Carolina Lopez Moreno, Marina Costa-Jackson, Charles Castronovo, Lawrence Brownlee & Francesca Pia Vitale Lead New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2025-26 Season

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The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2025-26 season featuring two new productions and eight revivals with a total of 46 performances. Marina Costa-Jackson leads Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Luciano Ganci, Massimo Cavalletti, Hare Ito, Toshiaki Komada, and Andrea Pellegrini. Paolo Olmi conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 1-11, 2025 Berg’s “Wozzeck” will get a new production by Richard Jones. Kazushi {…}

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Kelly Guerra, Derek Chester, Aaron Sheehan, Hadleigh Adams Headline West Edge Opera’s 2025 Summer Festival

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West Edge Opera has announced its 2025 summer festival. First on the slate is Nicolás Lell Benavides and Marella Koch’s “Dolores,” which was developed through the company’s Aperture Program. It explores the journey of activist Dolores Huerta and her work with the United Farm Workers during the Delano Grape Strike, among other major events. The opera stars Kelly Guerra, Phillip {…}

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Bryn Terfel to Retire Scarpia With No Future Met Opera Plans

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On Jan. 9, Bryn Terfel is set to return to the Met after 13 years in “Tosca.” The bass-baritone will sing his final Scarpia performances according to the New York Times. The bass-baritone, who is now 60, has slowly been retiring roles from his repertoire. Terfel was originally set to premiere the David McVicar production but fell ill before opening {…}

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Obituary: Lighting Designer Rainer Casper Dies at 60

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Lighting designer Rainer Casper has died at 60. Born in 1964, Casper initially worked at the Cologne Theater before working as head of lighting at the Leipzig Theater, the Hannover Theater, and the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin, where his collaboration with Frank Castorf began. With Castroff he notably designed the lighting for the “The Ring of the Nibelung” at {…}

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James Gaffigan to End Tenure at Palau de les Arts at Close of 2024-25 Season

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El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia has announced that James Gaffigan will conclude his tenure as music director at the close of the 2024-25 season. The U.S. American conductor has been with the company since 2021, and during his tenure, the orchestra expanded from 54 to 76 musicians. He has led a number of major productions include Mozart’s “Requiem,” {…}

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Q & A: Mikhail Timoshenko On His Opera Career & Philanthropic Path

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(Photo: Annemone Taake) Russian baritone Mikhail Timoshenko began his musical and theatrical training in Mednogorsk, then at the Franz Liszt University in Weimar and the Hans Eisler in Berlin. From 2015 to 2017, he was a member of the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris. He sang in the world premiere of Joanna Lee’s “Vol Retour” and performed the role of {…}

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How to Listen to Teatro La Fenice’s New ‘Otello’ with Francesco Meli

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(Credit: Michele Crosera) On Nov. 26, 2024, Rai Radio 3 will broadcast Verdi’s “Otello” from the Teatro La Fenice. The new production by Fabio Ceresa will be conducted by Myung-Whun Chung. Francesco Meli will sing the title role for the first time, Karah Son as Desdemona, and Luca Micheletti as Iago. The cast will be rounded out by Francesco Marsiglia, Enrico {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Settles Lawsuit with Mezzo-Soprano Wendy White

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(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has finally settled its lawsuit with mezzo-soprano Wendy White. The New York Times is reporting that the case was settled after White was expected to return to court this month, but when a deal was reached with the Met, a scheduled trial was called off. According to the Times, neither the Met nor {…}

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Q & A: Italian Baritone Bruno Taddia On His Role as Licinius in Spontini’s ‘La Vestale’

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(Photo: Matilde Fassò) Italian baritone Bruno Taddia is embarking on his most challenging role yet as Licinius in Gaspare Spontini’s “La Vestale,” with libretto by Étienne de Jouy, for the Pergolesi Spontini Festival in Jesi. OperaWire dives headfirst into asking Taddia all about how he connects with this role and what it means to him as he performs for this {…}

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Carolina Lopez Moreno, Marina Costa-Jackson, Charles Castronovo, Lawrence Brownlee & Francesca Pia Vitale Lead New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2025-26 Season

Kelly Guerra, Derek Chester, Aaron Sheehan, Hadleigh Adams Headline West Edge Opera’s 2025 Summer Festival

Bryn Terfel to Retire Scarpia With No Future Met Opera Plans

Obituary: Lighting Designer Rainer Casper Dies at 60

James Gaffigan to End Tenure at Palau de les Arts at Close of 2024-25 Season

Q & A: Mikhail Timoshenko On His Opera Career & Philanthropic Path

How to Listen to Teatro La Fenice’s New ‘Otello’ with Francesco Meli

Metropolitan Opera Settles Lawsuit with Mezzo-Soprano Wendy White

Q & A: Italian Baritone Bruno Taddia On His Role as Licinius in Spontini’s ‘La Vestale’