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Mariana Flores & Jakub Józef Orliński Headline La Cité Bleue’s 2025-26 Season

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La Cité Bleue announces its 2025-26 season. For the purpose of this article only classical voice performances are included. Max Emanuel Cenčić takes on the title role in Cavalli’s “Pompeo Magno.” The concert version also features Logan Lopez Gonzalez, Valerio Contaldo, Mariana Flores, Alois Mülhbacher, Kacper Szelążek, Victor Sicard, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Lucía Martín Cartón, Valer Săbăduș, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Marcel {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Magdalena Kožená, Jakub Józef Orliński, Sabine Devieilhe, Thomas Blondelle, Max Emanuel Cencic, Marina Monzó, & Alasdair Kent Lead Theater an der Wien’s 2025-26 Season

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The Theater an der Wien’s 2025-26 season. Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro” opens the season in a production by Marcos Darbyshire. The cast includes Inna Demenkova, Alberto Robert, Roberto Lorenzi, Petra Radulovic, Ilyà Dovnar, and Lazar Parežanin. Pedro Beriso conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 14, 2025 Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” will star Thomas Blondelle, Hulkar Sabirova, Alina Wunderlin, Leon Košavić, Krešimir Stražanac, David Fischer, Jana {…}

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Opera Royal de Château de Versailles’ Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles has announced its 2025-26 season. Productions  Rossini’s “Cendrillon” will be sung in French and will star Gaëlle Arquez, Patrick Kabongo, Gwendoline Blondeel, Éléonore Pancrazi, Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Alexandre Baldo, and Nicolas Brooymans. Gaétan Jarry conducts the Julien Lubek and Cécile Roussat direct. Performance Dates: Oct. 11-18, 2025 Purcell’s “Didon et Énée” will star {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Marina Rebeka Headline Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s 2025-26 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Productions  Jakob Lehmann conducts Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” in a production by Silvia Costa. Benjamin Bernheim, Viktoria Karkacheva, Christian Van Horn, and Thomas Dolié star. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-15, 2025 Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoé” will be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Laurent Pelly. Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs, Laurent {…}

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Opéra Royal de Versailles 2024 Review: L’uomo Femina

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(Photo: Mirco Magliocca) The Versailles Royal Opera successfully staged one of the most curious titles of the eighteenth century: Baldassare Galuppi and Piero Chiari’s “L’uomo Femina.” Galuppi, once a popular Venetian composer—especially known for what is now recognized as opera buffa—has largely fallen into obscurity. Today, his name resonates only among the most hardcore early music enthusiasts—the same audiences likely {…}

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Max Emanuel Cencic, Carlo Vistoli, Malena Ernman & Marina Viotti Lead Bayreuth Baroque’s 2025 Season

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The Bayreuth Baroque has announced its 2025 season. Francesco Cavalli’s “Pompeo Magno” is set to be presented with Leonardo García Alarcón conducting and Max Emanuel Cencic directing. The opera will star Max Emanuel Cencic, Mariana Florès, Valerio Contaldo, Artur Plinta, Nicolò Balducci, Sophie Junker, Victor Sicard, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Valer Sabadus Scipione, Stefan Sbonnik, Dominique Visse, Kacper Szelążek, and Marcel Beekman. Performance {…}

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Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Anastasia Bartoli, Xavier Sabata, Kathrin Zukowski & Seth Carico Lead Oper Köln’s 2024-25 Season

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Oper Köln has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Marc Minkowski conducts Haydn’s “The Creation” in a production by Melly Still. The production will star Kathrin Zukowski, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Alex Rosen, Giulia Montanari, and André Morsch. Performance Dates: Oct. 5-20, 2024 Allison Oakes stars in Strauss’ “Elektra” alongside Lioba Braun, KS Dalia Schaechter, Astrid Kessler, Martin Koch, Karl-Heinz Lehner, and Insik {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Éléonore Pancrazi, Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva, Enea Scala Headline L’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles’ 2024-25 Season

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Opéra Royal du Château de Versaiilles has announced new productions with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal for its 2024-25 season. Raphaël Pichon will conduct “Vespro della Beata Vergine.” The work stars Perrine Devillers, Zachary Wilder, Robin Tritschler, Antonin Rondepierre, Nicolas Brooyymans, Etienne Bazola, and Renaud Brès. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2024 Lauranne Oliva, Juliette Mey, Léo Vermot-Desroches, and Halidou Nombre headline {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Julia Bullock, Juan Diego Flórez, & Ermonela Jaho Lead Teatro Real’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Andrés Salado conduct Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” in David McVicar’s production. The production will star Ermonela Jaho, Maria Agresta, Brian Jagde, Matthew Polenzani, Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Nicola Alaimo, and Manel Esteve. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 11, 2024 Charpentier’s “David et Jonathas” will be performed in concert with Petr Nekoranec, Gwendoline Blondeel, Jean-Christophe {…}