Anna Netrebko, Ermonela Jaho, Andreas Schager, Julia Bullock, Freddie De Tomasso Headline Royal Ballet & Opera’s 2025-26 Cinema Season

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The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2025-26 cinema season which will feature nine productions screened across 1,500 cinemas around the world. Here is a look at the operas on the slate. “Tosca” is fist on the slate with Music Director Jakub Hrůša and Oliver Mears leading a new production of “Tosca.” Anna Netrebko, Freddie De Tommaso, and Gerald {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Sidney Outlaw Tomasz Konieczny, Camilla Nylund, Carlos Álvarez & Piotr Beczała 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. This week, audiences will get a chance to see a new production of the Ring Cycle, a classic recording of a Verdi staple, and two solo albums. Here is a look at this week’s releases. Black Pierrot Lexicon Classics releases “Black Pierrot,” a {…}

News

Oper Köln Cancels Performance After Undetonated World War II Bombs Force City Evacuation

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Oper Köln canceled its performance of Michael Krasznay-Krausz’s operetta “Eine Frau von Format” on June 4, 2025, due to the evacuation in Cologne after the discovery of three unexploded bombs dropped by allied forces during World War II. According to reports, about 20,000 people had to leave their homes and businesses, while hotels, a care home for elderly people, and {…}

News, Season Announcement

Royal Opera House Announces 2025-26 Cinema Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its cinema season for the 2025-26 season. Here are the opera offerings: The cinema season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Anna Netrebko, Freddie de Tommaso, and Gerald Finley. Jakub Hrůša conducts the new production by Oliver Mears. Cinema Date: Oct. 1 & 5, 2025 Antonello Manacorda conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata” and will star Ermonela {…}

News, Season Announcement

Anna Netrebko, Freddie De Tommaso, Marina Rebeka, Bryn Terfel, Aigul Akhmetshina, Lisette Oropesa, Juan Diego Flórez & Pretty Yende Lead Royal Ballet & Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” in a new production by Oliver Mears. Anna Netrebko and Aleksandra Kurzak share the title role. Freddie De Tommaso and Gerald Finley also star. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-Oct. 7, 2025 Speranza Scappucci conducts Verdi’s “I vespri siciliani” in a revival of Stefan Herheim’s production. Marina {…}

Artist of the Week

Artist of the Week: Olivia Warburton

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This week, the Staatsoper Hamburg is set to revive its production of “Falstaff” with a starry cast of acclaimed singers including Simon Keenlyside, Danielle De Niese, and Christopher Purves. It also includes rising stars like Olivia Warburton, who is making her role debut as Nannetta. The soprano, who made her Staatsoper Hamburg debut in 2023, has joined the company in {…}

News

Karen Slack, Marina Viotti, Nicholas Phan & Kaija Saariaho Win Major Classical Grammy Awards

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The Grammy Awards announced its 2025 winners on Feb. 2, 2025. Here is a look at the classical music winners. The Best Opera Recording went to “Saariaho: Adriana Mater.” The award was shared by Kaija Saariaho, Amin Maalouf, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra. Best Classical Vocal Album went to Karen {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Deutsche Grammophon’s ‘Adriana Mater’

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Eighteen years is far too long to go without recording an opera like Kaija Saariaho’s “Adriana Mater.” The Finnish composer’s 2006 follow-up to “L’Amour de loin” is a work of both hypnotic allure and harrowing immediacy. While it’s good of Deutsche Grammophon to put out this digital-only release, it’s a rather half-hearted tribute to the late Saariaho. There isn’t even {…}

Business, News

Sondra Radvanovsky Joins Intermusica for Management

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(Photo by: Michael Cooper) Intermusica has announced the addition of soprano Sondra Radvanovsky to the organization’s roster for management. The famed soprano has been a major star at all of the world’s renowned opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real de Madrid, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro di San Carlo, Royal Ballet and Opera. At the {…}

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