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Alain Altinoglu Extends Contract at La Monnaie until 2031

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(Credit: © Simon Van Rompay) Alain Altinoglu has renewed his contract with La Monnaie until 2031. He will remain Music Director throughout Christina Scheppelmann’s tenure. She and the French conductor have known each other for many years and have already had the opportunity to work together. With this renewed appointment as music director, Altinoglu wishes to continue his educational role {…}

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Alain Altinoglu Extends His Contract At La Monnaie

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Alain Altinoglu has extended his contract with La Monnaie De Munt opera house in Brussels until 2025. Alongside his commitment with La Monnaie, Altinoglu will also become the Music Director of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony starting from the 2021-22 season. Altinoglu began his tenure at La Monnaie in 2015 and noted, “I look forward to continuing the innovative programming in {…}

News, Season Announcement

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Season

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The Royal Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Anthony Gabriele conducts Grace Davidson and Dessislava Stefanova in a program of music by Whitacre and Nikitin. Performance Dates: Oct. 20, 2026 Sir John Rutter Conducts the The Bach Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a Christmas concert.  Performance Dates: Dec. 4, 2026 Vasily Petrenko Conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.2, “Resurrection” {…}

News, Season Announcement

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón, Golda Schultz, Benjamin Appl, Gerald Finley, Joyce DiDonato & Jakub Józef Orliński

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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Philharmonia Orchestra, I Vocalisti, ChorWerk Potsdam, Anna Lapwood, and Kerem Hasan will perform music by Kristina Arakelyan, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2026 The Ensemble Resonanz, Anna Prohaska, and Enno Poppe will perform works by Benjamin Britten, Claude Vivier, Jean-Philippe {…}

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Programming Featuring Miah Persson, Ed Lyon & Lucy Crowe

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(Photo credit: D8) The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra released details of its 2026-27 season. This article only features classical voice works. Sopranos Grace Davidson and Dessislava Stefanova perform in “The Moonwalkers: Live in Concert.” Anthony Gabriele conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performance Date: October 20, 2026 Sir John Rutter CBE conducts The Bach Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in “Sir John {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende, Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Luca Salsi, Marina Rebeka, Xabier Anduaga & Piotr Beczała Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Zem­lins­ky’s “Eine Florentinische Tragödie” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” will be performed in a new production with Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, Florian Boesch, and Asmik Grigorian. Alain Altinoglu conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov.  Performance Dates: Oct. 3-12, 2026 Barrie Kosky directs a new production of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with {…}

News, Season Announcement

Jeanine De Bique, Asmik Grigorian, Kangmin Justin Kim, Gaëlle Arquez, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Susan Bullock, Clémentine Margaine & Kate Lindsey Lead La Monnaie/De Munt’s 2026-27 Season

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La Monnaie/De Munt has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Jeanine de Bique, Kseniia Proshina, Ismael Jordi and Airam Hernandez star in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with Florence Losseau, Travon D. Walker, and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev. Valentina Peleggi conducts the production by Julia Burbach. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 17,, 2026 Alain Altinoglu conducts Berg’s “Wozzeck” in a production by Christophe Coppens. Scott {…}

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Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Sabine Devieilhe, Camilla Nylund, Golda Schultz & Charles Castronovo Lead Musikverein Wien’s 2026-27 Season

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The Musikverein Wien has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Serafina Starke and Rebeka Stojkoska lead an evening of works from Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Fanny Hensel. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2026 Julia Kleiter, Julian Prégardien, and Sir András Schiff perform in recital of music by Johannes Brahms. Performance Date: {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Alexander Marev on Performing at the Opéra de Liège, the Challenges of Being a Young Artists & Dream Roles

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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 {…}