Copenhagen Opera Festival Announces 2026 Program Featuring Nicole Car, Levy Sekgapane, Freddie De Tommaso, Allison Cook & Andreas Scholl

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The Copenhagen Opera Festival announces its city-wide programming for 2026. Part two of Niels Rønsholdt and director Louise Beck’s opera trilogy, “Right of The Strong – The Duty of the Weak” is held. Performance Dates: Aug. 13 – 17, 2026 Soprano Elisabeth Rosenberg, tenor Gustav Wenzel Most, and pianist Charlotte Thaning perform works by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Schubert live along {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Lisette Oropesa, Cecilia Bartoli, Ying Fang, Emily D’Angelo, Michael Spyres, Julie Roset Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences will get another “Maria Stuarda” recording and a new recording of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” There are also a number oratorios and world premiere recordings. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Deutsche Grammophon and C Major Entertainment release Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” {…}

Special Features

Remembering Her Voice in Virgil Thompson’s ‘The Mother of Us All’

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Photo Credits: Hudson Opera/RB Schlather (2017) Within contemporary American opera, there are many works whose lifespan betrays its contents. Even historical significance can’t save opera from being forgotten if it fails to find its audience. Works like Carlisle Floyd’s ‘The Passion of Jonathan Wade‘ (1962), Thea Musgrave’s ‘Simón Bolívar‘ (1994), Dorothy Moore’s ‘Frederick Douglass‘ (1985), Stewart Wallace’s ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter‘ {…}

News

OPERA America Awards $135,000 to Support Commissions of Women Composers at Seven Opera Companies

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OPERA America has announced the recipients of its 2026 Commissioning Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. The grants which total $135,000 will promote the development of new work by women-identifying composers and bring visibility to women composers across the field. Funds up to $50,000 support the composer’s commissioning fee for a full production of a new opera. {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

The Atlanta Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot

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(Credit: Raftermen photography) Trigger warning: discussions of sexual assault. The Atlanta Opera (TAO) has given us a new way to stage one of the 21st century’s most performed operas, Puccini’s “Turandot.” Premiering on 25 April 2026, the 100th anniversary of the work’s original premiere, the edits were light. The only significant changes were an excision of most of Franco Alfano’s {…}

News

Oratorio Society of New York Announces 2026-27 Season

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The oratorio Society of New York has announced its 2026-27 season. The company will open with Fauré’s “Requiem,” Beethoven’s “Elegischer Gesang,” Brahms’ “Vier Gesänge,” and Jasmine Barnes Portraits’ “Douglass and Tubman.” Zen Wu and Jesse Blumberg are the soloists and Kent Tritle conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 10, 2026 at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall Händel’s “Messiah” will {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Irene Roberts on her Upcoming Role Debut as Isolde, Wagner & Trusting Her Team

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American mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts is in the midst of becoming one of the most in-demand Wagnerian singers of her generation. Over the past seasons, Roberts has performed the roles of Kundry, Sieglinde and Brangäne. While there are some Strauss, Bizet, Verdi and Mascagni works that she continues to perform, the mezzo’s next role is none other than Isolde at the {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Park Avenue Armory’s Recital Series 2026 Review: Soprano Liv Redpath & Pianist Harry Rylance

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(Credit: Stephanie Berger Photography) Beneath a chandelier of pointed bayonets, watched over by painted portraits of military men posturing in pride, a soprano leggero bounds onstage in a fluffy pink dress. Sometimes lightness feels like an act of tenacity, a bold declaration of self and self-assurance: Juliette’s “Ah! Je veux vivre;” Monet’s water lilies. Such was the case for Liv {…}

IndieOpera

Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre’ Set for Performances at Viking King’s Hall in Lejre

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Wagner’s “Die Walküre” will take the stage at Kongehallen, the Viking King’s Hall in historic Lejre, starting on June 7, 2026. The opera uses the edition prepared by composer Jonathan Dove and director Graham Vick for Birmingham Opera Company, with costumes crafted using traditional Viking techniques. Ensemble Storstrom will provide orchestral support under the baton of conductor James Sherlock, with {…}

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