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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Sofia Opera & Ballet 2025 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo: Sofia Opera & Ballet) Director Plamen Kartaloff’s newest production of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” holds a very special place in the opera world. Sofia Opera and Ballet premiered this production in 2023 and OperaWire reviewed its arrival and aesthetic developments in full, detailing how “in a country with a population of less than seven million people, the cycle was {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2025: Le Nozze di Figaro

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(© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photography by Richard Hubert Smith) By the time the current run of “Le nozze di Figaro” is concluded, Glyndebourne will have hosted its 600th performance of Mozart and Da Ponte’s perennial masterpiece. The opera launched the  country house enterprise in 1934 at the behest of Fritz Busch and Rudolf Bing, who wisely cautioned against Christie’s Wagner-shaped {…}

Business, News

Waterperry Opera Festival Names New CEO & Artistic Director

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Waterperry Opera Festival has announced that John Savournin will be its new Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director. He will assume his new position on Sept. 1, 2025 ,following a vote by the Board of Trustees of Waterperry Opera Festival. “I have always greatly admired Waterperry Opera Festival, and I look forward to working with co-founders Rebecca Meltzer and Bertie {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Styriarte Festival 2025 Review: Gl’incantesimi Discioliti

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In 1673, the wife of Emperor Leopold I of Austria died and the royal court went into mourning. Lacking a male heir, the pressure was, therefore, on Leopold to find a new wife to ensure the succession, and he quickly decided upon the eminently suitable Archduchess of Austria, Claudia Felicitas, a young intelligent, learned woman with an interest in music, {…}

News

Shanghai Opera House Announces Cast Change for ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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The Shanghai Opera House has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Tristan und Isolde,” which will launch Bayreuth in Shanghai. Last week, the company announced that soprano Nina Warren will make her house debut as Isolde in the 2022 Bayreuth Festival production, directed by Roland Schwab. Nina replaces Song Qian, a soloist of the Shanghai Opera House, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Sofia Opera & Ballet 2025 Review: Tannhäuser

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(Photo: © Sofia Opera & Ballet) Sofia Opera & Ballet celebrated the opening night of their annual Wagner Festival on June 26, 2025 with director Plamen Kartaloff’s new production of “Tannhäuser.” Academic Professor Kartaloff is a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and as director of Sofia Opera & Ballet his mission is to make a conscious shift in {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2025 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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(Photo: Frances Marshall) Even the rain that poured down for almost the entire performance did little to dampen the audience’s enthusiasm for the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s headline event, Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” that took place in Lismore Castle grounds. Although the seating area was protected by a canopy, it could not stop the chilled air from blowing {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Ronny Michael Greenberg on the Merola Opera Program & Working with Young Artists

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Ronny Michael Greenberg is a pianist, producer, and musical visionary who has performed at many of the great stages in the world, including Carnegie Hall and Vienna’s Konzerthaus. He is also the founder and CEO of Taste of Talent, a nonprofit that has redefined cultural programming through innovative, multi-sensory experiences and has produced for Opera Aloha, a Pacific concert tour {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Omer Ben Seadia on the Merola Opera Program & Mentoring the Next Generation

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Director Omer Ben Seadia has become known for her inventive, thoughtful, and socially conscious productions. The director has led production at some of the leading theaters in the world including the Israeli Opera, Portland Opera, Curtis Institute of Music, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Chautauqua Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, Calgary Opera, Utah Opera, Cincinnati Opera, The Florentine Opera, Hawaii Opera {…}