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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende, Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Luca Salsi, Marina Rebeka, Xabier Anduaga & Piotr Beczała Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Zem­lins­ky’s “Eine Florentinische Tragödie” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” will be performed in a new production with Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, Florian Boesch, and Asmik Grigorian. Alain Altinoglu conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov.  Performance Dates: Oct. 3-12, 2026 Barrie Kosky directs a new production of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with {…}
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Teatro alla Scala Announces Operas for 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has revealed the operas that will be performed during the 2026-27 season. As previously reported the company will open with “Otello” in a new production by Damiano Michieletto. The company will also showcase the company premiere of “Leonora” by Ferdinando Paër in a production by Daniele Menghini and conducted by Roland Böer. Valentina Carasco will direct {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim, Derek Welton, Gerald Finley, Freddie de Tommaso, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, & Piotr Beczała Lead Wiener Konzerthaus’ 2026-27 Season

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The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. VOCES8 leads a program of music by William Byrd, Virgil Thomson, Caroline Shaw, Morten Lauridsen, William Billings, Bobby McFerrin, Eric Whitacre, Taylor Scott Davis, Samuel Barber, Richard Rodgers, and Billy Strayhorn.  Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2026 The Mahler Academy Orchestra will be joined by Fleur Barron and Philipp von Steinaecker in music by Mahler. Performance {…}
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Angel Blue, Ailyn Pérez, Jonathan Tetelman, Pretty Yende, Isabel Leonard & Tamara Wilson Lead Houston Grand Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Angel Blue headlines Floyd’s “Susannah” alongside Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley, Aaron Blake, Deborah Nansteel, and Malcolm MacKenzie. James Gaffigan conducts Patricia Racette’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 23-Nov. 8, 20-26 Matthew Polenzani headlines Gounod’s “Faust” with Pretty Yende, Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, Sean Michael Plumb, and Sun-Ly Pierce. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
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Matthias Goerne, Matilda Sterby, Christopher Maltman & Elisabet Strid Lead 2026 Birgit Nilsson Festival

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The Birgit Nilsson Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is the a look at the vocal performances. Opera singer and actor Richard Hamrin, together with pianist Eric Skarby, takes the audience on a personal journey through the life and music of this magnificent and controversial prima donna. Performance Date: August 3, 2026 Two of Sweden’s most beloved opera stars {…}
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Opera Australia 2026 Review: Turandot

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(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 {…}
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Rebecca Nash & Anna-Louise Cole Lead Opera Australia’s New ‘Turandot’

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Opera Australia is set to present a new production of Puccini’s “Turandot.” The new production will mark 100 years since it first premiered and will directed by Ann Yee, who makes her Australian debut as director. The production will star Rebecca Nash and Anna-Louise Cole in the title role alongside Young Woo Kim, Diego Torre and Rosario La Spina as {…}
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Anna Netrebko to Make Role Debut in ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ in Basel

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Anna Netrebko is set to make her role debut as Judith in Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” on Nov. 30, 2026. The soprano will sing the role alongside bass Alexander Köpeczi, and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Henrik Nánási in a concert performance at the Basel Stadtcasino – Musiksaal. The performance, which will also mark the soprano’s {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Stacey Alleaume, Kang Wang, Oreste Cosimo & Valeria Sepe Lead Opera Australia’s 2026 Season

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Opera Australia has announced its 2026 season. Sidney Summer 2026 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will be conducted by Andrea Battistoni, Paul Fitzsimon, and Erina Yashima. It will be directed by Moffatt Oxenbould and will star Guanqun Yu, Vittoria Yeo, and Olivia Cranwell alongside Robert Watson and Oreste Cosimo. Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2025-March 25, 2026 Ann Yee directs a new production {…}

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