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Sally Matthews, Olga Peretyatko, Simon Keenlyside, Lea Desandre, Stéphane Degout, Enea Scala, Leah Hawkins, & John Osborn Lead La Monnaie’s 2025-26 Season

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La Monnaie de Mont has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Falstaff” starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role, Lionel Lhote, Bogdan Volkov, Sally Matthews, Benedetta Torres, and Daniela Barcellona. Alain Altinoglu and Ouri Bronchti alternate and Laurent Pelly directs the new production. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 2025 Ricard Soler Mallol and Grey Filastine showcase {…}
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Festival Opera Announces 2025 Season

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Festival Opera in Walnut Creek, California, has announced its 2025 season. Festival Opera’s Spring Soiree wil be an annual company benefit event with musical performances by Festival Opera artists Shawnette Sulker, Courtney Miller, Taylor Thompson, and pianist Daniel Lockert with benefit host Zachary Gordin. Performance Date: May 3, 2025 Ruggero Leoncavallo’s classic one-act opera “Pagliacci” will be performed in concert Vincent {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro (Cast A)

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The Metropolitan Opera revived “Le Nozze di Figaro” for the 2024-25 season. I’ve seen this Richard Eyre production countless times and it’s always a breath of air to see how different casts can take the same directions, but breathe new life into them. And this cast was no different. When I reviewed the opera in 2021-22, I remarked how different {…}
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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.” {…}
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Manon Ogwen Parry, Redmond Sanders & Seohyun Go Named Finalists of 2025 Gold Medal Competition

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama has announced the finalists for its 2025 Gold Medal competition, the institution’s most prestigious prize for musicians. The final is set to take place on Thursday, May 8 at Barbican Hall. This year’s finalists are Manon Ogwen Parry (soprano), Redmond Sanders (baritone), and Seohyun Go (soprano). Parry will be accompanied by pianist Zany Denyer {…}
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Joyce DiDonato, Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczala, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions The season opens on a Sunday with Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s  “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” in its Met Opera premiere. Bartlett Sher directs and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast starring Lauren Snouffer, Sun-Ly Pierce, Miles Mykkanen, Patrick Carfizzi, Craig Colclough, and Andrzej Filoncyzk. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}
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Opera Lafayette & OperaCreole 2025 Review: Morgiane, ou Le Sultan d’Ispahan

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(Photo Credit: Jennifer Packard Photos, Courtesy of Opera Lafayette) “Defying harsh laws, braving even death, I was able to change my fate,” the titular Morgiane sings proudly in Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane, ou Le Sultan d’Ispahan.” The same could be said of the composer. Born free in New Orleans in 1827, Dédé defied expectations of what a Black man in the {…}
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Shepherd School of Music at Rice University Will Showcase Opera Scenes Master Class Featuring Tonya and Ryan McKinny

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The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University will host an Opera Scenes Master Class featuring artists Tonya and Ryan McKinny. The husband-and-wife duo will work with Shepherd School opera students on Feb. 8 in the Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera. The masterclass will be a rare opportunity to witness the intersection of talent, technique, and theatrical storytelling {…}
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Sparks & Wiry Cries Unveil Upcoming February 2025 Events at National Sawdust.

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Sparks & Wiry Cries will present two events this February at the National Sawdust. On the 7th, the organization will showcase its ninth annual “songSLAM” which showcases the talents of 15 composers, singers, and pianists premiering songs. The event will also spotlight the work of 2024 songSLAM winner Jonathan Wyatt. Here is a breakdown of the teams. The first team {…}

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