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Ramon Vargas, Amina Edris & Pene Pati Highlight Opera Arias’ Takeover Festival

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Opera Arias is continuing its takeover festival in May featuring a number of great opera singers. Following the success of the takeovers in April, the festival will begin on May 2 with Ketevan Kemoklidze. She will be followed by Rocio Perez on May 9 and then followed by couple Amina Edris and Pene Pati on May 16. Legendary tenor Ramón {…}

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Derek Welton, Pene Pati & Hilary Summers Lead Theater Dortmund’s 2020-21 Season

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The Theater Dortmund in Germany has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of premieres from modern masterpieces to classics repertory staples. Premieres Bizet’s “Carmen“ gets a new production by Nikolaus Habjan with Montonori Kobayashi conducting. The production is set to star Marie Karall and Maria Boiko in the title role, James Lee and Young Woo Kim as Don Jose, {…}

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Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 2018-19 Season To Feature Quinn Kelsey, Amanda Woodbury & Pene Pati

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The Hawaii Opera Theatre has announced its 2018-19 season featuring three opera productions with numerous acclaimed American artists. The season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” starring Soprano Amanda Woodbury as Juliet, following her acclaimed performance of the role at The Met. Emmanuel Plasson will conduct the production after his acclaimed “Il Trovatore” in 2016. Performance Dates: October 12, 14, & 16 2018   {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Bass-Baritone Andrew Dwan & Soprano Amber Monroe on Participating In The Merola Opera Program

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Becoming an opera singer is both an act of faith and a passion. It is also an arduous path of discipline and hard work, day after day, year after year. When an audience sits in the opera houses of the world and revels in the sheer beauty of sound and drama, let alone the color and glamour of an operatic {…}

News, Season Announcement

Francesco Meli, Marina Rebeka, Angel Blue, Nicole Car, Carolina López Moreno, Klaus Florian Vogt & Ryan Speedo Green Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2026-27 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres The opera premieres begin with Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera,” a new production by Angela Denoke in her Semperoper directorial debut, conducted by Daniele Gatti and Stefano Tanzanian. Francesco Meli, Giorgio Berrugi, Nicole Car, Yulia Matochkina, Rosalia Cid, George Petean, and Lodovico Filippo Ravizza. Performance Dates: Oct. 4, 2026-May 21, 2027 {…}

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Lisette Orospesa, Asmik Grigorian Lise Davidsen, Rolando Villazón, Michael Fabiano, Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, Aigul Akhmetshina Star in Metropolitan Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. The company opens the season with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” starring Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Freddie De Tommaso, and Ryan Speedo Green. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a production by Louisa Proske. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 20, 2026 The Metropolitan Opera will present the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews


Opéra Comique Paris 2025-26 Review: Werther

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(Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez) I first heard Samoan tenor Pene Pati a year ago in Munich in “La bohème,” an opera I’ve seen so often that I make every effort to avoid it. But this time was different; I was completely disarmed by this beautiful lyric tenor’s voice, his charm and his authenticity. Endowed with brilliant high notes, a beautiful timbre, {…}

News, Season Announcement

Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Heidi Stober, Amina Edris, Adela Zaharia, Brian Mulligan Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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(Photo: Hans Jörg Michel/Hamburg State Opera) San Francisco Opera has announced its 2026–27 season, the Company’s 104th. The season opens with Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra,” conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim in a new-to-San-Francisco-Opera production by Claus Guth. Baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat sings the title role, with Eleonora Buratto as Amelia, Christian Van Horn as Fiesco, and Joshua Guerrero as Gabriele {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Malin Bystrom & Fatma Said Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear a new album by two of bel canto’s greatest stars as well as a new recording of Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” There is also a new recording of “Turandot” in English. Golden Age PENTATONE celebrates the glittering world {…}