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Elenora Buratto & Fabio Sartori to Lead Teatro La Fenice’s 2023 New Year’s Eve Concert

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The Teatro La Fenice has announced the soloists for its 2023 New Year’s Eve concert. Following the success of the 2022 concert, the company announced that Fabio Luisi will lead the concert with soloists Eleonora Buratto and Fabio Sartori. Tickets for the concert will be on sale on Feb. 15, 2023. The news comes as the 2022 televised concert saw {…}

News, Season Announcement

Brian Jagde, Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Luca Salsi, Francisco Meli, Juan Diego Flórez, Adela Zaharia, Eleonora Buratto, Anastasia Bartoli & Diana Damrau Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Myung–Whun Chung conducts Verdi’s “Otello” for opening night in a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast will include Brian Jagde, Luca Salsi, and Eleonora Buratto accompanied by Juan Francisco Gatell and Szilvia Vörös. A second cast will star Arsen Soghomonyan, Roberto Frontali and Roberta Mantegna. Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2026-Jan. 5, 2027 Bizet’s {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Mark Delavan, Lise Lindstrom, Nicole Heaston, J’Nai Bridges & Matthew Polenzani Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. Audiences will get to hear a new Ring Cycle by a major American orchestra, a new recording from the National Symphony Orchestra and some world premieres. Der Ring des Nibelungen The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Fabio Luisi release a live recording of {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Tenor Benjamin Bernheim on Lincoln Center Recital, Verdi Requiem Tour & Future Projects

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(Photo Credit: Julia Wesely) On April 21, Benjamin Bernheim makes his return to New York City. The famed tenor, who last performed in the Big Apple in the September 2024 production of “Les Contes d’Hoffmann,” will take to the stage at Alice Tully Hall alongside long-time collaborator Carrie-Ann Matheson to present a recital program featuring works by Duparc, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, {…}

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George Petean & Federica Lombardi Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Simon Boccaegra’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” The company will present the opera as part of the Holland Festival and Fabio Luisi will conduct the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Jetske Mijnssen will direct the new production. The new production by Mijnssen sets Verdi’s opera in 1881, the year the revised version premiered and when Italy was united {…}

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Teatro alla Scala Announces Operas for 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has revealed the operas that will be performed during the 2026-27 season. As previously reported the company will open with “Otello” in a new production by Damiano Michieletto. The company will also showcase the company premiere of “Leonora” by Ferdinando Paër in a production by Daniele Menghini and conducted by Roland Böer. Valentina Carasco will direct {…}

News, Season Announcement

Lisette Oropesa, Brian Jagde, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Clay Hilley & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Accademia di Santa Cecilia’s 2026-27 Season

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The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Concerts Daniel Harding conducts Vincent Huguet’s production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Clay Hilley, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Michael Volle, Wolfgang Koch, Falk Struckmann, Anna Kissjudit, Elisabet Strid, and Lysa Menu.  Performance Dates: Oct. 21-27, 2026 Alexander Soddy conducts Elsa Benoit in a program of music by Dukas, {…}

News, Season Announcement

Elīna Garanča, Christian Van Horn, Chen Reiss & Catriona Morison Lead Munich Philharmonic’s 2026-27 Season

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The Munich Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts a Mendelssohn program that includes Eleanor Lyons and Samuel Hasselhorn. Performance Dates: Oct. 23 & 24, 2026 Barbara Hannigan conducts a program that includes Khayam, Haydn, Messiaen, Ravel, and Schreker. Performance Dates: Oct. 29 & 30, 2026 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 will be performed {…}

News, Season Announcement

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Unveils 2026-27 Season

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The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces its 2026-27 season. This article only features opera-related concerts.  Josefina Maldonado solos in “Holidays with the DSO.” Anthony Blake Clark leads the Dallas Symphony Chorus. Bradley Hunter Welch accompanies on the organ. Lawrence Loh conducts. Performance Dates: December 11 -20, 2026 First up in 2027 is Bach’s “St. John Passion.” The Dallas Symphony Chorus is {…}