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Concertgebouw Amsterdam Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Magdalena Kožená, Nina Stemme, Cecilia Bartoli, Huw Montague Rendall, Julia Kleiter & Benjamin Bruns

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The Concertgebouw Amsterdam has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Royal Swedish Orchestra and Alan Gilbert perform music by Wagner alongside Nina Stemme. Performance Date: August 17, 2026 The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Keri-Lynn Wilson perform music by Frolyak, Mahler, and Beethoven alongside soprano Julia Kleiter. Performance Date: August 19, 2026 The Seoul Philharmonic {…}
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Elionor Martínez, Sabrina Gárdez, Matthias Goerne & Kathleen O’Mara Lead’s L’Auditori’s 2026-27 Season

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L’Auditori in 2026–2027 in Barcelona has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic and Orfeó Català in music by Adams, Zosha Di Castri, and Prokofiev. Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2026 Lina Johnson and Matthias Winckhler perform Brahms’ “German Requiem” under the direction of Jordi Savall. Performance Date: Oct. {…}
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Dutch National Opera Announces 2026 Opera Forward Festival

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The Dutch National Opera has announced its Opera Forward Festival marking its tenth anniversary. The festival will take place between March 6 and 15, 2026. Productions The company will world premiere “Theory of Flames” by Michel van der Aa. The production will star sopranos Mary Bevan and Aphrodite Patoulidou alternating in the role of Neola, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston as her {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra National de Nancy-Lorraine 2025-26 Review: Dialogues des Carmélites

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(Photo: © Jean-Louis Fernandez) Co-produced by the Opéra National de Normandie, where it was first staged, Francis Poulenc’s opera Les Dialogues des Carmélites (The Carmelites dialogs) is now being performed in Nancy from Jan. 25 to 31. This production is nearly a complete success. Tiphaine Raffier’s realistic staging lends rawness and extra humanity to certain scenes in the opera, such {…}
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Asmik Grigorian, Kate Lindsey, Jonathan Tetelman, Benjamin Bernheim, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2026 Season

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Franck Ollu conducts Pascal Dusapin and Rita de Letteriis’s “Passion” starring Sarah Aristidou, Georg Nigl, and Schola Heidelberg. Performance Date: July 23, 2026 Asmik Grigorian stars as Bizet’s “Carmen” alongside Jonathan Tetelman, Kristina Mkhitaryan, and Davide Luciano. Teodor Currentzis conducts the production by Gabriela {…}
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Cecilia Bartoli, Céline Scheen, Vito Priante & Marina Viotti Lead 2026 Salzburg Whitsun Festival

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The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced its 2026 season themed “Bon Voyage.” Opera Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims” will be conducted by Gianluca Capuano and directed by Barrie Kosky. The ensemble cast will include Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Viotti, Mélissa Petit, Tara Erraught, Edgardo Rocha, Dmitry Korchak, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Florian Sempey, Misha Kiria, Peter Kellner, Giovanni Romeo, Helena Rasker, Rodolphe Briand, {…}
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Jamie Barton, Samuel Mariño, Luciano Pavarotti, Enea Scala & Anna Goryachova 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 hear a world premiere recording of a modern masterpiece, a recording by a male soprano, and some modern works. There are also some Bel Canto gems to discover. Intelligence Houston Grand Opera releases a recording of composer {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Konzertdirektion Hans Adler 2025 Review: Tamerlano

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(Photo: Philippe Matsas) On May 12th, the Kammermusiksaal of the Berliner Philharmonie witnessed a gripping concert performance of Händel’s “Tamerlano,” with a refined ensemble of soloists, supported by the Freiburger Barockorchester under the direction of René Jacobs. In an era where Baroque opera is often presented with elaborate visual stagings, one might ask: what can the concert format still achieve, {…}
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Aigul Akhmetshina, Michael Fabiano, Marina Rebeka, Pretty Yende, Sara Blanch & Jessica Pratt Lead Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s 2025-26 Season

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The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced its 2025-26 season. Autumn Season Holger Falk will perform alongside Herbert Schuch, Vivi Vassileva, and Musicbanda Franui. Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2025 Julian Prégardien, Herbert Schuch, and Musicbanda Franui will perform in concert. Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2025 Winter Season Johann Sebastian Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium will be performed by Elisabeth Breuer, Ulrike Malotta, Gideon Poppe, {…}

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