Philippe Jaroussky, Adèle Charvet, Fabio Trümpy, & Elsa Benoit Among Performers in La Seine Musicale’s 2025-26 Season

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(Photo credit: James Bellorini) La Seine Musicale unveils its 2025-26 season. The Season Launch Concert features members of the Jaroussky Academy, along with Philippe Jaroussky. They are joined by instrumentalists Nemanja Radulovic, Anne Gastinel, and Cédric Tiberghien. Performance Date: September 19, 2025 The Appassionato Choir performs in Fauré ‘s “Requiem.” Mathieu Herzog conducts the Appassionato Orchestra. Performance Date: November 15, {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva to Perform at 2025 Festival de Pollença

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The 64th edition of the Festival de Pollença has announced its season. The festival will be held between August 9 and 29, 2025. Here is the sole vocal performance for the season. Sonya Yoncheva will perform alongside the Orchestre de l’Royal de Versailles. Stefan Plewniak conducts the concert. Performance Date: August 16, 2025 The festival also includes performances by Janine {…}

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Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

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(Photo credits: Elisa Rinaldi, Simon Pauly, & Gregor Hohenberg) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2025 lineup. Soprano Maria Agresta and tenor Martin Muehle perform opera classics from Verdi to Puccini in the Italian opera gala. Carlo Montanaro conducts the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and those who inspired his writing {…}

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Natalie Dessay, René Pape, Eva Zaïcik, Kristian Benedikt & Carolyn Sampson Leads 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, a diva says goodbye to classical music, while there are several rare operas and oratorios. Here are this week’s new releases. Dog Days / Thumbprint Bright Shiny Things reissues two operas that have been out of print for nearly two years: {…}

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Adèle Charvet Joins Intermusica for General Management

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(Credit: Marco Borggreve) French mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet has joined the Intermusica roster for worldwide general management. Charvet is an acclaimed mezzo who this season makes her role debut as the title role “Ariodante” for the Opera national du Rhin, Strasbourg, and performs the role of “Carmen” in a new production at the Opéra royal de Versailles. She also makes her {…}

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Michael Fabiano, Lea Desandre, Jessica Pratt, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Matthias Goerne Lead Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Hervé Niquet conducts a production of Massenet’s “Thaïs” with Stefano Poda directing. Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Tassis Christoyannis, and Jean-François Borras star. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 5, 2025 Thomas Dunford conducts Handel’s “Theodora” in concert with Lea Desandre, Véronique Gens, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen. Performance Date: {…}

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Julie Roset, Sabine Devieilhe, & Reginald Mobley Lead Saint-Denis Festival 2025

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Saint-Denis Festival has released details of its 2025 season. This year the festival puts women in the spotlight, as a “demonstration of the important place that women now occupy in the musical world, particularly in orchestral conducting.” Only vocal works are included in this article. First up is a preview concert featuring Apolline Raï-Westphal, Louise Bourgeat-Roulleau, Jordan Mouaïssia, Léo Guillou-Keredan, {…}

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Death of Classical Reveals 2025 Slate

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Death of Classical has unveiled its 2025 season Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “Cocktails, Comestibles & Callas.” The event will be divided up into three parts with a “sunset serenade” featuring The Grand Street Stompers. When twilight sets in, there will be a Callas Lookalike contest hosted by Creatine Price. Then at {…}

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Opera Atelier to Mount Toronto Premiere of ‘David and Jonathan’

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(© Agathe Poupeney / Divergence) Opera Atelier will present the Toronto premiere of “David and Jonathan” on April 9 -13, 2025. The Charpentier opera will be staged by Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. It will star David Witczak, Antonin Rondepierre, Colin Ainsworth, Mireille Asselin, Christophe Dunham, and Stephen Hegedus. David Falis conducts the production. “Charpentier’s ‘David and {…}

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Philippe Jaroussky, Adèle Charvet, Fabio Trümpy, & Elsa Benoit Among Performers in La Seine Musicale’s 2025-26 Season

Sonya Yoncheva to Perform at 2025 Festival de Pollença

Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

Natalie Dessay, René Pape, Eva Zaïcik, Kristian Benedikt & Carolyn Sampson Leads New CD/DVD Releases

Adèle Charvet Joins Intermusica for General Management

Michael Fabiano, Lea Desandre, Jessica Pratt, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Matthias Goerne Lead Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse’s 2025-26 Season

Julie Roset, Sabine Devieilhe, & Reginald Mobley Lead Saint-Denis Festival 2025

Death of Classical Reveals 2025 Slate

Opera Atelier to Mount Toronto Premiere of ‘David and Jonathan’