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Malmö Opera Unveils 2025-26 Season

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Malmö Opera has revealed its 2025-26 season. The season opens with “Chicago” starring Åsa Fång and Jenny Holmgren as Velma Kelly. Roxie Hart is portrayed by Leila Jung and Caroline Gustafsson, while Billy Flynn is performed by Richard Hamrin and Oscar Pierrou Lindén. Johan Siberg conducts and Ronny Danielsson directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 12, 2025 – Jan. 4, 2026 David T. {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazon, Asmik Grigorian, Ludovic Tézier, Jonathan Tetelman, Serena Sáenz & Sondra Radvanovsky Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres Maurizio Benini conducts Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in a new production by Barbara Wysocka. Bekhzod Davronov, Igor Golovatenko, Ludovic Tézier, Serena Sáenz, Nadine Sierra, Riccardo Fassi, and Elmina Hasan star. Performance Dates: March 7-24, 2026 & July 28 & 31, 2026 Lotte de Beer directs a new production of Gounod’s “Faust” with Jonathan {…}
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Göteborg Opera 2024-25 Review: Carmen

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(Photo credit: Lennart Sjöberg) Göteborg Opera is celebrating its 30th season with an exciting lineup of favorites, beginning with Sir David McVicar’s production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella by Proper Mérimée. This production was originally presented at Glyndebourne in 2002, and like most McVicar productions, it gets to the point {…}
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Katarina Karnéus, Malin Byström, Luthando Qave & Matilda Sterby Lead Göteborg Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Sweden’s Göteborg Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Katarina Giotas headlines Bizet’s “Carmen” with Joachim Bäckström, Adam Frandsen, Luthando Qave, and Matilda Sterby. Aivis Greters and Martyna Szymcza alternate at the pit. Performance Dates: August 24-Oct. 12, 2024 Michael Weinius and Tomas Lind lead Verdi’s “Otello” with Jens Søndergaard, Adam Frandsen, Julia Sporsén, Carolina Sandgren, and Ann-Kristin Jones. Vincenzo Milletarì conducts the production by Rafael {…}
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Brno National Theater 2023-24 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Photo Brno: Marek Olbryzmek) Britten’s “Peter Grimes” is a director’s dream. Who is Grimes? It is certain he is a loner; an outsider and a social misfit open to fits of temper. Yet there is also a sensitive side to his nature that comes out intermittently throughout the opera, notably in his aria “Now the Great Bear and the Pleiades” {…}
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Göteborgs Operan Announces 2023-24 Season

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The Göteborgs Operan has announced its 2023-24 season featuring nine productions of classics and modern works. Mats Persson leads Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Tomas Lind, Mats Almgren, Zoya Tsererina, and Ann-Kristin Jones. Giancarlo Andretta conducts the production by Jacopo Spirei. Performance Dates: August 26-Sept. 23, 2023 Joachim Bäckström, Kerstin Avemo, Ann-Kristin Jones, Åke Zetterström, and Ingrid Tobiasson leads “Mythomania” by Paula af Malmborg Ward and Kerstin Perski. Andreas Hanson {…}
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Finnish National Opera Announces 2022-23 Season

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The Finnish National Opera has announced its 2022-23 Season featuring new productions and classic opera. Here is a look at the opera productions for the season. “Between” features music by Kaija Saariaho, Matias Vestergård, and Sebastian Hilli. Clément Mao-Takacs conducts a cast that includes Thomas Kellner, Tuuli Lindeberg, and Peter Herresthal. Performance Dates: August 31-Sept. 3, 2022 “CircOpera 2.0″ will {…}
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Nicole Chevalier, Günter Papendell & Anne Sofie von Otter Headline Theater Basel’s 2021-22 Season

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The Theater Basel has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on opera productions only. Here is a look: Mozart‘s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte” will open the season. The opera stars Kai Kluge and Alex Banfield in the role of Tamino, Kali Hardwick as Pamina, Rainelle Krause as Die Königin der Nacht, and Patrick Zielke {…}

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