Cast Change: Étienne Dupuis Steps into Performances of ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at the Paris Opera

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Opéra National de Paris has announced cast change for its production of “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The company said that Igor Golovatenko has withdrawn from the production and will be replaced by Étienne Dupuis on Jan. 27, 30 and February 2, 2026. Dupuis made his Paris debut in 2009 and has since performed in productions of “Pelléas et Mélisande,” “Don {…}

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Opéra National de Paris Appoints New Music Director

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(Credit: © James Bort / OnP) The Opéra National de Paris has appointed Semyon Bychkov its new Music Director. The company and Alexander Neef, Director General of the Paris National Opera, announced the news and noted that Bychov will start his tenure on August 1, 2028. His first contract will be for four seasons. Bychov will be responsible for overseeing {…}

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Festival Napa Valley Announces World Premiere of ‘The Judgment of Paris’

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Festival Napa Valley has announced the commissioning and world premiere of “The Judgment of Paris,” a new one-act opera by acclaimed composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. The work will debut on July 18, 2026, on the Festival Napa Valley Stage at Charles Krug Winery, as part of Festival Napa Valley’s landmark 20th Anniversary Season. It will mark the {…}

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Opéra National de Paris Announces Program for Académie Gala at the Palais Garnier

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(Credit: © Vincent Lappartient) The Opéra National de Paris will present its annual Académie Gala at the Palais Garnier on Jan. 20, 2026. The program features artists-in-residence of the Académie performing with the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris under the direction of Stephanie Childress and staging by Pascal Neyron. The program includes Augusta Holmès’s “La Nuit et l’Amour” and {…}

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The Paris Opera Opens Auditions for New Choir School

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The Paris Opera has announced that auditions are open for its new choir school. This children’s choir directed by Morgan Jourdain will receive training in music and the performing arts, which will include a specific curriculum in voice, movement, and theatrical expression. Training classes will take place at schools in the morning, then in the afternoon at the Paris Opera. {…}

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Anthony Roth Costanzo’s ‘Glass Handel’ Takes Stage at Opéra National de Paris

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The Opéra National de Paris presented “Glass Handel” as the featured work of its annual Gala Lyrique at the Palais Garnier on Nov. 14, 2025, at 8 p.m. The production was created by experiential publishers VISIONAIRE in collaboration with countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and producer Cath Brittan. First seen in the United States in 2018 through partnerships with Opera Philadelphia, {…}

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Paris Opera Competition Announces 2025 Winners

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The Paris Opera Competition has announced its 2025 winners. The first prize winner was Welsh baritone Steffan Lloyd Owen, a member of the International Opera Studio at Zurich Opera while second prize went to Russian soprano Elene Gvritishvili, a graduate of the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire and of the Bolshoi Young Artist Programme The Audience prize was awarded to {…}

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Cast Change: Petr Nekoranec Takes Over ‘La Damnation de Faust’ in Paris

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Theatre des Champs-Elysées has anounced a cast change for the final performance of “La Damnation de Faust” on Nov. 15, 2025. The company said that “Benjamin Bernheim has been forced to forgo his participation in the last performance due to illness. We wish him a speedy recovery.” As a result, Czech tenor Petr Nekoranec will once again sing the role {…}

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Paris National Opera Announces 2025 Edition of ‘Opera in French Guiana’

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(Photo credit: Vincent Lappartient) The Paris Opera and its Academy are continuing the regional cultural cooperation, “Opera in French Guiana.” Choir director Isabelle Briard leads a series of singing workshops for participants. Performance Dates: November 21 & 26, 2025 There will also be a “Concert of French and Brazilian Melodies” performed by sopranos Lisa Chaïb Auriol, Juliana Kreling, and Lorena {…}

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Cast Change: Étienne Dupuis Steps into Performances of ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at the Paris Opera

Opéra National de Paris Appoints New Music Director

Festival Napa Valley Announces World Premiere of ‘The Judgment of Paris’

Opéra National de Paris Announces Program for Académie Gala at the Palais Garnier

The Paris Opera Opens Auditions for New Choir School

Anthony Roth Costanzo’s ‘Glass Handel’ Takes Stage at Opéra National de Paris

Paris Opera Competition Announces 2025 Winners

Cast Change: Petr Nekoranec Takes Over ‘La Damnation de Faust’ in Paris

Paris National Opera Announces 2025 Edition of ‘Opera in French Guiana’