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News, Season Announcement

Merola Opera Program Reveals 2026 Summer Season

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(Photo Credit: Kristen Loken) The Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 Summer Festival season. The Summer Festival opens with “L’Anima Napoletana,” a vocal and piano recital curated by Merola faculty member Mario Antonio Marra. The program presents Neapolitan songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performed in Italian and Neapolitan dialect with English supertitles. Performance Date: June {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Emily D’Angelo, Aigul Akhmetshina, Malin Byström, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Angel Blue & Charles Castronovo Lead Royal Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Royal Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. New Productions Evgeny Titov directs a new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal,” conducted by Jakub Hrůša. Stanislas de Barbeyrac sings the title role, with Ekaterina Gubanova as Kundry, Christian Gerhaher as Amfortas, Brindley Sherratt as Gurnemanz, and Mark Stone as Klingsor. Performance Dates: Oct. 1–17, 2026 Philipp Stölzl directs a new production of {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Amigos Canarios de la Opera 2025-26 Review: Otello

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The title role of Verdi’s “Otello” is one of the hardest roles ever written for a tenor in the Italian repertoire. Luciano Pavarotti simply recorded it while Carlo Bergonzi (who was considered a Verdi expert) and Franco Corelli always refused to sing it. On the other hand, Plácido Domingo debuted the role when he was 34 years old, and though {…}

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Emily D’Angelo Recipient of 2026 Glenn Gould Protégé Prize

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(Photo credit: Victoria Nazarova) The Glenn Gould Foundation has announced that Elton John, Laureate of The 15th Glenn Gould Prize has selected mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as the recipient of the Glenn Gould Protégé Prize. D’Angelo made her professional operatic debut at age 21 as Cherubino in “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi. In recent seasons, {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Lise Davidson, Angel Blue, Francesca Dotto, Wallis Giunta & Raffaele Pe Lead new CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week, audiences can hear a recital by one of the most famous sopranos of our time and discover several baroque works by rarely performed composers. They can also get a glimpse at one of the upcoming operas at the Metropolitan Opera. Here are {…}

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Celeste Morales & Kimberly Sandoval Headline ‘Reflejos de mi Corazón’

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Soprano Celeste Morales and mezzo-soprano Kimberly Sandoval will headline “Reflejos de mi corazón” on March 13, 2026. The showcase, set to take place at West End Collegiate Church in New York City, explores memory, heritage, and identity through Spanish art song, duets, and musical theatre. Morales has performed alongside Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival and takes part in {…}

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Merola Opera Program & San Francisco Opera Center Present 2026 Schwabacher Recital Series

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(Photo credit: Matthew Washburn) The Schwabacher Recital Series presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center returns with a series of three recitals. The series opens on April 1 with three of the 2024 Merola alumni and second-year San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows, soprano Mary Hoskins, baritone Olivier Zerouali, and pianist Ji Youn Lee. The evening’s program, curated {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Latvian National Opera 2025-26 Review: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

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  On February 17, the Latvian National Opera premiered its new production of “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” The evening stood as a demonstration of the highest artistic level, expressed in every dimension that only opera can so powerfully unite. Two fundamental pillars sustained the success of the enterprise: the formidable musical direction of Mārtiņš Ozoliņš and the extraordinary stage vision {…}

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Festival della Valle d’Itria Announces 2026 Season

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(Photo credit: Clarissa Lapolla) The Festival della Valle d’Itria announces its 2026 lineup. This article only features opera events.  Alfredo Casella’s “La favola di Orfeo” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella,” are directed and choreographed by Anglo-German artist Jean Renshaw. Conductor Nicolò Umberto Foron leads the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari. Performance Dates: July 24, 26, & 30 & {…}