Welsh National Opera Announces Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season & Associate Artists

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Welsh National Opera Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is a concert with soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn featuring Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder.” Also on the program is music by Dvorák, Haydn, and Beethoven. Jiří Habart conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 24 & 25, 2025 Then in the winter, mezzo-soprano Justine Gringytė joins Carlo Rizzi and the ensemble in performing Berlioz’s “Les Nuits {…}

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Virginia Opera 2024-25 Review: Loving v. Virginia

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(Photo credit Dave Pearson Photography) During the pandemic, Virginia Opera (VO) made plans to celebrate their fiftieth season, in 2024-25, exploring potential subjects for a commission. In recent talkbacks and receptions, Artistic Director Adam Turner emphasized that the company desired a Virginia-based story for this occasion. Ultimately they settled on that of Richard and Mildred Loving, the appellants in the {…}

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Andreas Scholl, Doubravka Novotná, Valer Sabadus Headline National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s ‘Giulio Cesar in Egitto’

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The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre is set to present “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” this summer. First up is a series of performances at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre starting on June 19, with subsequent shows set for June 21-26. Then the production heads to the Znojmo Music Festival from July 10-13, 2025. The cast stars Andreas Scholl, Valer Sabadus, Franko Klisović, Doubravka Novotná, {…}

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Katia Ledoux Speaks Out About Preponderance of AI in Opera Promotion

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Mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux is speaking up against AI in opera. In a statement to social media, she said, “One of the things that disappoints me most these days when I scroll through the opera side of social media is the rampant use of artificial intelligence (AI) art, which is growing at an alarming rate. I see my colleagues (even some {…}

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English National Opera Appoints André de Ridder as Music Director

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The English National Opera has announced the appointment of André de Ridder as Music Director. He will assume the position of Music Director Designate in September 2025 and will conduct as Music Director Designate in English National Opera’s 2025-26 Season. He will take up his post in Autumn 2027. In a statement, Chief Executive of English National Opera, Jenny Mollica {…}

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Joshua Guerrero to Perform Recital with LA Opera

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(Credit: Solomon Howard) On June 7, 2025, LA Opera and The Wallis will present a recital by Joshua Guerrero. The tenor will be accompanied by pianist Peter Walsh in a program that will include art songs, jazz, cabaret, and traditional Mexican songs. The concert will take place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Guerrero began his professional career {…}

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Irish National Opera 2024-25 Review: Der fliegende Holländer

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(Photo: Patrick Redmond) Since its inception in 2018, Irish National Opera has made remarkable progress with a series of innovative and imaginative productions that have entertained audiences from both home and abroad, garnering praise from the national and international media for the variety and quality of its output. Now, in its seventh season, the company decided to stage four performances {…}

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Opera Meets Film: Opera Is Life in Kevin Sullivan’s ‘Magic Flute Diaries’

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Released in 2008, Canadian director Kevin Sullivan’s reimagining of “The Magic Flute” in his film, “Magic Flute Diaries,” was a profound statement on the way operatic narratives could be fused into the real world through a cross-relationship of experience, emotion, and feeling. Starring Canadian soprano Mireille Asselin as Masha/Pamina and baritone Olivier Laquerre as Papageno, the film continued the trend {…}

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Opéra National de Lorraine 2024-25 Review: Eugene Onegin

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(Credit: Nilz Böhme) Contrary to what the opera indicates in most scenes, with the exception of the duel between Lensky and Onegin, the Swiss director sets the first three acts outdoors. Only the final act at Prince Gremin’s house, where the final confrontation between Tatiana Princess Gremin and Eugene Onegin takes place, is performed indoors. Underlining the fact that everything {…}

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Welsh National Opera Announces Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season & Associate Artists

Virginia Opera 2024-25 Review: Loving v. Virginia

Andreas Scholl, Doubravka Novotná, Valer Sabadus Headline National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s ‘Giulio Cesar in Egitto’

Katia Ledoux Speaks Out About Preponderance of AI in Opera Promotion

English National Opera Appoints André de Ridder as Music Director

Joshua Guerrero to Perform Recital with LA Opera

Irish National Opera 2024-25 Review: Der fliegende Holländer

Opera Meets Film: Opera Is Life in Kevin Sullivan’s ‘Magic Flute Diaries’

Opéra National de Lorraine 2024-25 Review: Eugene Onegin