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Lidia Fridman, Antonio Poli, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Marta Torbidoni & Eleonora Buratto Lead Festival Verdi’s 2026 Season

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The Festival Verdi has announced the operas for its 2026 season. The festival, which will be celebrated between October 1 and 25, 2026, will showcase the theme of “Mondi lontani,” evoking fascination with the exotic. The first of the three operas that will be performed is the rarely seen “Alzira” at the Teatro Regio di Parma. The rarely performed work will star {…}

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Marina Viotti Leads New Production of ‘Carmen’ at Dallas Opera

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The Dallas Opera is set to open its 2025-26 season with the U.S. premiere of a new production celebrating the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.” The production faithfully recreates the original Carmen from the 1875 premiere at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The production features a team that has spent more than two years researching original staging through manuals, lithographs, {…}

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Luca Salsi, Nino Machaidze, Dmitry Korchak, Ermonela Jaho, Nadine Sierra, Vittorio Grigolo & Carlo Vistoli Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2025-26 Season. Opera The season opens with Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Michele Mariotti conducting a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast includes Dmitry Korchak, Clive Bayley, Tómas Tómasson, Ekaterina Gubanova, Andrei Bondarenko, and Jennifer Holloway. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 7, 2025, 2025 Davide Livermore’s production of Puccini’s “La bohème” returns with Carolina López {…}

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Staatstheater Wiesbaden Names First Kapellmeister

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Staatstheater Wiesbaden has named Paul Taubitz its First Kapellmeister. Taubitz took to social media and said, “I’m excited to announce that from season 25-26 I’ll be starting as 1st Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Exciting and challenging tasks await me, and I am very much looking forward to them!!” Taubitz recently became the second Kapellmeister and Assistant to the General {…}

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Nicholas Sharma Appointed RBC Resident Conductor & Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Conductor

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(Credit: Toronto Symphony Orchestra- Courtesy of Nichias Sharma) The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has appointed Nicholas Sharma as RBC Resident Conductor & Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Conductor. Sharma will begin in his new role at the beginning of the 2025-26 season. According to the orchestra, Sharma was selected following a national search and competitive audition process and will succeed Trevor Wilson, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Bayerische Staatsoper 2024-25 Review: Manon Lescaut

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(Credit: Geoffroy Schied) “Manon Lescaut” at the Bayerisches Staatsoper in April showed two soloists who brought a fresh take on Puccini’s well-loved third opera. Although Hans Neuenfels’ production kept its piquant perspective, soprano Joyce El Khouri, performing instead of Ermonela Jaho, and tenor Saimir Pirgu performed with more modesty and ardor than anticipated. They showed us once again how Puccini {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Eleonora Buratto, Raehann Bryce-Davis & Ludovic Tézier 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 see a complete recording of Verdi’s early masterpiece with one of the most important baritones of today. There is also a debut album but one of today’s primadonnas and an experimental debut album by an esteemed mezzo. {…}

News, Season Announcement

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Ludovic Tézier, Pretty Yende, Rolando Villazón, Federica Lombardi, Nicole Car, Freddie De Tommaso & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Wiener Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and recitals for the new season. Premieres  Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” will get a new production by Dirk Schmeding. The cast will be headed by Franz Xaver Schlecht, Margaret Plummer, Slávka Zámečníková, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Pavol Breslik, Michael Laurenz, Peter Kellner, Matthäus Schmidlechner, Ilia Staple, and Alex Ilvakhin. Tomáš Hanus conducts. A second cast will {…}