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Lise Davidsen, Asmik Grigorian, Pretty Yende, Serena Sáenz, Xabier Anduaga, Javier Camarena, Michel Fabiano & Saioa Hernández Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2025-26 Season

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with “The Cunning Little Vixen,” featuring Peter Mattei, Anaïs Masllorens, David Alegret, Elena Tsallagova, Alejandro López, Milan Perišić, Sara Bañeras, Angela Brower, Mireia Pintó, Laura Brasó, and Mercedes Gancedo. Josep Pons conducts the production by Barrie Kosky. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-30, 2025 Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” will star Anthony Roth Costanzo, {…}
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Staatstheater Mainz Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Staatstheater Mainz has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres Gabriel Venzago conducts a new production by Angela Denoke of Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt.” Premiere Date: Oct. 18, 2025 Samuel Hogarth will conduct a new production of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” Stephanie Kuhlmann directs. Premiere Date: Nov. 29, 2025 Julia Kerr’s “Der Chronoplan” will be directed by Lorenzo Fioroni and conducted by {…}
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Michael Fabiano, Lea Desandre, Jessica Pratt, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Matthias Goerne Lead Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/michael-fabiano-lea-desandre-jessica-pratt-rachel-willis-sorensen-matthias-goerne-lead-opera-national-du-capitole-de-toulouses-2025-26-season/

The Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Hervé Niquet conducts a production of Massenet’s “Thaïs” with Stefano Poda directing. Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Tassis Christoyannis, and Jean-François Borras star. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 5, 2025 Thomas Dunford conducts Handel’s “Theodora” in concert with Lea Desandre, Véronique Gens, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen. Performance Date: {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro La Fenice 2024-25 Review: Il trionfo dell’onore

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(Photo: Michele Crosera) Although the Sicilian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725) is famed for his prolific output of operas–he claimed to have written well over 100–which were significant in laying the foundations for the development of 18th century opera seria, he rarely strayed into the field of comic opera. The single major exception was his 1718 work, “Il trionfo dell’onore,” written {…}
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Ailyn Pérez, Adela Zaharia, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Camilla Nylund Headline Semperoper Dresden’s 2025-26 Season

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Semperoper Dresden has unveiled its 2025-26 season. New Productions It opens with Verdi’s “Falstaff,” conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Damiano Michieletto with a cast starring Nicola Alaimo, Lodovico Ravizza, Yijie Shi, Eleonora Buratto, Rosalia Cid, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Nicole Chirka, among others. Performance Dates: Oct. 5 – Oct. 24, 2025 Next up is Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen.” {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra-Théâtre de Metz 2024-25 Review: Così fan tutte

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The Opéra-Théâtre de Metz in co-production with the Fondazione Teatro di Pisa, the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi, the Fondazione Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti di Modena and the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, presented Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” A quasi-synthetic opera after the joyful, mischievous and revolutionary “Le Nozze di Figaro” and the dark, deleterious and almost mystical “Don Giovanni,” he {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Emma Alessi Innocenti Talks About The Teatro Sperimentale & Her Role In ‘Procedura Penale’

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(Photo credit: Alessio Chao) The 25-year-old Italian mezzo-soprano Emma Alessi Innocenti is still at the stage in her career in which she is attempting to establish herself as a known singer within the industry. Of course, at such a young age, she has had relatively few opportunities to perform in fully staged operas. But by sheer chance, OperaWire has reviewed {…}
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Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: The 15th Pietro Antonio Cesti Competition

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  (Photo credit: © Wibmer) The Pietro Antonio Cesti Competition is a major annual highlight in the world of baroque opera that takes place at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, featuring young baroque singers from all over the world. This year’s competition was full of exciting and inspiring moments that OperaWire had the honor of experiencing live. The audience {…}

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