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News, Season Announcement

Lawrence Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Nino Machaidze, Gregory Kunde, Simon Keenlyside, Leah Hawkins, Nicky Spence, Saioa Hernández, Michael Fabiano & Eve-Maud Hubeaux Lead Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2026-27 Season

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The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres Tomáš Hanus and Daniele Squeo lead Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a production by Tobias Kratzer. The cast includes Kartal Karagedik, Simon Keenlyside, Alexander Vinogradov, Aleksei Kulagin, Nino Machaidze, and Dovlet Nurgeldiyev. Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Oct. 20, 2026 Tohar Gil conducts Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” in a new production by Nils Voges. Aebh {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: EuroArts’ ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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  “I want to fly with the music; we have to swim inside the music,” said Michele Mariotti in 2017, when Lisette Oropesa appeared in a rehearsal video for the Royal Opera House’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Fast forward to 2026, and she still sings the “Mad Scene” with unequivocal ease; her voice soars to vertiginous heights before collapsing into the {…}

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Cast Change: Sara Blanch Steps into Teatro San Carlo’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for its March 24, 2026 performance of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The company said that due to Rosa Feola’s illness, the role of Lucia will be performed by Sara Blanch. Blanch has performed Lucia at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo to great success. She is known for the bel canto repertoire performing {…}

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Jessica Pratt Encores Mad Scene in ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at Teatro San Carlo

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A tale of two performances. On March 18, audiences at the Teatro San Carlo experienced a performance of “Lucia di Lammermoor” sans the iconic mad scene. Fast forward three days and the March 21st performance was the site of a encore during the scene. After singing the first part of the mad scene, soprano Jessica Pratt, who was filling in {…}

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Cast Change: Jessica Pratt Steps into Teatro San Carlo’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for its production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” on March 21. The company said that Jessica Pratt will sing the title role stepping in for Rosa Feola, who is ill. Feola also took to social media and said, “Writing this message breaks my heart, but unfortunately my illness persist and I will {…}

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No Covers: Mad Scene Eliminated from Teatro San Carlo’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ Performance Due to Soprano’s Illness

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(Credit: Luciano Romano) On March 18, the Teatro San Carlo experienced the unexpected at the third performance of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” According to the Italian publication Connessi all’Opera, during the only intermission, the company announced that soprano Rosa Feola fell ill and was trying to recover. After a prolonged intermission, the company said that the show would go on {…}

News, Season Announcement

Lisette Oropesa, Brian Jagde, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Clay Hilley & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Accademia di Santa Cecilia’s 2026-27 Season

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The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Concerts Daniel Harding conducts Vincent Huguet’s production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Clay Hilley, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Michael Volle, Wolfgang Koch, Falk Struckmann, Anna Kissjudit, Elisabet Strid, and Lysa Menu.  Performance Dates: Oct. 21-27, 2026 Alexander Soddy conducts Elsa Benoit in a program of music by Dukas, {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Asmik Grigorian, Nicole Car, Nicholas Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Nadine Sierra, & Simon Keenlyside Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Productions The first production of the season will be Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Benjamin Bruns, Matthias Klink, Nicholas Brownlee, Georg Nigl, Timo Riihonen, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Simone Schneider, and Miina-Liisa Värelä. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the production by Tobias Kratzer. Performance Dates: Oct. 29, 2026-July 29, 2027 Nadine Sierra and Lisette Oropesa alternate as {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Juan Diego Flórez, Maria Bengtsson, Dave Monaco, Ludovic Tézier & Marina Rebeka Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for the first edition of 2026’s CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. The year kicks off with star-studded new releases including a new Verdi recording and an Offenbach opera that features some of today’s greatest performers. Luigi Gordigiani: Romantic Florence – Songs For Voice And Piano Dynamic releases mezzo-soprano Marina Comparato’s latest album. She is {…}