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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Asmik Grigorian, Nicole Car, Nicholas Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Nadine Sierra, & Simon Keenlyside Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Productions The first production of the season will be Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Benjamin Bruns, Matthias Klink, Nicholas Brownlee, Georg Nigl, Timo Riihonen, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Simone Schneider, and Miina-Liisa Värelä. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the production by Tobias Kratzer. Performance Dates: Oct. 29, 2026-July 29, 2027 Nadine Sierra and Lisette Oropesa alternate as {…}
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Benjamin Bernheim & Pretty Yende Headline 2026 Wiener Opernball

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(Credit: Pablo Heras-Casado © Javier Salas, Pretty Yende © Gregor Hohenberg, Benjamin Bernheim © Julia Wesely) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the 2026 Wiener Opernball will take place on Feb. 12, 2026. The Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra will perform under conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, with opera stars Pretty Yende and Benjamin Bernheim singing. The program , which is themed after Broadway will {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Benjamin Bernheim, Nadine Sierra & Malin Byström Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s Streaming Lineup

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced opera that will stream on its platform. The first stream will be Janacek’s “Vec Makropulos” with a cast that includes Marlis Petersen, Pavel Černoch, Lukas Schmidt, Alma Neuhaus, Bo Skovhus, Carlos Osuna, and Wolfgang Bankl. Tomáš Hanus conducts. Streaming Date: Dec. 6, 2025 Franz Welser-Möst conducts Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Malin Byström, David Butt Philip, Christopher {…}
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Cast Change: Christopher Maltman Steps into Paris Opera’s ‘Die Walküre’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its production of “Die Walküre.” The company said that Iain Paterson, who is ill, has cancelled the dress rehearsal, preview, and premiere of “Die Walküre.” As a result, the role of Wotan will be performed by Christopher Maltman on 8 and 11 November 2025.” Maltman is a well-known singer who has {…}
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Cast Change: Günther Groissböck to Perform in ‘Parsifal’ Replacing Georg Zeppenfeld

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(Credit: © Gerhard Ringhofer) The Bayreuth Festival has announced a new cast for its production of “Parsifal” on August 17. The company said, “Unfortunately, Georg Zeppenfeld is unable to sing in tomorrow’s performance of ‘Parsifal’ due to illness. Thankfully, Günther Groissböck will be stepping in to take over the role of Gurnemanz.” Groissböck, who made his Bayreuth debut in 2011, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Bayreuth Festival 2025 Review: Parsifal

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(© Enrico Nawrath) First seen on the Green Hill in 2023, the director of “Parsifal,” 55-year-old Jay Scheib, professor of music and theatre arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an American of international standing in the hi-tech world, is a technological wizard like no other! A couple of his credits include Thomas Adès’ “Powder Her Face” (New York {…}
Season Announcement

Louise Alder, Beth Taylor, Ana Vieira Leite, Nick Pritchard Headline Monteverdi Choirs & Orchestras’ 2025-26 Season

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The Monteverdi Choirs & Orchestras unveiled their 2025-26 season. First up is a series of performance alongside conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and the Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique in London and Rimini. They will take on Mozart’s “Requiem” with such soloists as Louise Alder, Eva Zaicik, Laurence Kilsby and William Thomas, as well as Schubert’s Symphony No. 5, and Bach’s motet “Singet {…}
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Klaus Florian Vogt, Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund, Asmik Grigorian, Michael Volle & Elza van den Heever Lead Bayreuth Festival’s 2026 Season

https://operawire.com/klaus-florian-vogt-andreas-schager-camilla-nylund-asmik-grigorian-michael-volle-elza-van-den-heever-lead-bayreuth-festivals-2026-season/

The Bayreuth Festival has announced its 2026 season. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts “Rienzi” with Andreas Schager, Gabriela Scherer, Jennifer Holloway, Michael Nagy, and Matthias Stier. Magdolna Parditka and Alexandra Szemeredy direct the rarely performed work. Performance Dates: July 26-August 26, 2026  Christian Thielemann will conduct The Ring Cycle, which Marcus Lobbes will curate. Michael Volle, Alexander Grassauer, Klaus Florian Vogt, Anna Kissjudit, Evelin Novak, Christa {…}
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Generalitat Valenciana Cancels ‘Così fan tutte’ Production

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The Generalitat Valenciana has canceled a production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” which was set to take place in May. The production was set to be performed in Valencia, Buñol, Alicante, and Castellón. The opera was set to be performed during the period when Valencia experienced historic flooding and was postponed for May. The production will not be rescheduled, nor {…}

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