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Lisette Oropesa, John Holiday, Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund & Anne Sofie von Otter lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week comes the release of a bel canto masterpiece with Lisette Oropesa, as well as an album dedicated to Berlin starring Anne Sofie von Otter. John Holiday also makes his album debut. Here is a look at the new releases. Maria Stuarda Naxos {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Ballet & Opera 2025-26 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo: Ian Hippolyte) Richard Jones’ production of “La Bohème,” currently at Covent Garden for its eighth run, is a magnificent piece of art. It is still, however, tempered with a few anomalies including nonsensical stage changes in full view of the audience. I’ve grown to accept set designer Stewart Laing’s bohemian residence, portrayed here as a clinically spruce garret; albeit {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

The Atlanta Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot

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(Credit: Raftermen photography) Trigger warning: discussions of sexual assault. The Atlanta Opera (TAO) has given us a new way to stage one of the 21st century’s most performed operas, Puccini’s “Turandot.” Premiering on 25 April 2026, the 100th anniversary of the work’s original premiere, the edits were light. The only significant changes were an excision of most of Franco Alfano’s {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Händel-Festspiele Halle 2026 Review: Judas Maccabeaus

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(Credit：Thomas Ziegler ) Written in the wake of the Jacobite rising to celebrate the Duke of Cumberland’s victory, the Händel’s oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” inherently carries a nearly dynastic majesty. In the hands of conductor Holger Speck, the baroque ensemble Les Favorites, and the Vocalensemble Rastatt, avoided the pitfall of simple martial reading, but into a multi-layered human drama. Speck chose {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Barno Ismatullaeva on ‘Madama Butterfly,’ Preparing Isolde & Never Being Put in a Box

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(Credit: Juan Carlos Blanco Olea) Barno Ismatullaeva is a rising star in the opera world. Born in Andijan, Uzbekistan, she studied at the State Conservatory in Tashkent and went on to join the Alisher Navoi Opera House in Tashkent as a permanent ensemble member shortly after graduation. In 2017, she participated in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition {…}
News, Season Announcement

Maria Agresta, Joyce El-Khoury, Maria José Siri, Carlos Álvarez & Saioa Hernández Lead Teatro La Fenice’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera The season opens with Giorano’s “Fedora” in a production by Hugo de Ana. The opera will be conducted by Donato Renzetti and will star Maria Agresta, Vincenzo Costanzo, Ekaterina Bakanova, and Simone Piazzola. Performance Dates: Nov. 13-22, 2026 Maria José Siri, Manuela Custer, Roberto De Candia, and Joseph Dahdah star {…}
News, Season Announcement

Chelsea Lehnea, Atalla Ayan, Nicole Chevalier, Marigona Qerkezi, Natasha Te Rupe-Wilson, Alexei Botnarciuc & Diana Haller Staatsoper Stuttgart’s 2026-27 Season

https://operawire.com/chelsea-lehnea-atalla-ayan-nicole-chevalier-marigona-qerkezi-natasha-te-rupe-wilson-alexei-botnarciuc-diana-haller-staatsoper-stuttgarts-2026-27-season/

The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres  Chelsea Lehnea, Kai Kluge, Johannes Kammler, and Adam Palka star in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Andriy Yurkevych conducts the production by Katie Mitchell. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 1, 2026 Nicholas Carter conducts a new production of Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” Ulrike Schwab directs the production with Goran Jurić, Moritz Kallenberg, Rosie Aldridge, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Shaumet Music 2026 Review: Das Rheingold (Dove/Vick)

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(Photo: Cassandra Hannagan) Is it possible to reduce the scale of Wagner’s mammoth operas? A “yes” answer clearly underlies Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick’s digest of “The Ring,” Wagner’s four-opera epic. Let’s face it, Wagner’s “Ring” in its original form is nothing less than an account of the unbalancing of the world and the efforts over a series of long {…}

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