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Benjamin Bernheim, Günther Groissböck, Camilla Nylund, Eleonora Buratto, Elīna Garanča & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Musikverein Wien’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/benjamin-bernheim-gunther-groissbock-camilla-nylund-eleonora-buratto-elina-garanca-aigul-akhmetshina-lead-musikverein-wiens-2025-26-season/

The Musikverein Wien has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Herbert Lippert Joins the Philharmonia Schrammeln for “Das is’ die Wiener G’müatlichkeit.” Performance Dates: Sept. 29, 2025 Camilla Nylund and Helmut Deutsch perform lieder by Antonín Dvořák, Richard Strauss and Jean Sibelius Performance Dates: Oct. 1, 2025 Martin Haselböck conducts the {…}
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Isabel Leonard & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’

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(Photo: Ken Howard/ Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Bartlett Sher’s production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” for 12 performances, beginning on April 15, 2025. The opera will first star Isabel Leonard as Rosina, Lawrence Brownlee as Count Almaviva, and Davide Luciano as Figaro. The cast is rounded out by Nicola Alaimo and Alexander Vinogradov. The {…}
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Aigul Akhmetshina, Allan Clayton & the Royal Opera House Lead 2025 Olivier Awards

https://operawire.com/aigul-akhmetshina-allan-clayton-the-royal-opera-house-lead-2025-olivier-awards/

The Olivier Awards has announced the 2025 nominees. Here is a list of the opera categories. The nominees for Best New Opera Production are “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” from the English National Opera, “Festen” from the Royal Opera House, “L’Olimpiade” from the Irish National Opera and Royal Opera House, and “The Tales Of Hoffmann” from the Royal Opera House. The nominees {…}
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Corinne Winters, Klaus Florian Vogt & Aigul Akhmetshina Among 2025 Oper! Award Winners

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(Credit: Marin Driguez) The Oper! Awards have announced its 2025 awards. The ceremony which took place on Feb. 21, 2025, at La Monnaie / De Munt, which was awarded the Best Opera House prize. Corinne Winters was awarded the Best Female Singer of the Year award, while Klaus Florian Vogt won Best Male Singer. Pablo Heras-Casado won Best Conductor and Tobias {…}
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Arte.TV to Broadcast Asmik Grigorian, Aigul Akhmetshina & Freddie De Tommaso’s ‘Norma’ from Vienna

https://operawire.com/arte-tv-to-broadcast-asmik-grigorian-aigul-akhmetshina-freddie-de-tommasos-norma-from-vienna/

(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) On Feb. 23, 2025, Arte.TV is set to broadcast the Theater an der Wien’s new production of Bellini’s “Norma.” The production by Vasily Barkhatov sets Bellini’s work against the backdrop of a change of political system and Norma’s tragedy is that she is ground down between the millstones of ideology as the old idols are jettisoned and {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Aigul Akhmetshina, Angel Blue, Jonas Kaufmann, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Piotr Beczała, Luca Salsi, & Aleksandra Kurzak Lead Arena di Verona’s 2025 Season

https://operawire.com/arena-di-verona-announces-2025-season/

The Arena di Verona has announced its 2025 season. Verdi’s “Nabucco” will get a new production. Stefano Poda will direct the new production. Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Youngjun Park, Luca Salsi, and Igor Golovatenko lead the cast that includes Anna Pirozzi, Maria José Siri, Anna Netrebko, and Olga Maslova as Abigaille, Francesco Meli and Galeano Salas as Ismaele. The cast is rounded out by Roberto {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Sonya Yoncheva, Rolando Villazón, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s 2025 Season

https://operawire.com/jonas-kaufmann-diana-damrau-sonya-yoncheva-rolando-villazon-jonathan-tetelman-aigul-akhmetshina-lead-festspielhaus-baden-badens-2025-season/

The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Camilla Nylund, Andreas Schager, and Pietari Inkinen perform an evening of Wagner, Strauss, Kálmán, Lehar, Performance Dates: Jan. 12, 2025 Zum Rahmenprogramm des Festivals  Gianandrea Noseda, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, and Philharmonia Zürich lead an all-Strauss program. Performance Dates: Feb. 22, 2025 Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler’s {…}
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Aigul Akhmetshina, Freddie De Tommaso, Hera Hyesang Park, & Paul Grant to Headline Georg Solti Accademia Gala

https://operawire.com/aigul-akhmetshina-freddie-de-tommaso-hera-hyesang-park-paul-grant-to-headline-georg-solti-accademia-gala/

The Georg Solti Accademia will present a star-studded gala at the Hungarian State Opera. Set for Oct. 20, 2024, the showcase will feature Aigul Akhmetshina, Freddie De Tommaso, Hera Hyesang Park, and Paul Grant, all alumni of the Georg Solti Accademia’s Bel Canto Course for Singers. This is the first time these four artists perform together. “This concert broadcast is {…}
DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Aigul Akhmetshina’s Debut Album ‘Aigul’

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A debut album from the new darling of the opera world: Aigul Akhmetshina, the young mezzo soprano from Bashkortostan. While training with the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Artists Programme in London, Akhmetshina has performed the role of Carmen in Peter Brooks’ condensed version of Bizet’s opera and later understudied the titular role in the main house while performing the {…}

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