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Bayreuth Festival 2025 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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(Credit: Enrico Nawrath) “They enter into blinding darkness those who worship chaos; into greater darkness still those who delight in shadow.” Upanishad, Verse IX Coming to Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” for the first time must always remain a unique, emotional, musical experience. It is an opera of subtle interpretations, not only regarding the music and dramatic action, but perhaps more {…}
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Cast Change: Günther Groissböck to Perform in ‘Parsifal’ Replacing Georg Zeppenfeld

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(Credit: © Gerhard Ringhofer) The Bayreuth Festival has announced a new cast for its production of “Parsifal” on August 17. The company said, “Unfortunately, Georg Zeppenfeld is unable to sing in tomorrow’s performance of ‘Parsifal’ due to illness. Thankfully, Günther Groissböck will be stepping in to take over the role of Gurnemanz.” Groissböck, who made his Bayreuth debut in 2011, {…}
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Bayreuth Festival 2025 Review: Parsifal

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(© Enrico Nawrath) First seen on the Green Hill in 2023, the director of “Parsifal,” 55-year-old Jay Scheib, professor of music and theatre arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an American of international standing in the hi-tech world, is a technological wizard like no other! A couple of his credits include Thomas Adès’ “Powder Her Face” (New York {…}
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Luca Salsi, Nino Machaidze, Dmitry Korchak, Ermonela Jaho, Nadine Sierra, Vittorio Grigolo & Carlo Vistoli Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2025-26 Season. Opera The season opens with Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Michele Mariotti conducting a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast includes Dmitry Korchak, Clive Bayley, Tómas Tómasson, Ekaterina Gubanova, Andrei Bondarenko, and Jennifer Holloway. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 7, 2025, 2025 Davide Livermore’s production of Puccini’s “La bohème” returns with Carolina López {…}
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Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman, Luca Salsi & Dmitry Korchak Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Rai Cultura Broadcast

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to team up with Rai Cultura for the 2025-26 season. The company will present four operas, “Tosca,” “Lohengrin,” “Tancredi,” and “Falstaff.” “Tosca” will be presented on Nov. 1, 2025, on Rai 3, with Daniel Oren conducting a cast that includes Eleonora Buratto as Tosca, Jonathan Tetelman as Cavaradossi, and Luca Salsi as Scarpia. {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Two Streams with Krassimira Stoyanova

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that it will stream “Il Trovatore” and “Der Rosenkavalier.” The company said that on May 30, it will showcase Verdi’s masterwork with a cast that includes Luca Salsi, Piotr Beczała, Krassimira Stoyanova, and Ekaterina Semenchuk. Marco Armiliato will conduct the production by Daniele Abbado. Then on June 17, the company will stream a performance of {…}
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Rai 5 to Present Teatro San Carlo’s ‘Rusalka’ with Asmik Grigorian

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(Credit: © Luciano Romano) Rai5 will finally present the Teatro San Carlo’s opening night production of Dvořák’s “Rusalka.” The opera, which was originally set to be shown on Nov. 20, 2024, will be broadcast on May 29. The production is directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov and conducted by Dan Ettinger. Asmik Grigorian stars in the title role alongside Adam Smith as {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Tannhäuser’

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its production of “Tannhäuser.” The company said that Martin Gantner will sing the role of Wolfram, replacing Ludovic Tézier. The cancellation came at the same time as the baritone was forced to cancel his “Parsifal” performances also in Vienna, which were held on April 17, 20, and 23, and was replaced by {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Ludovic Tézier, Pretty Yende, Rolando Villazón, Federica Lombardi, Nicole Car, Freddie De Tommaso & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Wiener Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and recitals for the new season. Premieres  Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” will get a new production by Dirk Schmeding. The cast will be headed by Franz Xaver Schlecht, Margaret Plummer, Slávka Zámečníková, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Pavol Breslik, Michael Laurenz, Peter Kellner, Matthäus Schmidlechner, Ilia Staple, and Alex Ilvakhin. Tomáš Hanus conducts. A second cast will {…}

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