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Rihab Chaieb, Elsa Dreisig & Jakub Józef Orliński Headline Opera Orchestre National De Montpelier’s 2018-19 Season

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The Opera Orchestre National de Montpelier has announced its 2018-19 season featuring a vast array of repertoire. The season will feature established artists as well as rising stars. For this season announcement, we have only focused on the vocal events. Production Hervé’s “Mam’zelle Nitouche” opens the season with Laura Neumann, Damien Birgourdain, Samy Camps, and Olivier Py in the lead {…}

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Malin Byström, Natalya Romaniw, Elena Stikhina, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Jakub Józef Orliński, Federica Lombardi & Joshua Guerrero Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Dutch National Opera has announce dits 2025-26 season. Elena Stikhina and Natalya Romaniw star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Joshua Guerrero and Gevorg Hakobyan. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 3-25, 2025 “Operetta Land” will be performed featuring music by Johann Strauss II, Jacques Offenbach, and Arthur Sullivan. Steef de Jong, Raoul Stefani, Marc Pantus, Laetitia Gerards, Elenora Hu, Frederik {…}

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Joel Prieto, Carlo Ventre, Hrachuhi Bassenz & Elena Mikhailenko Lead Israeli Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Israeli Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Yael Levita, Shira Patchornik, Joel Prieto, and Granit Musliu star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” alongside Oded Reich, Michael Schwarze, and Nahuel di Piero. Alessandro de Marchi conducts the production by Shirit Lee Weiss. Performance Dates: Nov. 7-18, 2024 Peter Wedd, Julian Hubbard, Alla Vasilevitsky, Shaked Strul, Eric Greene, Anat Czarny, and Tamara Navoth {…}

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Edward Parks, Asmik Grigorian & Fritz Wunderlich Lead 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 audiences get a world premiere recording of a new opera, a legendary recording of Strauss’ work, and a rarely performed Tchaikovsky opera. The Shining  Pentatone releases “The Shining,” the world-premiere recording from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City of the opera {…}

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Staatsoper Stuttgart to Give the World Premiere of ‘Dora’

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Staatsoper Stuttgart is set to give the world premiere of Bernhard Lang and Frank Witzel’s new opera, “Dora.” The main character, Dora is in her mid-twenties and stuck in the sheltered surroundings of her family. In her relentless search for direction Dora resorts to calling upon the devil, and the story unfolds with Lang’s rhythm-driven music as her accomplice. The {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Marina Rebeka, Sonya Yoncheva & Elīna Garanča Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2023-24 Season

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Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2023-24 season. The season will showcase numerous revivals and new productions. Premieres Calixto Bieito directs a new production of Verdi’s “Aida” with Grigory Shkarupa, Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Marina Rebeka, María José Siri, Yusif Eyvazov, Ivan Magrì, René Pape, Erwin Schrott, Vladislav Sulimsky, and Alfredo Daza. Nicola Luisotti conducts.  Performance Dates: Oct. {…}

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Patricia Petibon, Carmen Giannattasio, Wallis Giunta & Enea Scala Headline Opéra de Lyon’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credits: Bernard Martinez / Cory Weaver / Kirsten Nijhof / In Art Management official website) Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate. Operas A concert version of Massenet‘s “Manon” will showcase Saimir Pirgu as Le Chevalier des Grieux, Artur Ruciński as Lescaut, and Patricia Petibon in the title role. The cast will be rounded {…}

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Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Kristine Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Michael Spyres Headline Theater an der Wien’s 2021-22 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2021-22 season, which will include operas ranging from the baroque era through 2006. First up will be Cavalieri’s “Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo,” which will be conducted by Giovanni Antonini and directed by Robert Carson. The work will star Anett Fritsch, Florian Boesch, Cyril Auvity, and Saniel Schmutzhard, among others. Performance {…}

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René Pape, Olga Peretyatko, & Sonya Yoncheva Highlight Staatsoper Unter Den Linden’s 2020-21 Season

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The Staatsoper Unter Den Linden has announced its 2020-21 season, which features eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres Barbara Wysocka directs Francesconi’s “Quartett” with Daniel Barenboim conducting  Mojca Erdmann and Thomas Oliemanns. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-18, 2020 Mozart’s “Mitridate, Re di Ponto”  is set to be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Satoshi Miyagi. Pene Pati, Julie Fuchs, {…}