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Martina Myskohlid Joins IMG Artists

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Mezzo-soprano Martina Myskohlid has joined the roster of IMG Artists. Myskohlid will be represented by Senior Artist Manager Callan Coughlan. Myskohlid is a current member of the studio at the Dutch National Opera where she has performed such roles as Dido in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” and Countess Ceprano in Damiano Michieletto’s production of “Rigoletto.” Additionally, this season she is covering {…}
News, Season Announcement

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Marina Rebeka Headline Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s 2025-26 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Productions  Jakob Lehmann conducts Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” in a production by Silvia Costa. Benjamin Bernheim, Viktoria Karkacheva, Christian Van Horn, and Thomas Dolié star. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-15, 2025 Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoé” will be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Laurent Pelly. Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs, Laurent {…}
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Marina Viotti, Joyce El-Khoury, Nicole Car, Etienne Dupuis & Patricia Racette Lead Dallas Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Dallas Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Mainstage  The season opens with Bizet’s “Carmen.” The company will present the United States premiere of a new production that recreates the original Opéra-Comique production with sets and costumes faithfully designed as they were in 1875. The production will be directed by Romain Gilbert. Marina Viotti sings the title role in her company {…}
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‘Adventures in Italian Opera With Fred Plotkin’ Returns This March

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(Credit: Frances Marshall) Back in 2006, renowned opera expert Fred Plotkin began hosting events at NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in New York City.  The set up was straight forward – a conversation between the host, Plotkin and the guest, a well-known opera star, that also included video and audio clips throughout. The conversation would explore musical matters as well as {…}
News, Season Announcement

Russell Thomas, Iestyn Davies, Kseniia Proshina, Quinn Kelsey & Karen Cargill Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2025-26 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2025-26 season. The company opens its new season with Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” starring Bekhzod Davronov and Kseniia Proshina. The cast also includes Robert Pomakov, Gordon Bintner, Korin-Thomas Smith, Owen McCausland, Alex Halliday, and Alex Hetherington. Yves Abel conducts Amy Lane’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 18, 2025 Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s {…}
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Joyce DiDonato, Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczala, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions The season opens on a Sunday with Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s  “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” in its Met Opera premiere. Bartlett Sher directs and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast starring Lauren Snouffer, Sun-Ly Pierce, Miles Mykkanen, Patrick Carfizzi, Craig Colclough, and Andrzej Filoncyzk. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}
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Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival Unveils 2025 Season

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The Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival has announced the details of its 2025 season. Performers will be announced at a later date. “Concert Bel Canto Matinee” opens the festival. The program includes music by Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. Dr. Sofia Mazar provides piano accompaniment. Performance Date: July 22, 2025 The Bel-Canto ensemble and opera soloists present the music of Vivaldi and {…}
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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of the Year

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It is time to wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments and performers. After releasing our favorite performances of 2024 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top 11 singers of the year, performers that we thought stood out. Performers who had major breaks, headlined major productions or simply had {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Carmen

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(Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) Whether Nietzsche actually meant it when he declared Bizet’s “Carmen” to be the perfect opera, or whether it was merely a literary tantrum aimed at his once-beloved Richard Wagner, it matters not. The resounding overture to “Carmen” provides its own argument as to the opera’s justified and beloved place in the canon. Love is a {…}

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