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Season Announcement

Boston Modern Orchestra Project Unveils 2026-27 Season

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(Credit: Steve Pisano) Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) has announced its 2026-27 season under artistic director and conductor Gil Rose. First up is “Delight of the Muses,” a program featuring soprano Julia Bullock performing Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” and selections from Matthew Aucoin’s “The No One’s Rose,” Anthony De Ritis’s “Jiggedy Jingle Jaunty Jaunty” and Charles Wuorinen’s eponymous {…}

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Will Liverman & Morten Grove Frandsen to Perform in Lincoln Center Presents’ 2026-27 Season

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(Photo credit: Catherine Hancock) Lincoln Center Presents announces its 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the classical voice programming. Baritone Will Liverman and pianist Adam Tendler present “Songs of Humanity & Peace.” Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2026 Francisco J. Núñez leads the Young People’s Chorus of New York City with the Guangzhou Experimental Choir of China led by Xie Mingjing {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Nicholas Phan, Fleur Barron Headline 92NY’s 2026-27 Tisch Music Season

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92NY announces the 2026-27 Tisch Music Season. This article features the operatic events. Ema Nikolovska and guitarist Sean Shibe present the concert, “Orlando.” They will perform works by Massenet, Dowland, Schubert, Sasha Scott, Detlev Glanert, Thomas Adès, Has Abrahamsen, and Cassandra Miller, among others. Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2026 Les Arts Florissants gives a concert of works by Monteverdi. William Christie {…}

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Opéra National de Paris Announces ‘Opéra d’Été’ Series for Summer 2026

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(Photo: © Bernd Uhlig) The Opéra national de Paris will present free outdoor screenings of two Puccini operas as part of its annual Opéra d’été series. Claus Guth’s production of “La Bohème,” conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and featuring Nicole Car as Mimì, Aida Garifullina as Musetta, and Atalla Ayan as Rodolfo, opens the opera screenings in France at the Centre {…}

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 Shepherd School of Music at Rice University Announces 2026-27 Season

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The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University has announced its 2026-27 season featuring orchestral, chamber, opera, and faculty recitals. Here are the vocal performances. Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts Sasha Cooke in Pierre Jalbert’s “Another Starry Night.” The concert also includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Performance Date: Feb. 6, 2027 Shepherd School Opera The school is set to {…}

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Joyce DiDonato to Open DACAMERA’s 2026-27 Season

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DACAMERA announces its 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the classical voice works coming up. Joyce DiDonato and Time for Three perform Kevin Puts’s “No Prisoner Be” at DACAMERA’s Opening Night gala. Andrew Staples directs and is the lighting and sound designer, along with William Reynolds and Colin Egan who also serve as lighting designer and sound engineer. Performance Date: Oct. {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Baritone Roderick Williams On His Forthcoming Recital At The Music At Paxton Festival & Woking With The Innovative Composer Michel van der Aa

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(Photo: Theo Williams) In July, Paxton House will host the 2026 edition of its festival dedicated to chamber music in all its forms, including solo recitals and small ensembles of instrumental and vocal music from the classical repertoire spanning across the centuries. Yet it is far more than a specialist classical music festival; there are also many cross-over events, including {…}

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Cast Change: Léo Vermot-Desroches Joins Opéra de Paris’ ‘Werther’

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The Opéra National de Paris has announced a cast change for its 2027 production of Massent’s “Werther.” The company said that Michael Spyres has withdrawn from the production and will be replaced French tenor Léo Vermot-Desroches, who will make his company debut. Vermot-Desroches will sing on Feb. 22 and 25, and then on March 2, 6, 9, and 12 alternating {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Forward Festival 2026 Review: Theory Of Flames

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(Photo: Marco Borggreve) The Dutch composer Michel van der Aa has carved out a successful niche for himself within the opera world with a series of pieces, which successfully marries accessible music with film and technological wizardry underpinned by a strong narrative. The world premiere of his new opera, “The Theory of Flames,” for Amsterdam’s Opera Forward Festival is his {…}