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Amartuvshin Enkhbat & Eleonora Buratto Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’

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San Francisco Opera’s 2026–27 Season is set to open with Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” The opera will be presented in Claus Guth’s production, remounted for San Francisco Opera by director Katherine M. Carter. Music Director Eun Sun Kim will lead the opera with an all star cats that includes Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the title role. He will be joined {…}
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Opéra National de Paris Announces ‘Opéra d’Été’ Series for Summer 2026

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(Photo: © Bernd Uhlig) The Opéra national de Paris will present free outdoor screenings of two Puccini operas as part of its annual Opéra d’été series. Claus Guth’s production of “La Bohème,” conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and featuring Nicole Car as Mimì, Aida Garifullina as Musetta, and Atalla Ayan as Rodolfo, opens the opera screenings in France at the Centre {…}
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Jakub Józef Orliński, Malin Byström, Aigul Akhmetshina, Tomasz Konieczny, Monika Radecka, Evelyn Herlitzius, Ausrine Stundyte, Artur Ruciński Lead Polish National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Polish National Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. New Productions  Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the world premiere of Maxim Kolomiiets’ “The Mothers of Kherson” in a production by Barbara Wysocka. The cast includes Izabela Matuła, Hanna Sosnowska-Bill, Weronika Wojtkowska, Elissa Pfaender, Małgorzata Walewska, Jadwiga Postrożna, Andrei Bondarenko, Katarzyna Wietrzny, Tomasz Rak, Ólafur Sigurdarson, Tadeusz Szlenkier, and Adrian Domarecki. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-27, 2026 Paweł Mykietyn’s {…}
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Brian Jagde, Kiandra Howarth, Ewa Vesin, Xavier Moreno & Anthea Barać Lead Staatstheater Hannover’s 2026-27 Season

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Staatstheater Hannover has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” will star Grga Peroš, Cristiana Oliveira, Valda Wilson, Monika Walerowicz, and Joseph Dahdah. Masaru Kumakura conducts the new production by Wolfgang Nägele.  Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Oct. 22, 2026 Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” will star Xavier Moreno, Philipp Jekal, Max Dollinger, Matteo Guerzè, Kiandra Howarth, Anthea Barać, Cassandra Doyle, Yejin Kim, and Viola Westhues. Francesco Angelico and Tobias Wögerer {…}
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 Ailyn Pérez, Angela Meade, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Samantha Hankey Lead Santa Fe Opera’s 2027 Season

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(Credit: Emily Doyle Moore) The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2027 season. John Fiore conducts Puccini’s “Turandot” with Paul Curran directing. Angela Meade, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Kathleen O’Mara, and Peixin Chen star. Performance Dates: July 2-August 28, 2027 Iván López Reynoso conducts Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” with Stephen Barlow directing. Sun-Ly Pierce, Jonah Hoskins, Luke Sutliff, Kevin Burdette, and William Guanbo Su {…}
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Kristina Mkhitaryan, Louise Alder, Xabier Anduaga, Christina Nilsson Headline Oper Frankfurt 2026-27 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2026-27 season, marking Intendant Bernd Loebe’s 25th season with the company. New Productions Karsten Januschke conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” in a Frankfurt premiere, directed by Matthew Wild with set and costume designs by Herbert Murauer. Petr Sokolov, Nombulelo Yende, Alexander Roslavets, Mikhail Pirogov, Karolina Makuła, Jarrett Porter, Jihun Hong, and Kudaibergen Abildin make up the cast. {…}
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Teatro San Carlo Under Investigation for Mishandling of Funds; Jonas Kaufmann Responds

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The Napoli Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced a an investigation into the Teatro San Carlo. According to La Repubblica, 12 individuals are under investigation including former Superintendent Stephane Lissner, former Director General Emmanuela Spedaliere. According to reports, the alleged offenses include fraud, embezzlement, and forgery. Meanwhile, several international artists, such as tenor Jonas Kauffman, directors Krzysztof Warlikowski and Claus Guth, {…}
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Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Scylla et Glaucus

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus) The “Zürich Barock” Festival at the Zurich Opera House presents a rarity: “Scylla et Glaucus” by Jean-Marie Leclair, a composer best known for instrumental music, especially for the violin, which he himself played with great virtuosity. The opera premiered in 1746 and enjoyed moderate success, but soon disappeared from the repertoire. Its first modern performance took place {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Asmik Grigorian, Nicole Car, Nicholas Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Nadine Sierra, & Simon Keenlyside Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Productions The first production of the season will be Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Benjamin Bruns, Matthias Klink, Nicholas Brownlee, Georg Nigl, Timo Riihonen, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Simone Schneider, and Miina-Liisa Värelä. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the production by Tobias Kratzer. Performance Dates: Oct. 29, 2026-July 29, 2027 Nadine Sierra and Lisette Oropesa alternate as {…}

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