Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition Announces 2026 Dates

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The “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Competition is set to celebrate its 14th edition, in a year of particular significance as this year marks the seventieth anniversary of the death of the famed conductor from Novara. Applications for the international competition opened on Feb. 24 and will remain available until April 30. Conductors of any nationality aged between 18 and 35 {…}

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Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Review: Carmen

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(Credit: © Benoîte Fanton) “Carmen” is just about the last opera one would think of as homoerotic, yet this is the vibe of this Paris production; it’s haunted by the male body as object of desire. Other adjectives used to describe it would be bleak, vulgar, obscene, violent and most of all angry. Judging from the costumes, Calixto Bieito’s staging {…}

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Finnish National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Morning Star

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(Credit: © Ilkka Saastamoinen) Sebastian Fagerlund‘s new opera, based on Karl Ove Knausgård’s novel “Morgenstjernen” in Swedish or “The Morning Star” in English, inhabits that rare territory where literature, music, and visual spectacle converge to create something genuinely original — unsettling and beautiful at the same time. Gunilla Hemming’s libretto doesn’t so much adapt Knausgård’s labyrinthine 666-page narrative as distill {…}

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Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Review: Eugene Onegin

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(Credit: © Guergana Damianova – OnP) Ralph Fiennes knows a thing or two about Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse, “Eugene Onegin.” It turns out he has a touch for opera, too, based on his directorial debut at the Paris Opera. His staging of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at the Palais Garnier is rooted in tradition, but he controlled the action on {…}

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A Rescue Mission – General Director Maria Todaro on Rebuilding Florida Grand Opera

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In 2014, Florida Grand Opera accumulated a $19.4 million deficit. The company was in chaos, warning that the cancelation of its 2015-16 season in Broward County could be imminent if the organization was unable to secure $400,000. The future of the organization, which was founded in 1941, was uncertain and insecure. Fortunately an anonymous donor pitched in to erase the {…}

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Opera na Zamku Names Waldemar Dąbrowski as Chairman of Program Council of Szczecin

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Waldemar Dąbrowski, a former Polish Minister of Culture and Director of Polish National Opera, has been elected Chairman of the newly established Program Council of Szczecin. In 2025, the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Assembly established the Program Council. The Council is charged with advising the director on shaping the repertoire and artistic projects, aiding in securing additional funding, and promoting the {…}

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Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2025

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It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. As with every year, 2025 was full of a lot of opera revelations in productions, concerts and competitions. So in recognitions of those breakouts, here’s a look at some of the young singers who are likely to make operatic waves in the very near future. Here are OperaWire’s 10 {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Don Giovanni (Cast B)

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A new cast took over the Met Opera’s run of “Don Giovanni” on Nov. 6, 2025 to stunning results. I’ve said this before, but casting is such a complex task in the opera world. Most of these productions have to be cast years before they take place and often rely on projections of where certain artists will be vocally and {…}

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Marta Kluczyńska Named Polish Royal Opera Music Director

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(Credit: Marcin Klaban) The Polish Royal Opera has announced that Marta Kluczyńska will assume the position of Deputy General Manager of the Polish Royal Opera. Kluczyńska has already collaborated many times with the institution, leading performances and concerts. Kluczyńska is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where she studied symphonic and operatic conducting under Prof. Marek {…}

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Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition Announces 2026 Dates

Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Review: Carmen

Finnish National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Morning Star

Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Review: Eugene Onegin

A Rescue Mission – General Director Maria Todaro on Rebuilding Florida Grand Opera

Opera na Zamku Names Waldemar Dąbrowski as Chairman of Program Council of Szczecin

Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2025

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Don Giovanni (Cast B)

Marta Kluczyńska Named Polish Royal Opera Music Director