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Q & A: Music Director Peter Whelan on His Vision for Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale & the 2026-27 Season ‘The Power of Music’
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale recently announced its 2026-27 season, the first with Peter Whelan as its new Music Director. For Whelan, what distinguishes Philharmonia Baroque from the outset is its energy. He describes the ensemble as a group of “musical time-travelers” who bring a visceral, theatrical charge to every performance, and speaks warmly of the Bay Area audience’s {…}
Q & A: Alexander Marev on Performing at the Opéra de Liège, the Challenges of Being a Young Artists & Dream Roles
Bulgarian tenor Alexander Marev is one of the rising stars of the opera world who has won numerous national singing competitions in his native Poland. He has also been a young talent program of the Opera La Monnaie/De Munt in Brussels and made his stage debut in March 2022 in a production of “Rigoletto.” Since then he has appeared at {…}
Q & A: Anna Skryleva on Making Her Debut at Opera Australia & ‘Eugene Onegin’
(Credit: Katharina Gebauer) Anna Skryleva is an award winning conductor, composer, pianist, and synesthete. She regularly appears as a guest conductor at prestigious opera houses including the Hamburg State Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and this season she made her Teatro alla Scala debut. She is also making {…}
Indie Opera
Opera Unbound to World Premiere ‘The Fox’
(Photo credit: Jessica-Wynn-Cole) Opera Unbound will present the world premiere of composer Roan Shankaruk’s chamber opera “The Fox,” running April 17–19, 2026 at ANNEX in Vancouver, BC. The production marks Opera Unbound’s inaugural full-length opera staging, directed by Christopher Lam. The opera is based on D.H. Lawrence’s 1922 novella and centers on Nellie March and Jill Banford, whose isolated poultry {…}
New Wave Opera to Present ‘Rising Tides’
New Wave Opera will present “Rising Tides,” a concert exploring climate grief, the natural world, and social justice through opera and song, as part of The Old Church Concert Hall’s Free Lunchtime Concert Series in Portland. Set for April 15, 2026, the program will feature preview excerpts from composer Caroline Louise Miller’s new queer fantasy opera “Deep Water,” ahead of {…}