Opera Holland Park Festival 2024 Review: Tosca

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(Photo credit: Ali Wright) Whatever your views on Puccini, “Tosca” always draws a crowd. In a UK opera landscape mired by cuts and ever-tightening budgets, it is reassuring to see an opera festival that continues to stand on its own two feet, irrespective of Arts Council funding (or perhaps more accurately lack thereof). A full house then, as it was {…}

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Essex Summer Opera Festival to Perform ‘The Elixir of Love’ at Layer Marney Tower

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On June 20, 2023, the Essex Summer Opera Festival is set to open at the historic Tudor Palace, Layer Marney Tower near Colchester. Festival-goers can picnic and enjoy the 120-acre grounds over the next four days, as well as a production of Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Love.” Stage director Guido Martin-Brandis and music director Orlando Jopling lead a cast comprised {…}

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Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition Announces 2026 Final Round Singers

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The Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition has announced the 2026 Final Round Singers. The final round of the NEUE STIMMEN International Singing Competition will bring the most promising young voices from all over the world to Gütersloh. Following a rigorous, multi-stage selection process, the finalists are: Iana Aivazian, Soprano, Armenia Aigerim Altynbek, Soprano, Kazakhstan Esau Alvarez, Baritone, Mexico Madeleine Bazola-Minori, {…}

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Opéra de Paris 2025-26 Review: Ercole Amante

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(Credit: Bernd Uhlig / OnP) The production of “Ercole amante” at the Paris Opera represents both an artistic and a musicological event. The opera was composed in 1707 by Antonia Bembo, never performed during her lifetime and long presumed lost until it resurfaced in 1937 at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Its rediscovery eventually led to a concert performance in {…}

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Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces Participants for Vocal Institute

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Schmidt Vocal Arts (SVA) has announced the 31 participants in its 11th annual Schmidt Vocal Institute, which is set to take place between June 14–28 at Miami University in Oxford, OH. This year’s group represents 17 states. Sopranos include Tiffany Carr (Rowland Heights, CA), Addyson Finley (Battleground, WA), Mallory Goddard (Stuart, FL), Reese Guenther-Clark (Long Beach, CA), Cailey Jones (Baltimore, {…}

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Volksoper Wien Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Wallis Giunta, Misha Kiria, Annette Dasch & Matilda Sterby

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The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the opera and operetta productions. Premieres Hannah Severin and Ayaka Koshida lead “Ronja Räubertochter” with Eike Onyambu, Johannes Brand, Juergen Maurer, Rebecca Nelsen, Reini Moritz, Nicolaus Hagg, and Martin Enenkel. Maayan Franco and Keren Kagarlitsky conduct the production by Ruth Brauer-Kvam. Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2026-Feb. 7, 2027 {…}

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Royal Ballet & Opera 2025-26 Review: Samson et Dalila

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(Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic) I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t again mention this year that opera should always be more about the music and the singing than the staging. Alas, I find myself having to break that promise after sitting through the revival of Richard Jones’s 2022 production of “Samson et Dalila” at the Royal Ballet and Opera. {…}

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Tête à Tête Unveils 2026 Season & Opera Festival Slate

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Tête à Tête announces the lineup for its 2026 season and Opera Festival. Mainstage First up is “The Rain Show,” by Shaka Lwaki and Nami Shah. This production is put on in partnership with Baraka Opera Kenya and Across Arts. Performance Dates: April 20– 25, 2026 “Fantasy & Fairytales” features works by Daniel Musashi, Lasha Kharkhelauri, Asher Joyce, Deniz Dortok, {…}

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Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces 58 Semi-Finalists for Fifth Annual National High School Competition

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Schmidt Vocal Arts has announced the full roster of participants for its fifth annual National Vocal Competition for high school singers, presented in partnership with Sarasota Opera on May 30 and 31, 2026. The qualifiers include the top three winners from each of 18 regional competitions, plus four wild card singers selected at-large. The 58 semi-finalists are Anneli Abbott, mezzo-soprano, {…}

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Opera Holland Park Festival 2024 Review: Tosca

Essex Summer Opera Festival to Perform ‘The Elixir of Love’ at Layer Marney Tower

Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition Announces 2026 Final Round Singers

Opéra de Paris 2025-26 Review: Ercole Amante

Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces Participants for Vocal Institute

Volksoper Wien Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Wallis Giunta, Misha Kiria, Annette Dasch & Matilda Sterby

Royal Ballet & Opera 2025-26 Review: Samson et Dalila

Tête à Tête Unveils 2026 Season & Opera Festival Slate

Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces 58 Semi-Finalists for Fifth Annual National High School Competition