Jonas Kaufmann, Camilla Nylund, Andreas Schager & Andrè Schuen Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back to another look at the latest CD and DVD releases of the week. This week, audiences will get to hear Jonas Kaufmann’s complete Decca catalog, a new “Tristan und Isolde”, and a Mozart CD. SO SMOOTH, SO SWEET Parma Recording releases a collection of vocal works from Harvard University composer Allen Sapp spanning from his early compositions in {…}

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Oper Bern Names New Erster Kapellmeister

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(Credit: Karol Miczka) Clément Lonca has been appointed Erster Kapellmeister at Oper Bern from 2025-26. Lonca has conducted at the Opéra national de Lyon as well as with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Opéra de Nantes, Theater an der Wien, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Salzburger Festspiele. He has also worked with the Wiener Staatsoper, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre {…}

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Bryan Wagorn Joins Askonas Holt for General Management

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Bryan Wagorn has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. Wagorn is a Canadian-American pianist who performs regularly in Europe, North America, and Asia with the world’s leading instrumentalists and singers, including Nadine Sierra, Angel Blue, Joyce DiDonato, Midori, Pinchas Zukerman, Lise Davidsen, and Anthony Roth Costanzo. He has appeared at Tanglewood, Ravinia, Salzburg, Glyndebourne, Marlboro, the {…}

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Cassandre Berthon Joins GM Art & Music for General Management

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French soprano Cassandre Berthon has joined GM Art&Music for General Management. Gianluca Macheda will manage her. Berthon studied violin, chamber music, and music theory at the Conservatoire of Marseille and began studying voice in 1990 with Camille Maurane. She has since performed at the Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Comique, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Capitole de Toulouse, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, {…}

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Karolina Bengtsson Wins 2025 Birgit Nilsson Stipendium

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Swedish soprano Karolina Bengtsson has been awarded the 2025 Birgit Nilsson Stipendium. Bengtsson will be awarded 250,000 SEK and she will give her Stipendium recital in Birgit Nilsson’s “own” Västra Karup church on August 8, 2025. In a statement, the soprano said, “What an honour! It is an incredible feeling to be awarded the prestigious Birgit Nilsson Stipendium. In addition {…}

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Karen Chia-ling Ho, Olga Kulchynska, Mattia Olivieri, Lucia Lucas & Iestyn Davies Lead Santa Fe Opera’s 2026 Season

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The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2026 season. Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will open the season with a revival production directed by Melanie Bacaling. The cast will include Karen Chia-ling Ho, Stephen Costello, Jonathan Burton, Jarrett Ott, and Sun-Ly Pierce. John Fiore conducts. Performance Dates: July 3-29, 2026 Harry Bicket conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in a production by Christopher Luscombe. Josh Lovell, Joélle Harvey, Rainelle {…}

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Nadezhda Karyazina & Maxim Emelyanychev Awarded Herbert von Karajan Prize

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The Herbert von Karajan Prize, endowed with a total of EUR 50,000 and donated by the Karajan family, has been awarded to mezzo-soprano Nadezhda Karyazina and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. The prizes were given out at the Salzburg Easter Festival. Karyazina made her debut at the 2025 Salzburg Easter Festival in “Khovanschina” and has performed with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Semperoper {…}

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Metropolitan Opera to Get New ‘Khovanschina’ production

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(Credit: Inés Bacher) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a new production of Mussorgsky’s “Khovanschina” in a future season. The New York Times is reporting that the production by Simon McBurney premiering at the Salzburg Easter Festival “will travel to New York in the future.” The new production will showcase a new ending by composer, musicologist, and author Gerard {…}

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Royal Opera House Music Director Jakub Hrůša Defends Hiring Anna Netrebko

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(Credit; Vladimir Shirokov) Following the announcement that Anna Netrebko will return to the Royal Opera House after six years, new Music Director Jakub Hrůša is defending his choice to hire the soprano in “Tosca,” “Turandot” and a recital. When asked in an interview with the Times of London why he hired Netrebko, Hrůša said “You ask me about Anna. What made {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Camilla Nylund, Andreas Schager & Andrè Schuen Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Oper Bern Names New Erster Kapellmeister

Bryan Wagorn Joins Askonas Holt for General Management

Cassandre Berthon Joins GM Art & Music for General Management

Karolina Bengtsson Wins 2025 Birgit Nilsson Stipendium

Karen Chia-ling Ho, Olga Kulchynska, Mattia Olivieri, Lucia Lucas & Iestyn Davies Lead Santa Fe Opera’s 2026 Season

Nadezhda Karyazina & Maxim Emelyanychev Awarded Herbert von Karajan Prize

Metropolitan Opera to Get New ‘Khovanschina’ production

Royal Opera House Music Director Jakub Hrůša Defends Hiring Anna Netrebko