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Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

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(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) To encounter Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” is to step into a world where the grand sweep of history is refracted through the glittering prism of Baroque opera seria. The great Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) is acclaimed upon his arrival in Egypt and receives an unexpected and troubling gift from Achilla, Tolomeo’s (Ptolemy’s) advisor: the severed head {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, Freddie de Tommaso, René Pape, Benjamin Bernheim, Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2026-27 Season

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere  Carlo Rizzi and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct a new production of Spontini’s “La Vestale” by Lydia Steier. Sonya Yoncheva, David Butt Philip, Marina Prudenskaya, Siyabonga Maqungo, Jean Teitgen, and Hanseong Yun star. Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2026-May 8, 2027 Christina Pluhar conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” in a production by Stefan Herheim. {…}
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Cecilia Bartoli, Ian Bostridge, Maayan Licht & Carlo Vistoli Lead 2026 Monteverdi Festival

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(Credit: Fabrice Demessence) The Monteverdi Festival announces its 2026 programming. This article only features vocal concerts. Cecilia Bartoli opens the Festival in a gala concert with Les Musiciens du Prince conducted by Gianluca Capuano. Performance Date: May 28, 2026 The Monteverdi Festival opens with “Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin” under the baton of Leonardo García-Alarcón. Performance Date: June 7, 2026 {…}
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Jonathan Tetelman & Miina-Liisa Värelä Win Big at 2026 Oper! Awards

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The Oper! Awards have announced the 2026 winners. The winners, which were announced on Feb. 24 saw Theater Regensburg win Best Opera House, while Jonathan Tetelman won Best Male Singer. Meanwhile, Miina-Liisa Värelä won Best Female Singer and Best Conductor won Gianluca Capuano. Other winners included Barrie Kosky for Best Director while Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee won Best Solo {…}
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Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2025-26 Review: Orfeo ed Euridice

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On January 28, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo presented a rare semi-staged performance of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” in the version he prepared in 1769 for Parma. Written for the wedding celebrations of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, this revision substantially reworked the original 1762 Vienna score. Gluck compressed the opera’s three acts into a single, {…}
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Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Miah Persson Headline Lucerne Festival 2026

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(Photo credits: Singer & Weber) Lucerne Festival announces its 2026 season. This article only features vocal concerts.  Soprano Miah Persson solos in the world premiere of composer in residence, Mark Andre’s “Im Entsiegeln 1 for soprano and orchestra.” Baldur Brönnimann conducts the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra. Performance Date: August 22, 2026 Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and soprano Mélissa Petit star in {…}
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Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2025-26 Review: Die Walküre

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(Credit: ©OMC – Marco Borrelli) With its performances of “Das Rheingold” in 2025, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo launched an ambitious four-year project to present Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in a new production by Davide Livermore, featuring the period-instrument ensemble Les Musiciens du Prince. Livermore’s Staging One of the more striking contradictions in contemporary opera is the frequent pairing of {…}
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Asmik Grigorian, Kate Lindsey, Jonathan Tetelman, Benjamin Bernheim, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2026 Season

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Franck Ollu conducts Pascal Dusapin and Rita de Letteriis’s “Passion” starring Sarah Aristidou, Georg Nigl, and Schola Heidelberg. Performance Date: July 23, 2026 Asmik Grigorian stars as Bizet’s “Carmen” alongside Jonathan Tetelman, Kristina Mkhitaryan, and Davide Luciano. Teodor Currentzis conducts the production by Gabriela {…}
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Cecilia Bartoli, Céline Scheen, Vito Priante & Marina Viotti Lead 2026 Salzburg Whitsun Festival

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The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced its 2026 season themed “Bon Voyage.” Opera Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims” will be conducted by Gianluca Capuano and directed by Barrie Kosky. The ensemble cast will include Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Viotti, Mélissa Petit, Tara Erraught, Edgardo Rocha, Dmitry Korchak, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Florian Sempey, Misha Kiria, Peter Kellner, Giovanni Romeo, Helena Rasker, Rodolphe Briand, {…}

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