Juilliard Unveils 2025-26 Season

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Juilliard announces its 2025-26 season. This article only features classical voice events. Juilliard and Columbia University Present Italian Opera 200. Performance Date: October 5, 2025 Up next is the start of school’s “Liederabend” series. Performance Dates: October 8, November 19, December 10, 2025 & February 25 & April 1 & 29, 2026 “Sound On: Inward Journeys” features the Neue Vocalsolisten {…}

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Cape Town Opera to Present ‘The Barber of Seville’

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(Photo credit: Mark Dobson) Cape Town Opera is set to present Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” from August 5 – 17, 2025. Leading the cast is William Berger as Figaro, with Thando Zwane sharing the lead role. Innocent Masuku takes on the role of Count Almaviva and will share the part with Dumisa Masoka. Megan Kahts and Brittany Smith are {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Asmik Grigorian, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Film Festival on Vienna’s Rathausplatz

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the Film Festival on Vienna’s Rathausplatz. The company will present operas on 10 Sunday evenings at the Haus am Ring. Here is a look at the program: The festival opens with Puccini’s “La bohème” from 2022 featuring Vittorio Grigolo, Anna Netrebko, Günther Groissböck, and Nina Minasyan. Date: June 29, 2025 Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” from 2022 features {…}

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Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Hankey on Her Vocal Technique in the Role of Donna Elvira & Her Own Evolution as an Opera Singer

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(Photo credit: Faymous) From the title role in “Carmen,” one of the most coveted mezzo roles, to Dorabella in “Cosi fan tutte,” a traditional soprano role, mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sings it all. In her interview with OperaWire, Hankey discussed her nonconformist approach to repertoire and the technique behind her success. Hankey will be singing the role of Donna Elvira in {…}

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Marie Lys, Francesca Aspromonte, Key’mon Murrah, & Jeremy Ovenden Star in Les Talens Lyriques’ 2025-26 Season

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Les Talens Lyriques releases its 2025-26 season. Lully’s “Proserpine” opens the 2025 season. Marie Lys, Véronique Gens, Olivier Gourdy, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Ambroisine Bré, Laurent Kilsby, Apolline Raï-Westphal, Nick Pritchard, Olivier Cesarini, and David Witczak make up the cast. They are joined by Chœur de Chambre de Namur led by Thibaut Lenaerts, and Les Talens Lyriques under the direction of Christophe {…}

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Lammermuir Festival Announces 2025 Programming

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Lammermuir Festival unveils its 2025 season. Mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean performs Stuart MacRae’s “Earth Thy Cold is Keen.” MacRae directs. Performance Date: September 4, 2025 Ravel’s “L’heure espagnole” and Walton’s “The Bear” are presented in a double bill. Performers include Lea Shaw, Luvo Maranti, Jamie MacDougall, Edward Jowle, Daniel Barrett, and Chloe Harris. Jacopo Spirei is the director and Kenneth Macleod {…}

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Michael Weinius, Martina Dike, & Nicholas Brownlee Star in ‘Parsifal’ at Cēsis Art Festival

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The Cēsis Art Festival is set to present a concert production of Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal.” Tenor Michael Weinius takes on the title role. He is joined by mezzo-soprano Martina Dike as Kundry, Stephen Milling as Gurnemanz, bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee as Amfortas, bass-baritone Oleksandr Pushniak in the role of Klingsor, and bass Edgars Ošleja as Titurel. Marlēna Keine, Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine, Gunta {…}

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Lydia Grindatto Wins First Prize in the 2025 Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition

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(Photo credit: Morgan Horell) Soprano Lydia Grindatto has won first place in the 2025 Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition. Grindatto took home the top prize of $15,000. Coming in second place was tenor Ben Reisinger, along with mezzo-soprano Madeleine Lyon in third, baritone Paul Jang fourth, and soprano Sunwoo Park in fifth. Bass Michael Mensha took home the Encouragement {…}

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World Premiere Recording of Carl Heinrich Graun’s Opera ‘Adriano in Siria’ to be Released

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(Photo credit: Stefan Gloede) The world premiere recording of Carl Heinrich Graun’s opera, “Adriano in Siria” is set to be released on June 13. “Adriano in Siria” was presented in a production by the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and recorded in June 2024. The cast features the countertenor trio of Valer Sabadus, Bruno de Sá, and Federico Fiorio, alongside sopranos Roberta Mameli {…}

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Juilliard Unveils 2025-26 Season

Cape Town Opera to Present ‘The Barber of Seville’

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Asmik Grigorian, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Film Festival on Vienna’s Rathausplatz

Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Hankey on Her Vocal Technique in the Role of Donna Elvira & Her Own Evolution as an Opera Singer

Marie Lys, Francesca Aspromonte, Key’mon Murrah, & Jeremy Ovenden Star in Les Talens Lyriques’ 2025-26 Season

Lammermuir Festival Announces 2025 Programming

Michael Weinius, Martina Dike, & Nicholas Brownlee Star in ‘Parsifal’ at Cēsis Art Festival

Lydia Grindatto Wins First Prize in the 2025 Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition

World Premiere Recording of Carl Heinrich Graun’s Opera ‘Adriano in Siria’ to be Released