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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Rossini Opera Festival 2026 Review: L’occasione fa il ladro

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(Photo: Rossini Opera Festival) Written in just fifteen days in 1812 for Venice’s Teatro San Moisè, this one-act burletta per musica belongs to the extraordinary period of the composer’s youth when, at just 20 years old, Rossini seemed capable of turning even the most seemingly minor plot into a theatrical mechanism of breathtaking precision, sustained by music of the highest {…}

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Buxton International Festival 2026 Review: La Liberazione di Ruggiero

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(Photo: Genevieve Girling) Francesca Caccini holds a special place in the annals of the history of opera: she was the first woman ever to write a complete opera. It is thought that she may have written five in all, but like many operas of the period, they have all been lost, apart from her work “La Liberazione di Ruggiero dell’isola {…}

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Birgit Nilsson Festival 2026 Review: Baritone Luthando Qave in Recital

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As the 2026 recipient of the Birgit Nilsson Stipendium, baritone Luthando Qave gave a recital at Västra Karup Church in Båstad on August 7, 2026, accompanied by pianist Magnus Svensson. The setting carried particular resonance: this was Birgit Nilsson’s own parish church, closely connected to her earliest experiences as a singer and the venue that she appeared in most. Many {…}

News, Season Announcement

Kathryn Lewek, Alexandra LoBianco, Kevin Thompson, & Symone Harcum Star in Virginia Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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Virginia Opera announces its 2026-27 season. Adam Turner conducts the Virginia Symphony Orchestra in Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” starring Kathryn Lewek and Sarah Tucker as Nedda with Zach Borichevsky as Canio. Kidon Choi, Hunter Enoch, and Carlos Ahrens are also among the cast led by Kyle Lang. Performance Dates: Nov. 6 -22, 2026 (Norfolk, Richmond, & Fairfax) Brandon Eldredge conducts Humperdinck’s “Hansel and {…}

News

Patricia Caicedo to Lead ‘Canciones Españolas’ Workshops at Vocal Art Song Festival

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New Mexico’s Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival will welcome soprano and musicologist Patricia Caicedo as a guest artist for “Canciones Españolas.” During the festival, Caicedo, founder and artistic director of the Barcelona Festival of Song, will work with students on repertoire in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese and will lead a Saturday master class titled “The World of Latin American and {…}

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Bad Wildbad Festival 2026 Review: L’occasione fa il ladro

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(Photo: Bad Wildbad Festival) Among Rossini’s early Venetian farse, “L’occasione fa il ladro” remains one of the most irresistibly entertaining. Written when the composer was barely twenty, it already displays the dramatic flair, melodic abundance and astonishing theatrical instinct that would soon make him Europe’s dominant operatic voice. The libretto’s improbable chain of exchanged identities may stretch credulity, but Rossini’s {…}

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Wolf Trap Opera 2026 Review: Eugene Onegin

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(Photo Credit Wolf Trap PR) Stunning performances and engrossing acting kept the Wolf Trap audience involved and thrilled with “Eugene Onegin’s” presentation at the Barns. Alexander Pushkin’s revered Russian novel in verse, “Eugene Onegin,” is considered by many the greatest Russian classic. This book is the literary source that inspired Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky to write the libretto, {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Mattia Olivieri on ‘Eugene Onegin,’ Santa Fe Opera & Returning to the Metropolitan Opera

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Italian baritone Mattia Olivieri has become one of the most in-demand singers of his generation performing at major opera houses including the Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Massimo in Palermo and Opéra de Paris. He has become renowned for his Italian repertoire in particular the Bel Canto works and has slowly moved into heavier {…}