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Will Liverman, Karen Chia-ling Ho, Marcy Stonikas & Christophe Dumaux lead Opera Omaha’s 2026-27 Season

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Opera Omaha has announced its 2026-27 season The season opens with Opera Outdoors. Performance Date: August 29, 2026 at Stinson Park Will Liverman will perform in concert. Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2026 at Slowdown Karen Chia-ling Ho, Demetrious Sampson, Susanne Burgess, Darren Drone, Johnathan McCullough, Nicholas Newton, and James Demler star in Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Rebecca Herman directs and Jonathan Brandani {…}
IndieOpera

Charles Court Opera to Present ‘Iolanthe’

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Charles Court Opera will feature a new production of “Iolanthe” in February 2026 at Wilton’s Music Hall. The Gilbert and Sullivan piece will be directed by operetta specialist John Savournin and marks the company’s revival of the work after its planned London opening was canceled at the start of the first lockdown five years ago. Savournin, currently appearing as Captain {…}
News, Season Announcement

Buxton International Festival Announces 2026 Opera Season

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Buxton International Festival has announced its 2026 opera season. First up is “La Traviata,” as the company seeks to complete its Verdi cycle.  The production is created in collaboration with Norwich Theatre and is directed by James Hurley. Adrian Kelly conducts the Buxton International Festival Orchestra. Alexandra Nowakowski stars alongside André Heyboer. Performance Dates: July 11- 25, 2026 Next is {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Cumbria Opera Festival 2025: The Marriage of Figaro

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(Photo: Chris Tribble) In June of this year, OperaWire was fortunate enough to report and review the sterling efforts being made by the regional opera company New Sussex Opera in bringing the wonderful world of opera to the masses, performing glorious art away from the mainstream houses with their performance of a rarely sung opera, Saint-Saëns’s “The Silver Bell.”

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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 {…}
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Royal Ballet & Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Die Walküre’

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The Royal Ballet And Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Die Walküre.” The company said, “Natalya Romaniw will be making her role debut as Sieglinde replacing Lise Davidsen who is expecting her first two children.” Romaniw has performed at the Royal Opera House on numerous occasions in “Tosca.” She has also performed at the Welsh National {…}
IndieOpera

Charles Court Opera to Present ‘The Magic Flute’

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Charles Court Opera will present “The Magic Flute” this February. The production will be presented in a new English version directed by John Savournin and conducted by David Eaton. The opera stars Alison Langer as Pamina, Matthew Kellett as Papageno, and Hannah Sawle as the Queen of the Night, among others. “I’m so delighted to be bringing our magical production of The Magic Flute {…}
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Nonhlanhla Yende Named House Soloist at Cape Town Opera

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Cape Town Opera has named Nonhlanhla Yende to the position of House Soloist. The mezzo-soprano has been coordinator and facilitator for the company’s Youth Development and Education Department for three years. She joined the Cape Town Opera Studio in 2010 and has performed at Hamer Hall in Melbourne and in the Teatro Colón’s “Porgy and Bess.” With Cape Town Opera, {…}
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Ellen Pearson Wins 2024 Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition

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(Photo credit: Lara Johnson-Perkins) Mezzo-soprano Ellen Pearson has won first prize in the 2024 Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition. Pearson took home the Nigel Beale Grange Festival First Prize as well as the Anthony Lowrey Audience Prize. Coming in second place was baritone Stephen Whitford. The baritone also received the Wendy Blamire Award for outstanding linguistic and {…}

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