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Lester Lynch, Susan Bullock, James Clayton, Madison Nonoa, Filipe Headline New Zealand Opera’s 2026 Season

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(Credit: Katya Brook) New Zealand Opera has announced its 2026 season. The season opens with “Opera in the Park,” presented as part of the Auckland Council’s Music in Parks series. Performance Dates: Jan. 24 & 31, 2026 Next, the company presents “Bluebeard’s Castle,” with a libretto by Béla Balázs and an English translation by Daisy Evans. Brad Cohen conducts a {…}
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Soprano Madison Nonoa Wins 2025 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

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(Credit: Leila Alexander) Soprano Madison Nonoa has been named the 2025 recipient of the Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award. The New Zealand-born singer of Samoan, Niuean, and Pākehā heritage will receive AUD $25,000 to support her artistic and professional development at a key stage in her career. “It’s an incredible gift at a very important time,” said Nonoa, a former {…}
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Pinchgut Opera 2026 Review: The First Murder

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(Photo credit: Anna Kučera) Pinchgut Opera’s Artistic Director, Erin Helyard, had long wanted to present “The First Murder” by Alessandro Scarlatti. This production, which premiered on Saturday May 23, was the second by Pinchgut to be presented in the Roslyn Packer Theatre in Sydney’s Walsh Bay, Pinchgut’s normal home being Angel Place recital hall, a concert venue suited to the {…}
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Mezzo-Soprano Xenia Puskarz Thomas Receives 2026 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

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(Credit: Marielle Aube) Mezzo-soprano Xenia Puskarz Thomas has been named the recipient of the 2026 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award, administered by Melba Opera Trust on behalf of the trustees of Dame Heather Begg’s estate. The award carries a grant of AUD $25,000 to support the next stage of her artistic development. Brisbane-born, Puskarz Thomas holds degrees from the Queensland {…}
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Jakub Józef Orliński, Nadine Sierra, Xabier Anduaga & Ruth Iniesta lead Fundación Baluarte’s 2026-27 Season

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The Fundación Baluarte has announced its 2026-27 season. here are the vocal performances.  Grace Davidson and Robert Boardman perform music from “The Lord of the Rings.” Performance Date: Dec. 12, 2026 Nadine Sierra sings a gala with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra and Óliver Díaz. Performance Date: Jan. 9, 2027 Ruth Iniesta and Xabier Anduaga headline Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with {…}
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón, Golda Schultz, Benjamin Appl, Gerald Finley, Joyce DiDonato & Jakub Józef Orliński

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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Philharmonia Orchestra, I Vocalisti, ChorWerk Potsdam, Anna Lapwood, and Kerem Hasan will perform music by Kristina Arakelyan, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2026 The Ensemble Resonanz, Anna Prohaska, and Enno Poppe will perform works by Benjamin Britten, Claude Vivier, Jean-Philippe {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Lise Davidsen, Sabine Devieilhe, Jonathan Tetelman, Huw Montague Rendall & Golda Schultz Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2026-27 Season

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. MainStage Nicholas Collon conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in György Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” with Sarah Aristidou, Heidi Melton, Andrew Watts, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Leigh Melrose, Karl Huml, Kathrin Lorenzen, and Jingjing Xu. Performance Date: August 28, 2026 Kent Nagano conducts the WDR Sinfonieorchester {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Sondra Radvanovsky, Saioa Hernández, Brian Jagde, Ludovic Tézier, Lisette Oropesa, Jakub Józef Orliński, Sonya Yoncheva, Marina Rebeka, Xabier Anduaga, Mané Galoyan, & Benjamin Bernheim lead Teatro Real de Madrid’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Sondra Radvanovsky and Saioa Hernández lead Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Lucas Meachem, Szymon Mechliński, Brian Jagde,, Michael Fabiano and Jorge de Leon. Nicola Luisotti conducts Carlos Wagner’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 11, 2026 Paul Agnew conducts Handel’s “Riccardo Primo, rè d’Inghilterra” with Jakub Józef Orliński, Melissa Petit, Alex Rosen, {…}

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