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News, Season Announcement

Aigul Akhmetshina, Michael Fabiano, Marina Rebeka, Pretty Yende, Sara Blanch & Jessica Pratt Lead Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s 2025-26 Season

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The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced its 2025-26 season. Autumn Season Holger Falk will perform alongside Herbert Schuch, Vivi Vassileva, and Musicbanda Franui. Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2025 Julian Prégardien, Herbert Schuch, and Musicbanda Franui will perform in concert. Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2025 Winter Season Johann Sebastian Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium will be performed by Elisabeth Breuer, Ulrike Malotta, Gideon Poppe, {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Ludovic Tézier, Pretty Yende, Rolando Villazón, Federica Lombardi, Nicole Car, Freddie De Tommaso & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Wiener Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and recitals for the new season. Premieres  Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” will get a new production by Dirk Schmeding. The cast will be headed by Franz Xaver Schlecht, Margaret Plummer, Slávka Zámečníková, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Pavol Breslik, Michael Laurenz, Peter Kellner, Matthäus Schmidlechner, Ilia Staple, and Alex Ilvakhin. Tomáš Hanus conducts. A second cast will {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Anna Netrebko, Brian Jagde, Saioa Hernández, Ermonela Jaho, Lisette Oropesa, Jakub Józef Orliński & Nadine Sierra Lead Teatro Real de Madrid’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Otello,” starring Brian Jadge, Jorge de León, and Angelo Villari in the title role. The cast includes Igor Golovatenko, Artur Ruciński, Gabriele Viviani, Airam Hernández, Asmik Grigorian, and Maria Agresta. Nicola Luisotti and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct the production by David Alden. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

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

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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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Joyce DiDonato, Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczala, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions The season opens on a Sunday with Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s  “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” in its Met Opera premiere. Bartlett Sher directs and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast starring Lauren Snouffer, Sun-Ly Pierce, Miles Mykkanen, Patrick Carfizzi, Craig Colclough, and Andrzej Filoncyzk. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro alla Scala 2024-2025 Review: La Forza del Destino

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(Credit: Brescia – Amisano © Teatro alla Scala) Legend has it that “La forza del destino” is a cursed opera, associated with tragedies that seem to haunt every new production. From companies falling into bankruptcy after staging it, to severe technical and production errors arising after the famous overture, and even the deaths of artists linked to the work—this reputation {…}

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Brian Jagde to Return to Teatro Alla Scala’s ‘La Forza Del Destino’ on Dec. 19

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Brian Jagde is set to return to “La Forza del Destino” at the Teatro alla Scala on Dec. 19. After missing performances on Dec. 13 and 16 due to the birth of his first son, the tenor said, “Unfortunately I will not be back in Milano yet for tonight’s performance of ‘Forza’ at the Teatro alla Scala, but I will {…}