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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 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” from {…}
News, Season Announcement

Eastman School of Music Reveals 2026-27 Season

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Eastman School of Music has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Baritone Joshua Conyers and sopranos Nicole Cabell and Kiera Duffy, joined by Eastman students, present “In Plain Sight: The Black Anthology,” a program drawn from the Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers. The work premieres at Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall before a repeat {…}
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Central City Opera to Present Classics of the Italian & German Repertoire

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On July 10 and 11, the Central City Opera Orchestra will perform a concert of the Italian and German repertoire. The evening will include an ensemble of festival singers performing the greatest moments from Wagner and Strauss to Verdi and Puccini. Conductor Brandon Eldredge will lead the evening. The evening will feature such artists as Jennifer DeDominici, Kira Dills-DeSurra, Hilary Ginther, {…}
News, Season Announcement

Freddie de Tommaso, Jonathan Tetelman, Long Long, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Yannick-Muriel Noah, Erika Grimaldi, Monica Conesa Lead Theater Bonn’s 2026-27 Season

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Germany’s Theater Bonn has announced its 2026-27 season. Yannick-Muriel Noah, George Oniani, and Devid Cecconi led Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West.” Daniela Kerck directs the new production. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-Dec. 4, 2026 Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will star Nicole Wacker, Johannes Mertes, Valerie Haunz, Tobias Schabel, Christopher Jähnig, Martin Tzonev, Tamino Ryan Vaughan Davies, Pavel Kolgatin, Mirko Roschkowski, Maria Vasilevskaya, {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Tanisha Mitchell on ‘Opera Talks’ & Educating Audiences

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(Photo: Nicole Austin) Opera has long carried a reputation for exclusivity, an art form perceived as belonging to concert halls and formal dress rather than community rooms and public library shelves. Tanisha Mitchell has spent years working against that perception, building a platform that treats opera not as a rarefied pursuit but as a living tradition worth sharing anywhere an {…}
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 {…}
Business, News

Opera San José Announces 2026-27 Artists in Residence

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Opera San José General Director & CEO Shawna Lucey have announced the 2026–27 Artists-in-Residence, a group of distinguished opera professionals who will perform in the company’s four mainstage productions. This season’s selected artists are María Brea (soprano), Shanley Horvitz (soprano), Rodrigo Gonzalez Jacob (conductor), Nicole Koh (soprano), Michael Jesse Kuo (baritone), Phillip Lopez (bass-baritone), Courtney Miller(mezzo-soprano), David Morgans (tenor), Micah Perry (tenor), Melissa Sondhi (soprano), Wm. Clay Thompson(bass), and Mark Anthony Vallejo (director). In a statement, Opera San José General Director & CEO Shawna {…}
News, Season Announcement

Volksoper Wien Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Wallis Giunta, Misha Kiria, Annette Dasch & Matilda Sterby

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The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the opera and operetta productions. Premieres  Hannah Severin and Ayaka Koshida lead “Ronja Räubertochter” with Eike Onyambu, Johannes Brand, Juergen Maurer, Rebecca Nelsen, Reini Moritz, Nicolaus Hagg, and Martin Enenkel. Maayan Franco and Keren Kagarlitsky conduct the production by Ruth Brauer-Kvam. Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2026-Feb. 7, 2027 {…}
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Teatro Regio di Parma Announces 6 Sopranos for Chamber Vocal Laboratory Artistic Residency

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The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced the six sopranos set to participate in the Chamber Vocal Laboratory Artistic Residency, running June 12–23, 2026. The sopranos include Claudia Belluomini, Chiara Boccabella, Nicoletta Briguglio, Francesca Mannino, Veronica Marini, and Maria Olimpia Renna. The sextet, aged between 19 and 34 and hailing from regions across Italy including Tuscany, Sicily, Lombardy, and Lazio, {…}

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