-27 Season

BroadStage announces its 2026-27 season. Here are the classical voice events. Baritone Huw Montague Rendall opens the Celebrity Opera Series. Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2026 Soprano Lise Davidsen gives a Holiday Concert as part of the Celebrity Opera Series. Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2026 The Los Angeles Master Chorale presents “Lagrime di San Pietro.” Peter Sellars conducts. Performance Date: June {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Teatro Real 2025-26 Review: Roméo et Juliette

Teatro Real presented a new production of Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” with Nadine Sierra and Javier Camarena as the “star-cross’d lovers” under the expert baton of Carlo Rizzi. It is a coproduction with Paris Opera and that helps make sense of the sets, which include the famous marble staircase of Garnier’s temple to Parisian opera. After plague doctors, wearing the {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Xabier Anduaga, Piotr Beczala, Nadine Sierra & Javier Camarena Lead Ópera de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s 2027 Season

The Ópera de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has announced its 2027 season celebrating Alfredo Kraus’ centennial. The season open will open with Massenet’s “Werther” with Piotr Beczala, Ekaterina Semenchuk, and Carlos Alvarez. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts. Performance Dates: Feb. 16-21, 2027 Ivan Ayon-Rivas leads Gounod’s “Faust” with Claudia Pavone and Michele Pertusi. Giulio Cilona conducts. Performance Dates: March 16-20, {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Orchestre National de France Announces Italian Conductor Riccardo Muti As Conductor Emeritus

On June 18, the Orchestre National de France has named Italian conductor Riccardo Muti as its Conductor Emeritus. The new title recognizes Muti’s commitment and decades-long relationship with France’s oldest symphony orchestra. The recognition was also given to the legendary conductor the same day Muti returned to the podium of the Orchestre National de France for a program featuring music {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Kerem Hasan Named Music Director of Badisches Staatstheater

The Badisches Staatstheater has announced the appointment of Kerem Hasan as the new General Music Director. Hasan will assume the role in Karlsruhe starting with the 2027-28 season. He will succeed Georg Fritzsch and Hasan will carry on the distinguished tradition of the Badische Staatskapelle while simultaneously introducing fresh artistic impulses. In a statement General Director Christian Firmbach said, “I am very {…}

Jun 19, 2026

Jessica Pratt, Gabriela Scherer, Dmitry Korchak, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Anna Pirozzi & Antonino Siragusa Lead teatro Verdi di Trieste’s 2026-27 Season

The Teatro Verdi di Trieste has announced its 2026-27 season. Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will open the season in a production by Andrea Bernard and Enrico Calesso. Evgeny Stravinsky, Dmitry Korchak, David Danholt, Gabriela Scherer, Nina Beau, Martin Gandner, Lars Fosser, and Elena Batoukova-Kerl. Performance Dates: Nov. 12-33, 2026 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will be conducted by Enrico Calesso and directed by Pier Luigi {…}