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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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Janai Brugger, Davóne Tines, Bryn Terfel Star in B:Music’s 2026-27 Season

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(Photo credits: Arbour Artists, Morrison) B:Music announces its 2026-27 season. This article only features classical vocal performances. Nikola Hillebrand performs with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Fabien Gabel. Performance Date: May 21, 2026 Hilary Cronin and Jure Počkaj solo in Brahm’s “German Requiem.” They are joined by the CBSO Chorus and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Simon {…}

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Benjamin Bernheim, Sabine Devieilhe, Olga Peretyatko, Magdalena Kožená, Klaus Florian Vogt, Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Michael Volle & Miina-Liisa Värelä Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2026-27 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Yannick Nezet-Seguin will conduct Elza van den Heever and the Met Orchestra in a program of Strauss music. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2026 Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Joyce DiDonato team up with the Met Orchestra for Mahler and Kaija Saariaho. Performance Date: Sept. 2, {…}

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Laureano Quant, Sara Gartland, Efraín Solís, César Delgado & John Moore Lead Utah Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Utah Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Héctor Armienta’s “Zorro” will be conducted by Alex Amsel and directed by David Toro. The cast will include César Delgado, Zulimar López-Hernández, Stephanie Sanchez, Octavio Moreno, and Armando Contreras. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-18, 2026 Steven White conducts Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Michael Shell directing. The opera will star Camille Sherman, Chris Mosz, {…}

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Corinne Winters, Ryan Speedo Green, Federica Lombardi, Sara Jakubiak & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Dutch National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” will be conducted by Andrea Battistoni. Leoncavallo’s work will star Corinne Winters, Riccardo Massi, Roman Burdenko, and Hubert Zapiór while Mascagni’s will star Raehann Bryce-Davis, SeokJong Baek, Enkelejda Shkoza, Roman Burdenko, and Maria Warenberg. Performance Dates: Sept. 5 – 23, 2026 Shostakovich’s “Cherry Town” will {…}

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New Light Foundation to Present ‘Children of Light’

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The New Light Foundation is set to present “Children of Light,” an outdoor concert featuring soprano Nat Simone, mezzo-soprano Madison Marie McIntosh, and pianist Yu-Hsuan Feng on March 28, 2026, in Lake Worth, Florida. The evening will include the world premiere of an aria from “One Such Child,” a new opera by librettist Wendy White and composer Matthew Carlton. Additional {…}

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John Brancy, Leonardo Sánchez, Jasmine Habersham, Christine Rice & Wendy Bryn Harmer Lead Opera North’s 2026-27 Season

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Opera North has announced its 2026-27 season. The season opens with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” featuring John Brancy, Verity Wingate, Caspar Singh, Jingwen Cai, Hannah Mason, Claire Pascoe, and Joshua Bloom. Garry Walker conducts the production by Patrick Nolan. Performance Dates: Oct. 9–Nov. 21, 2026 Leonardo Sánchez, Blake Denson and Jasmine Habersham lead Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The cast also includes Callum Thorpe and Sir Willard {…}

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Seattle Opera Announces ‘Timothée Chalamet Discount’ Code for ‘Carmen’

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The Seattle Opera has announced a Timothée Chalamet discount code for upcoming performances of “Carmen.” The company announced the news via social media stating, “All we’ve got to say is… use promo code TIMOTHEE to save 14% off select seats for Carmen, through this weekend only. Timmy, you’re welcome to use it too 💃 See you at the opera!” This {…}

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Opera Industry Reacts to Timothée Chalamet’s Comments that ‘No One Cares’ About Opera

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(Credit: A24) The opera industry is responding to Timothée Chalamet’s remarks that said “no one cares” about opera or ballet. Major houses like the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, LA Opera, and Wiener Staatsoper have taken to social media posting varying messages. The Met showed a video of the many artisans in the industry with the caption “All Respect to opera {…}