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Renée Fleming, Danielle De Niese, Quinn Kelsey, Nicholas Phan Headline Festival Napa Valley 2026

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(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) Festival Napa Valley has announced its 2026 summer season, which runs from July 4–19, 2026. The season opens with Festival Live! Concerts, a series of daily performances showcasing Festival artists in rotating programs presented in partnership with the Frost School of Music’s Blackburn Music Academy at CIA at Copia. Performance Dates: July 4–18, 2026 Festival Napa {…}
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Festival Napa Valley Announces World Premiere of ‘The Judgment of Paris’

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Festival Napa Valley has announced the commissioning and world premiere of “The Judgment of Paris,” a new one-act opera by acclaimed composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. The work will debut on July 18, 2026, on the Festival Napa Valley Stage at Charles Krug Winery, as part of Festival Napa Valley’s landmark 20th Anniversary Season. It will mark the {…}
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Sonya Yoncheva, Herbert Von Karajan & The Crossing 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. The holiday season has begun, which means operetta and this week there is an important remastering being released. There is also a new DVD of an important baroque work with a leading soprano. Die Fledermaus  Decca rereleases Herbert Von Karajan’s classic 1960 “Die {…}
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New Venue for Hamburg State Opera Announced

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The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won an international competition to design the new Hamburg State Opera as part of its major cultural project planned for the Baakenhöft peninsula. The competition was made by the authorities and members of parliament in Hamburg, Germany and unanimously selected BIG’s proposal. This new building will replace the mid-20th-century opera house on Dammtorstraße, and {…}
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Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2025 nominees. The nominees for Opera Company of the Year are Deutsche Oper Berlin, GöteborgsOperan, Houston Grand Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, and Teatro alla Scala.  Meanwhile, in the Female Singer category, Anastasia Bartoli, Elsa Dreisig, Véronique Gens, Asmik Grigorian, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Adela Zaharia are the nominees.  In the Male Singer {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Carolina López Moreno, Brian Jagde, Corinne Winters, Francesco Meli, Asmik Grigorian & Luca Salsi Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2026 Season

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2026 season. Michele Gamba conducts Massimo Popolizio’s production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Chiara Isotton and Marta Mari sing the title role alongside Vincenzo Costanzo and Bror Magnus Tødenes as Cavaradossi and Alexey Markov and Claudio Sgura as Scarpia. Opening Date: Jan. 11, 2026 Robert Carsen directs “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” with Riccardo Frizza conducting. Corinne Winters, Brian {…}
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Stefania Panighini Directs a New Production of ‘Tosca’ in Trieste

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The Teatro Verdi Estate is set to present Puccini’s “Tosca.” The new staging, Stefania Panighini, will feature sets by Nicolò Cristiano, costumes by Chiara Barichello and lighting design by Emanuele Agliati. In a statement, Panighini said, “We’ve always seen it as such! Tosca is a seemingly normal story of abuse. We’ve been looking at it in this way for over {…}
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Luca Salsi, Brian Jagde, Francesco Meli, Annalisa Stroppa, Rosa Feola, & Gregory Kunde Lead Teatro La Fenice’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera  The season opens with Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” with Ivor Bolton conducting a new production by Paul Curran. The cast includes Daniel Behle, Cecilia Molinari, Nicolò Balducci, and Francesca Aspromonte. Performance Dates: Nov. 20-30, 2025 Luca Micheletti directs Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” with Renato Palumbo conducting. Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, {…}
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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Names Kazuki Yamada to Positions of Chief Conductor & Artistic Director

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(©Tairadate Taira) The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has named Kazuki Yamada to the position of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director. The Japanese conductor will take over the ensemble starting during the 2026-27 season with his initial tenure set for three years. “I am filled with great joy and deep gratitude to be appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Deutsches {…}

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