Malin Byström, Natalya Romaniw, Elena Stikhina, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Jakub Józef Orliński, Federica Lombardi & Joshua Guerrero Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Dutch National Opera has announce dits 2025-26 season. Elena Stikhina and Natalya Romaniw star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Joshua Guerrero and Gevorg Hakobyan. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 3-25, 2025 “Operetta Land” will be performed featuring music by Johann Strauss II, Jacques Offenbach, and Arthur Sullivan. Steef de Jong, Raoul Stefani, Marc Pantus, Laetitia Gerards, Elenora Hu, Frederik {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Theo Hoffman, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen & Fatma Said Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear ambitious vocal projects that include multiple world premieres, rarities, and homages to historical artists. Schubert/Beatles The New York Festival of Song releases Schubert/Beatles on NYFOS Records featuring baritone Theo Hoffman, pianists Steven Blier and Kunal Lahiry, {…}

News, Streaming

MyOpera Player to Stream Teatro Real’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

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On Feb. 14, 2025, MyOpera Player is set to present Tchiakovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The opera will streamed from the Teatro Real in a production by Christof Loy. Gustavo Gimeno conducts the production with a cast that includes Kristina Mkhitaryan, Iurii Samoilov, Bogdan Volkov, and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev. The cast is rounded out by Katarina Dalayman, Victoria Karkacheva, Elena Zilio, Frederic Jost, and Juan Sancho. The broadcast {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

American Modern Opera Company & The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2024 Review: El Niño – Nativity Reconsidered

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Composer John Adams’ and librettist Peter Sellars’ opera, “El Niño,” debuted at Metropolitan Opera earlier this year, making this their fourth work to be produced at the Met, including “Doctor Atomic” (2008), “Nixon in China” (2011), and “The Death of Klinghoffer” (2014). OperaWire reviewed the production in addition to attending and documenting Guggenheim Museum’s “Works & Process” presentation by the {…}

News

Grammy Awards to Air As Scheduled & Will Raise Funds for Victims of Wildfires

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The Grammy Awards will air as scheduled on Feb. 2, 2025, following the Wildfires that have ravaged many parts of Los Angeles. In an open letter to Recording Academy Members, Harvey Mason jr., Recording Academy & MusiCares CEO said, “Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. This city is our home, and we {…}

News

The Centre for the Less Good Idea Johannesburg Announces Los Angeles Residency

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The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg headed by Co-Founders William Kentridge and Bronwyn Lace have announced a Los Angeles Residency from Feb. 1 to 8. The Wallis, CAP UCLA, and The Broad have joined together to present three facets of the work of The Centre for the Less Good Idea. Events will include “A Defense of the Less {…}

News

The Wallis to Present ‘At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You’

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The Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, often referred to as simply The Wallis, is set to present “At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You” on Feb. 15, 2025. The showcase, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. local time, will feature the Kronos Quartet and choral ensemble Tonality. The work features music by Michael Abels with text and {…}

Special Features

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of the Year

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It is time to wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments and performers. After releasing our favorite performances of 2024 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top 11 singers of the year, performers that we thought stood out. Performers who had major breaks, headlined major productions or simply had {…}

Special Features

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Team on the Best Performances of the Year

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There’s been a lot of opera in 2024. And quite frankly, there’s been a lot of good opera. So as has become our tradition, here is a look at some of OperaWire’s editorial team’s picks for their personal favorite performances of 2024. Matt Costello: Act three of “Götterdämmerung” – Tanglewood It’s always a tricky thing to think about one’s “Performance {…}

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Malin Byström, Natalya Romaniw, Elena Stikhina, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Jakub Józef Orliński, Federica Lombardi & Joshua Guerrero Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

Theo Hoffman, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen & Fatma Said Lead New CD/DVD Releases

MyOpera Player to Stream Teatro Real’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

American Modern Opera Company & The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2024 Review: El Niño – Nativity Reconsidered

Grammy Awards to Air As Scheduled & Will Raise Funds for Victims of Wildfires

The Centre for the Less Good Idea Johannesburg Announces Los Angeles Residency

The Wallis to Present ‘At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You’

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of the Year

Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Team on the Best Performances of the Year