Vanessa Goikoetxea, Piero Pretti, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Spyres & Ian Bostridge Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to experience many of the famed artists of our time in new albums featuring classic works, rarely performed works and rediscovered works. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Stravinsky: Le rossignol Captured in March 2023, {…}

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Decca Classics to Release Lise Davidsen’s ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’

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On April 18, 2025, Decca Classics will release a new recording of “Der Fliegende Holländer,” marking the first full-length opera recording on the label from Lise Davidsen. The recording was captured live over two nights at the opera house in Oslo during the summer of 2024. The live recording of “Der fliegende Holländer” will also mark Davidsen’s only-ever performance as {…}

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Royal Ballet and Opera 2024-25 Review: Festen

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(Photo: Marc Brenner) Mark-Anthony Turnage is among the front rank of living British opera composers. With “Festen”, which opened at The Royal Opera last week, he now has five to his name, with a sixth to follow at Glyndebourne this autumn in the form of “The Railway Children” – a less harrowing subject than this adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s 1995 {…}

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OperaWire’s 10 Operas to See in the 2025 Spring/Winter Season

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The year is at an end. But a new year brings new opera experiences and here at OperaWire, we are pumped for the potential of numerous performances. Here are the 10 productions we are most excited for in the first half of the 2025, in alphabetical order (and each company is limited to a single production on the list). Die {…}

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Allan Clayton, Benjamin Appl, Sophie Bevan, Claire Booth, Lotte Betts-Dean Headline Aldeburgh Festival 2025

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Aldeburgh Festival has announced its 2025 edition. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “A Visit to Friends,” a new opera by Collin Matthews and William Boyd. It stars Lotte Betts-Dean, Susanna Hurrell, Marcus Farnsworth, Edward Hawkins, and Gary Mattewman. Jessica Cottis conducts and Rachael Hewer directs. Performance Date: June 13 & 14, 2025 James {…}

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Gerald Finley, Allan Clayton, Stéphane Debout, Natalya Romaniw to Headline World Premiere of ‘Festen’ at ROH

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(Photo: Sebastian Nevols) The Royal Opera in London is set to present the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s “Festen” this February. The work features a libretto by Lee Hall based on Vinterberg’s revolutionary Dogme 95 film of the same name. The story explores a family reunion gone wrong when secrets expose an abusive relationship between the patriarch and his children. {…}

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Freddie De Tommaso, Diana Damrau, Florian Sempey & Karine Deshayes Lead New Holiday CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear and see new holiday albums, a Puccini album, and rarely performed works. Here is a look at what to buy this season. Puccini The celebrated tenor Freddie De Tommaso celebrates Puccini in a new album with {…}

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Conductor Juya Shin Joins IMG Artists for General Management

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(Credit: Lee Jong Hoon) South Korean conductor Juya Shin has joined the roster of MG Artists for general management. Shin will be represented by Artist Manager Beverley Vong from the company’s London office. Shin was selected by Classic FM as one of its “30 under 30” Rising Stars for 2024 and is the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2024-25 Fellow Conductor. She participated in the {…}

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Royal Opera House Announces Cast Change for ‘Festen’

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(Credit: OWL Artists) The Royal Opera House has announced a cast change for its upcoming world premiere “Festen.” The company said that the role of Else will be sung by Rosie Aldridge who replaces Eva-Maria Westbroek. Aldridge made her Royal Opera debut in the 2016-17 season as Praskovya Osipovna/Vendor in “The Nose” and has returned as Mrs Sedley in “Peter {…}

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Vanessa Goikoetxea, Piero Pretti, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Spyres & Ian Bostridge Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Decca Classics to Release Lise Davidsen’s ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’

Royal Ballet and Opera 2024-25 Review: Festen

OperaWire’s 10 Operas to See in the 2025 Spring/Winter Season

Allan Clayton, Benjamin Appl, Sophie Bevan, Claire Booth, Lotte Betts-Dean Headline Aldeburgh Festival 2025

Gerald Finley, Allan Clayton, Stéphane Debout, Natalya Romaniw to Headline World Premiere of ‘Festen’ at ROH

Freddie De Tommaso, Diana Damrau, Florian Sempey & Karine Deshayes Lead New Holiday CD/DVD Releases

Conductor Juya Shin Joins IMG Artists for General Management

Royal Opera House Announces Cast Change for ‘Festen’