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Melody Moore, Nikola Printz & Reginald Smith, Jr. to Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2026 Pride Concert

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(Photo: Kristen Loken) San Francisco Opera will present its second annual Pride Concert on Friday, June 26, 2026 at the War Memorial Opera House. Returning as host is Sapphira Cristál, classically trained opera singer, composer and drag queen known for her six-octave range and her runner-up finish on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16. Conductor Robert Mollicone leads the San Francisco {…}

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San Francisco Opera Guild & Neiman Marcus to Present ‘The Art of Fashion’ Runway Show & Luncheon

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The San Francisco Opera Guild and Neiman Marcus will present “The Art of Fashion” runway show and luncheon on Wednesday, May 13 at Neiman Marcus’ San Francisco store. The event will begin with a champagne reception at 11 a.m. in a space designed by event designer J. Riccardo Benavides, followed by a runway presentation at noon curated by Chloe King, {…}

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Nadine Sierra, Lise Davidsen, Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Flórez, Tamara Wilson, Brian Mulligan, Julia Bullock, Saioa Hernández & Aušrinė Stundytė Lead Opéra National de Paris’ 2026-27 Season

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The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Tyshawn Sorey’s “Perle noire : méditations pour Joséphine” will star Julia Bullock and Tyshawn Sorey on piano. Peter Sellars directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 9-19, 2026 Lea Desandre, Marina Viotti, Huw Montague Rendall, Andrzej Filończyk, Jack Swanson, Josh Lovell, Nicola Alaimo, and Adolfo Corrado star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Elīna Garanča, Philippe Jaroussky, Marina Rebeka, Ermonela Jaho, Ailyn Pérez, Pretty Yende, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’ 2026-27 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances: Opera – Staged Lorenzo Passerini conducts Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” in a production by Oliver Mears. The cast includes Ailyn Pérez, Roberto Alagna, Lionel Lhote, and Nicola Ulivieri. Performance Dates: Nov. 2-15, 2026 Pretty Yende, Amitai Pati, Florian Sempey, and Sulkhan Jaiani lead Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de perles.” Marc Minkowski conducts {…}

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Francesco Meli, Marina Rebeka, Angel Blue, Nicole Car, Carolina López Moreno, Klaus Florian Vogt & Ryan Speedo Green Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2026-27 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres The opera premieres begin with Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera,” a new production by Angela Denoke in her Semperoper directorial debut, conducted by Daniele Gatti and Stefano Tanzanian. Francesco Meli, Giorgio Berrugi, Nicole Car, Yulia Matochkina, Rosalia Cid, George Petean, and Lodovico Filippo Ravizza. Performance Dates: Oct. 4, 2026-May 21, 2027 {…}

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San Francisco Opera to Bring Back ‘Bohème Out of the Box’ This Spring

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(Photo: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera) San Francisco Opera will bring back a free, stripped-down “La Bohème” to outdoor venues across the Bay Area in April. The production, titled “Bohème Out of the Box” and running from April 11 through 26, 2026, showcases Puccini’s opera in a 60-minute version performed on a converted shipping-container stage with piano accompaniment.  The casting draws {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Review: Carmen

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(Credit: © Benoîte Fanton) “Carmen” is just about the last opera one would think of as homoerotic, yet this is the vibe of this Paris production; it’s haunted by the male body as object of desire. Other adjectives used to describe it would be bleak, vulgar, obscene, violent and most of all angry. Judging from the costumes, Calixto Bieito’s staging {…}

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Soprano Madison Nonoa Wins 2025 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

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(Credit: Leila Alexander) Soprano Madison Nonoa has been named the 2025 recipient of the Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award. The New Zealand-born singer of Samoan, Niuean, and Pākehā heritage will receive AUD $25,000 to support her artistic and professional development at a key stage in her career. “It’s an incredible gift at a very important time,” said Nonoa, a former {…}

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Juliana Grigoryan, Angel Blue, Freddie de Tommaso, Adam Smith & Aleksandra Kurzak Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘La Bohème’

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(Photo Credit: Evan Zimmerman / Metropolitan Opera) Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” is set to return to the Metropolitan Opera. The production, which opens on Oct. 21, will be performed 20 times. The first cast of five performances will feature soprano Juliana Grigoryan and tenor Freddie De Tommaso alongside soprano Heidi Stober, baritone Lucas Meachem, baritone Sean Michael {…}