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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, Freddie de Tommaso, René Pape, Benjamin Bernheim, Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2026-27 Season

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere  Carlo Rizzi and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct a new production of Spontini’s “La Vestale” by Lydia Steier. Sonya Yoncheva, David Butt Philip, Marina Prudenskaya, Siyabonga Maqungo, Jean Teitgen, and Hanseong Yun star. Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2026-May 8, 2027 Christina Pluhar conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” in a production by Stefan Herheim. {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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(Credit: Karen Almond) In his book, “A New Philosophy of Opera,” director Yuval Sharon notes that “Tristan und Isolde,” alongside “Pelléas et Mélisande” are not only two of the most difficult operas to stage, but “seem like a losing proposition” for any director to take on. He reflects on how oftentimes, director’s attempt to “find physical form for what the {…}
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Sydney Chamber Opera to Present Revival of ‘The Oresteia’

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(Photo credit: Daniel Boud) Sydney Chamber Opera is set to present a revival of Liza Lim‘s first opera, “The Oresteia.” Performed for the first time since its world premiere in 1993, “The Oresteia” will be performed by Jane Sheldon, Jessica Aszodi, Jessica O’Donoghue, Mitchell Riley, Daniel Szesiong Todd, and Simon Lobelson. Lim’s “The Oresteia” is an hour-long distillation of the {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Tenor Allan Clayton on Revisiting Musica Viva Production of Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’

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(Photo: David Cox) In 2022, a small artistic team took a tour around six Australian cities to present a unique take on Schubert’s renowned “Winterreise.” Lindy Hume directed the staging with David Bergman as video designer, Matthew Marshall  as lighting designer, and Kate Golla as the pianist. At the core of the performance was British tenor Allan Clayton, who has {…}
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Opera Santa Barbara to Present Screening & Panel for ‘Farinelli’

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Opera Santa Barbara will present a free screening of the film “Farinelli” on Feb. 17, 2026. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and is part of the company’s “Opera at the Movies” series. The event serves as a prelude to the company’s upcoming production of Händel’s “Caesar and Cleopatra,” which runs from Feb. 27 and March 1, {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Australia 2026 Review: Turandot

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) Puccini famously left the score of “Turandot” incomplete at his death in 1924, and its last minutes have been completed by other composers such as Franco Alfano (1926) and most recently Luciano Berio (2002). Arturo Toscanini conducting the premiere a century ago simply put down his baton at the point where Puccini had stopped composing and {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Katerina Burton, the Soprano Soloist for the Cathedral Choral Society’s Performance of Mozart’s Requiem at National Cathedral, Washington, DC  

https://operawire.com/q-a-katerina-burton-the-soprano-soloist-for-the-cathedral-choral-societys-performance-of-mozarts-requiem-at-national-cathedral-washington-dc/

(Photo credit: Gillian Riesen) When she was a child, Katerina Burton remembered her mother, a competitive figure skater, working to opera. “I loved watching her and other professionals skate to music from ‘Carmen,’ ‘Tosca,’ ‘Tristan und Isolde,’ etc…and I really just fell in love with the music and the storytelling,” Burton told OperaWire in a recent interview. That was the {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Theatro Municipal de São Paulo 2025 Review: Porgy and Bess

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(Photo: Rafael Salvador) On September 19th, the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo brought to the stage its first production of “Porgy and Bess,” an opera by George Gershwin (1898-1937), with a libretto by Edwin DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) and Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), based on the novel turned into a play “Porgy,” by DuBose Heyward. The theater assembled not only a cast {…}

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