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Göttingen International Handel Festival 2026 Review: Deidamia

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(Photo: Alciro Theodoro da Silva) As the final opera of George Frideric Händel, “Deidamia” (1741) has long occupied a minor space in the composer’s canon. Often viewed as a weary departure from the high-octane heroism of his Royal Academy years—a view infamously codified by Winton Dean’s somewhat dismissive assessment of Händel’s operatic swan song—the work, as the core production of {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Baritone Roderick Williams On His Forthcoming Recital At The Music At Paxton Festival & Woking With The Innovative Composer Michel van der Aa

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(Photo: Theo Williams) In July, Paxton House will host the 2026 edition of its festival dedicated to chamber music in all its forms, including solo recitals and small ensembles of instrumental and vocal music from the classical repertoire spanning across the centuries. Yet it is far more than a specialist classical music festival; there are also many cross-over events, including {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: OperAffinity Founder Breana Stillman on Working with Organization & Festival’s Future, Working with Refugees & How Music Creates Connection & Understanding

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It was during her years working as an opera singer in Germany that Breana Stillman first encountered the transformative power of the art form beyond the stage, specifically through children’s choirs involved in opera productions. What she witnessed there, the musical growth, the exposure to languages and cultures, the discipline and sense of community it fostered in young people, planted {…}
Special Features

Environmental Operas Reshaping Our Ideas Of The World

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Photo Credit: Valeriya Landar/Opera aperta The themes of environmentalism, conservation of natural resources, sustainability, and ecological welfare abound in contemporary discourse due to the increasingly unstable nature of Earth’s condition and humanity’s persistent inability to regulate the actions of the apathetic. Composers of every age, capacity, and style have come forward to voice their views on the matter. From the {…}
News

George Petean & Federica Lombardi Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Simon Boccaegra’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” The company will present the opera as part of the Holland Festival and Fabio Luisi will conduct the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Jetske Mijnssen will direct the new production. The new production by Mijnssen sets Verdi’s opera in 1881, the year the revised version premiered and when Italy was united {…}
News

Olga Kulchynska & Björn Bürger Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The production will be directed by Kirill Serebrennikov who will reimagine the opera to the present day, using a set design that sharply exposes the societal divide between rich and poor. The stage will be split horizontally: above, an elegant, minimalist home for the elite, filled with contemporary {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Magdeburg Telemann Festival 2026 Review: Festmusik & Otto

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(Photo: Viktoria Kühne) The 2026 biennial Magdeburg Telemann Festival reached its zenith this week, offering a rewarding musical marathon that spanned centuries of political and musical history. Over the course of a single day, the festival presented two contrasting faces of Georg Philipp Telemann: the celebratory architect of Habsburg dynastic splendor and the pragmatic, experimental operatic bridge-builder. From the daylight {…}
News, Season Announcement

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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