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Cast Change Announced at Berlin State Opera for ‘Simon Boccanegra’

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Ludovic Tézier has withdrawn from his March 30 performance of “Simon Boccanegra” at the Berlin State Opera. The baritone took to social media and said, “Dear friends, I have to withdraw from the next ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ this coming Sunday 30th, in my beloved Staatsoper Berlin. It is a real sad news for me, as I love this show and the {…}
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Macerata Opera Festival Announces 2025 Season

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The Macerata Opera Festival has announced the operas for the 2025 season. The 61st Festival will take place between July 18 and August 10 and will showcase three works. The first open that will be performed is Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” which will be staged for the first time at the festival. The cast will include Alberto Petricca, Cristin Arsenova, {…}
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Joshua Guerrero, Elsa Dreisig, Riccardo Massi, Ludovic Tézier & Nicole Car Lead Opéra de Lyon’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra National de Lyon has announced its 2025-26 season. Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godounov” will be conducted by Vitali Alekseenok and directed by Vasily Barkhatov. The production will star Dmitri Ulyanov alongside soloists from the Opera de Lyon studio. Performance Dates: Oct. 13-25, 2025 Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” will be directed by Damiano Michieletto and will star Joshua Guerrero, Amina Edris, Clémentine {…}
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ABAO Bilbao Opera 2024-25 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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 (Photo: ©E. Moreno Esquibel) The opera of Bilbao began the year 2025 with Wagner’s masterpiece “Tristan und Isolde,” in a new production recently seen at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla, with an international cast of singers in the leading roles and a creative Spanish team signing the production. The production, by stage director and set designer Allex Aguilera, was {…}
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Bilbao Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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Bilbao Opera has announced a cast change for its opening “Tristan und Isolde” performance on Jan. 18, 2025. The company said that Rachel Nicholls will sing the role of Isolde replacing the originally scheduled Oksana Dyka. Nicholls has performed Isolde to great success at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Teatro Regio di Torino, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, the {…}
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Gwyn Hughes Jones & Oksana Dyka Lead Bilbao Opera’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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The Bilbao Opera is set to present Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” for the third time in the company’s history. The performances come 13 years after the company last performed the famed work and will be shown on Jan. 18, 21, 24, and 27 at the Euskalduna Bilbao. The opera will star Gwyn Hughes Jones and Oksana Dyka in the title {…}
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Pretty Yende, Lawrence Brownlee, Daniela Barcellona & Vasilisa Berzhanskaya Lead Rossini Opera Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Rossini Opera Festival has announced its 2025 season. The 46th edition of the event will take place from August 10 to 22, 2025. Operas  The festival will open with a new production of “Zelmira,” conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti. The production will be directed by Spanish director Calixto Bieito, making his debut in Pesaro. Pretty Yende stars in the title {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Carmen Giannattasio, Anastasia Bartoli & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2025 season. Opera  The season opens with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with Riccardo Frizza conducting a cast that includes Carmen Giannattasio, Angelo Villari, and Claudio Sgura. Paul Curran directs. Another cast includes Ann Petersen, Amadi Lagha, and Gustavo Castillo. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-30, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Giovanni Sala, Marko Mimica, and Lucas Meachem lead Donizetti’s {…}

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