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Ludovic Tézier, Saioa Hernández, Mika Kares, Ewa Plonka Headline Savonlinna Opera Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Savonlinna Opera Festival has unveiled its 2025 season. First up is the “550 Years of Olavinlinna” anniversary concert. Erkki Lasonpalo conducts. Soloists will be announced at a later date. Performance Date: July 3, 2025 Ludovic Tézier, Saioa Hernández, Goran Juric, and Johan Krogius headline “Macbeth.” Lorenzo Passerini conducts Ralf Långbacka’s production. Vilppu Kiljunen will be the revival director. Performance Date: July {…}

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Freddie de Tommaso, Andrè Schuen & Mika Kares Headline New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to experience a solo debut album and two complete opera recordings. Here is a look at our recommendations. Passione Freddie De Tommaso releases his debut album “Passione.” The new album represents an homage to tenor Franco Corelli and features arrangements made for other star tenors including Henry Mancini, Mantovani, and Giancarlo Chiaramello. There are also {…}

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Bayreuth Festival 2026 Review: Das Rheingold

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“It is typical for humans to spur their creations without boundaries, but when AI advances too far, the way back to true harmony is obscured.” AI interpretation of a Confucian thought “An abundance of new experiences or images may unsettle our realities; perception and intuition alone will bring us to surpassing their cosmic illusions.” Aphorism, Anonymous It has always been {…}

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Bayreuth Festival 2026 Review: Der fliegende Holländer

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(Photo: Enrico Nawrath) The night, replete with artistry on all sides, belonged to the Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian, who spun a brilliant column of sound throughout her fiercely emotional storytelling. Vocal pyrotechnics were amplified by Grigorian’s astonishing physical dexterity, her restless, near-gymnastic body language. Her interpretation of the role of Senta, daughter of influential villager Daland, unleashed a rebellion against {…}

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Musica Sacra Unveils 2026-27 Season

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(Photo (c) Jack Boskett Media Ltd) Musica Sacra has announced its 2026-27 season, marking Music Director Kent Tritle’s 20th season with the chorus. The season opens with “SurRound: The Earth Remembers.” The program spans Renaissance works by Mouton and Pérez Bocanegra alongside music by Meredith Monk, Paterson, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Caroline Shaw, and Christine Whitten Thomas. Performance Date: Oct. 7, 2026 {…}

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Michael Spyres, Elsa Dreisig, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Klaus Florian Vogt & Piotr Beczała Lead Bayreuth Festival’s 2027 Season

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The Bayreuth Festival has announced its 2027 season. The season opens with a new production of “Lohengrin” featuring Georg Zeppenfeld, Michael Spyres, Elsa Dreisig, Jordan Shanahan, and Judit Kutasi. Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the production by Ilaria Lanzino. Performance Dates: TBA Michael Volle, Mika Kares, Piotr Beczała, Christopher Sokolowski, and Michele Losier star in “Parsifal” with Christian Thielemann conducting a new {…}

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Ginger Costa-Jackson, Elisabet Strid, Louise Alder, Aleksandra Kurzak, Metropolitan Opera Headline Royal Ballet & Opera’s 2026-27 Cinema Season

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The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2026-27 Cinema Season. Here are the opera performances, including a collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera. Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen lead Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a new Metropolitan Opera production directed by Louisa Proske and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with Freddie De Tommaso and Ryan Speedo Green. (UK only) Cinema Date: Oct. 20, {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Emily D’Angelo, Aigul Akhmetshina, Malin Byström, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Angel Blue & Charles Castronovo Lead Royal Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Royal Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. New Productions Evgeny Titov directs a new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal,” conducted by Jakub Hrůša. Stanislas de Barbeyrac sings the title role, with Ekaterina Gubanova as Kundry, Christian Gerhaher as Amfortas, Brindley Sherratt as Gurnemanz, and Mark Stone as Klingsor. Performance Dates: Oct. 1–17, 2026 Philipp Stölzl directs a new production of {…}

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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, {…}