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News, Season Announcement

Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Rebeka, Karita Mattila, Benjamin Appl, Rolando Villazón, & Elsa Dreisig Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2025-26 Season

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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The Symphoniker Hamburg, alongside Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor Hamburg and Knabenchor Hannover, perform Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Mandy Fredrich and Isabelle Huppert are the soloists with Lucie Leguay conducting. Performance Date: August 22 & 23, 2025 Manuel Winckhler, Mauro Peter, Kathryn Lewek, Elsa Dreisig, Äneas {…}

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Théâtre du Châtelet Announces 2025-26 Season Featuring Natalie Dessay & Joël Terrin

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The Théâtre du Châtelet has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. “L’Annonce faite à Marie” by Philippe Leroux will be conducted by Ariane Matiakh and will be directed by Célie Pauthe. The cast will include Raphaële Kennedy, Sophia Burgos, Els Janssens, Marc Scoffoni, Charles Rice, and Vincent Bouchot. Performance Date: Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2026 Julie Hega, Raquel Camarinha, René Ramos {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Kristine Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Eleonora Buratto, Kate Lindsey, Matthias Goerne & Rinat Shaham Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. It’s another week of many releases, including new complete opera recordings, solo albums, oratorios, and sacred works. John Weldon: The Judgment of Paris A long-lost masterpiece revived by Julian Perkins, Cambridge Handel Opera Company and Academy of Ancient Music Academy of Ancient Music {…}

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Margaux Loire Among Headliners of Salle Cortot’s April 2025 Programming

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Salle Cortot has announced its April 2025 slate. Here are the vocal performances. Soprano Margaux Loire will perform a recital as part of the Festival Élite 2025. She presents a program of works by Gounod, Verdi, Poulenc, Chaminade, Aboulker, Strohl, Boulanger, Brahsm, Schreker, and Schumann, among others. The soprano is joined by numerous musicians, including pianists Flore-Elise Capelier, Joseph Birnbaum, {…}

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Laurène Paternò, Sabine Devieilhe, Julien Henric, & Mathias Vidal Star in the 2025 Festival Pulsations

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Festival Pulsations releases its 2025 programming. Opening the festival is “Les Indes Galantes – De la voix des âmes,” an fusion of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque opera and of hip-hop and krump. Laurène Paternò, Mathias Vidal, Ana Quitans, and Andreas Wolf, along with Rualité Structure, the Namur Chamber Choir, and Cappella Mediterranea perform under the baton of Leonardo García-Alarcón. Bintou Dembélé {…}

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The Tallis Scholars & The King’s Singers Headline the 2025 Buxton International Festival

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(Photo credit: Hugo Glendinning) The Buxton International Festival has unveiled its 2025 season. This article features opera and choral events only. A full cast list will be announced at a later date. Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet” stars Gregory Feldmann in the title role. He is joined by Alastair Miles, Yewon Han, Richard Woodall, and Allison Cook, among others. Jack Furness directs {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Cal Performances 2024-25 Review: Soprano Julia Bullock & the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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  Julia Bullock and the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra offered a jewel of a performance at the University of California, Berkeley on Sunday, January 19th. The Age of Enlightenment Orchestra, based in London, is a period instrument orchestra that formed in 1986. They specialize in 17th to 19th century music (and sometimes beyond) composers such as Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, {…}

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Innsbruck Festival of Early Music Announces 2025 Lineup

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Details of the 2025 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music have been made public. For the purposes of this article only vocal performances are featured. Concerts First Prize winner of the 2020 Cesti International Singing Competition Margherita Maria Sala performs works by Galuppi, Marcello, Vivaldi, Ristori, and Handel. Sala is accompanied by the Ensemble Locatelli led by Thomas Chigioni. Performance Date: {…}

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Amelie Tatti, Inna Kalugina, Sandrine Piau, Arnaud Gluck, Lucile Richardot Headline Salle Cortot’s November 2024 Slate

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The Salle Cortot in Paris has announced its slate for November 2025. Headlining the vocal performances on offer is “Canzoni di Corsica è Ucraina,” with sopranos Amelie Tatti and Inna Kalugina. They are joined by instrumentalists Camille Theveneau, Sacha Pietri, Clotilde Boussange, and Hugo Pietri. Performance Date: Nov. 14, 2024 Next up is “Amore Langueo,”  a concert featuring works by Kapsberger, {…}