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Maria Agresta, Joyce El-Khoury, Maria José Siri, Carlos Álvarez & Saioa Hernández Lead Teatro La Fenice’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera The season opens with Giorano’s “Fedora” in a production by Hugo de Ana. The opera will be conducted by Donato Renzetti and will star Maria Agresta, Vincenzo Costanzo, Ekaterina Bakanova, and Simone Piazzola. Performance Dates: Nov. 13-22, 2026 Maria José Siri, Manuela Custer, Roberto De Candia, and Joseph Dahdah star {…}
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Nino Machaidze, Enea Scala, Jessica Pratt, Véronique Gens, John Osborn, Salome Jicia & Csilla Boross Lead Opéra de Marseille’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/nino-machaidze-enea-scala-jessica-pratt-veronique-gens-john-osborn-salome-jicia-csilla-boross-lead-opera-de-marseilles-2026-27-season/

Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Salome Jicia, Margaux Poguet, Floriane Hasler, Nicolas Courjal, Marc Barrard, Cyrille Dubois, Mischa Schelomianski, and Louis Morvan star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Lawrence Foster conducts the production by Agnès Jaoui. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-11, 2026 Alexandra Marcellier, Thomas Bettinger, and Marc Scoffoni lead Puccini’s “Le Villi” with Paolo Arrivabeni conducting and Stefano {…}
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Roberto Alagna, Ruzan Mantashyan, Asmik Grigorian, Nikolai Schukoff, Airam Hernández, Stéphane Degout & Nadine Sierra Lead Opéra National du Capitole’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/roberto-alagna-ruzan-mantashyan-asmik-grigorian-nikolai-schukoff-airam-hernandez-stephane-degout-nadine-sierra-lead-opera-national-du-capitoles-2026-27-season/

The Opéra National du Capitole has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Dvorak’s “Rusalka” in a production by Stefano Poda. The cast includes Ruzan Mantashyan, Alexander Roslavets, Pavol Breslik, Ricarda Merbeth, and Agnieszka Rehlis. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 4, 2026  Stéphane Fuget conducts Charpentier’s “Médée” in concert with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Petr Nekoranec, Juliette Mey, Frédéric Caton, Étienne Bazola, Camille Poul, and Claire Lefilliâtre. Performance Date: {…}
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Lise Davidsen, Angel Blue, Francesca Dotto, Wallis Giunta & Raffaele Pe Lead new CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week, audiences can hear a recital by one of the most famous sopranos of our time and discover several baroque works by rarely performed composers. They can also get a glimpse at one of the upcoming operas at the Metropolitan Opera. Here are {…}
DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Ottorino Respighi’s ‘Maria Egiziaca’

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  Historiography operates through superlatives. All too easily, it compresses organic development into the quasi-religious advent of the monstre sacré. This antiquarianism of sorts keeps a particularly tight grip on the development of Italian opera: There’s Monteverdi at one end, Puccini at the other—no ante, no post. But what about Ottorino Respighi, born some twenty years after the composer of {…}
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Lidia Fridman, Antonio Poli, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Marta Torbidoni & Eleonora Buratto Lead Festival Verdi’s 2026 Season

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The Festival Verdi has announced the operas for its 2026 season. The festival, which will be celebrated between October 1 and 25, 2026, will showcase the theme of “Mondi lontani,” evoking fascination with the exotic. The first of the three operas that will be performed is the rarely seen “Alzira” at the Teatro Regio di Parma. The rarely performed work will star {…}
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Anna Netrebko & Ludovic Tézier Lead Teatro San Carlo’s ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’

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(Credit: Luciano Romano) On Oct. 4, the Teatro San Carlo will present a production of “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The production, which is sold out, will star Anna Netrebko in her anticipated role debut as Amelia, alongside Piero Pretti as Riccardo and Ludovic Tézier as Renato. They will be joined by Elizabeth DeShong, who will make her house debut and {…}
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Cast Change: Oksana Dyka Joins Teatro San Carlo’s ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’

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The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The company said that the Oct. 5 and 10, the role of Amelia will be performed by Oksana Dyka. She will replace Valeria Sepe, who was originally announced. Dyka is a Ukrainian soprano who has performed Teatro Comunale di Bologna,, Teatro alla Scala, Semperoper Dresden, Arena di {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Oksana Dyka, Fabio Sartori, & Mihaela Marcu Lead Teatro Massimo Bellini’s 2025-26 season

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The Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts Verid’s “Aida” in a production by Marco Vinco. The production will star Oksana Dyka and Valentina Boi in the title role alongside Jorge de León, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Nino Surguladze, Irene Savignano, Franco Vassallo, Alberto Gazale, Insung Sim, and Simón Orfila. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-28, {…}

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