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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 {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Lise Davidsen, Elīna Garanča, Ludovic Tézier, Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau, Regula Mühlemann, Cecilia Bartoli, Sonya Yoncheva, Sabine Devieilhe, Ermonela Jaho, Benjamin Bernheim Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2026-27 Season

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The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere  The season opens with Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” conducted by Tamo Peltokoski and Erina Yashima. The new production will be directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca and will star Magnus Dietrich, Tobias Kehrer, Regula Mühlemann, Jasmin Delfs, Johan Krogius, Brent Michael Smith, Kathrin Zukowski,  Alina Wunderlin, Yannick Debus, Andrew Moore, and Evan Gray. {…}

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Lisette Oropesa, Brian Jagde, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Clay Hilley & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Accademia di Santa Cecilia’s 2026-27 Season

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The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Concerts Daniel Harding conducts Vincent Huguet’s production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Clay Hilley, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Michael Volle, Wolfgang Koch, Falk Struckmann, Anna Kissjudit, Elisabet Strid, and Lysa Menu.  Performance Dates: Oct. 21-27, 2026 Alexander Soddy conducts Elsa Benoit in a program of music by Dukas, {…}

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Cast Change: Anja Kampe Replaces Nina Stemme in Bayerische Staatsoper’s ‘Parsifal’

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its production of “Parsifal.” The company said that Nina Stemme has withdrawn from the production and will be replaced by Anja Kampe. Kampe is a well-known Wagnerian soprano who has performed at the Bayreuth Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne LA Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, and Bayerische Staatsoper. She is set to join a {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2025-26 Review: Tannhäuser 

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(Photo credit: © Bettina Stöss) Of all Wagner’s operas, “Tannhäuser” remains one of his most contentious works — a piece celebrated for balancing sublime beauty with moments of profound unease. At its core lies the agonizing struggle between sacred and profane love, embodied in the sensual allure of the Venusberg and the rigid piety of the Wartburg court — a {…}

Editorials, Reviews

‘Don Giovanni’ Is One of the Greatest Works Ever Written. Why Is It So Hard for Directors to Get Right?

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(Photo: © Monika Rittershaus) “Don Giovanni” is an opera of seductions and escapes, moral wreckage and divine retribution, a shimmering mosaic of comedy, tragedy, farce, and existential dread. Yet “the mother of all operas” is also a uniquely treacherous work—at once alluring and intractable, irresistibly open yet elusive. Music’s sublimity rarely fails to connect with audiences, even in a less-than-stellar {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Rolando Villazón, Xabier Anduaga, Jonathan Tetelman, Aigul Akhmetshina, Anastasia Bartoli, Camilla Nylund, Clay Hilley & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2025-26 Season

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(Credit: Deutsche Oper) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Detlev Glanert ‘s “Die drei Rätsel” will be conducted by Dominic Limburg and directed by Brigitte Dethier. The production will star Martina Baroni, Philipp Jekal, Chance Jonas-O’Toole, Joel Allison, Padraic Rowan, Maria Vasilevskaya, and Alexandra Oomens. Performance Dates: Oct. 11, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026 Sir Donald Runnicles will {…}

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Lise Lindström, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Véronique Gens, Nicky Spence, Nicole Heaston & Stéphane Degout Lead Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España’s 2025-26 Season

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The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Concert  Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” will be conducted by David Afkham. Martin Winkler, Lise Lindström, Rodrigo Porras, Tansel Akzeybek, Jürgen Sacher, Stephen Milling, and Susana Gómez. Performance Dates: Oct. 3 & 5, 2025 Michael Laurenz, Christof Fischesser, Louise McClelland, Valentina Stadler, Tae Hwan Yun, {…}