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Metropolitan Opera 2026-27 Review: Lincoln in the Bardo

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) A blue curtain draped the Met Opera’s stage. The color of sadness. The color of the sky. The color of water. That choice already shifts the mood. But in addition to the color, the moment you entered the hallowed hall, electronic sounds permeated the space. These are the first sensations of the “Lincoln in {…}
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Mahogany Opera & Britten Pears Arts Team Up for ‘ A Christmas Miracle’

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Mahogany Opera and Britten Pears Arts will present the world premiere of “A Christmas Miracle,” a new community opera by Errollyn Wallen, Master of The King’s Music, at Orford Church on Nov. 20 and 21, 2026. The work is inspired by Benjamin Britten’s unrealized plans for an intergenerational community opera on the Christmas story, to be titled “A Christmas Sequence.” {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Carnegie Hall 2026-27 Review: Greek National Opera – ‘Nikos Kazantzakis: An Odyssey in Music’

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(Photo Credit: G. Antonoglo) Over the past few years, it has become increasingly common to see major international opera companies come to New York and make their formal debuts, bringing together local communities in a celebration of cultural exchange. The Teatro Real has done it in recent seasons and the Hungarian State Opera took its turn several years prior. It’s {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Ballet & Opera 2026-27 Review: Parsifal

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(Photo: The Royal Opera ©2026 Marc Brenner) The titular character arrives on stage chased by an unruly mob, carrying a convincingly designed and crafted dying swan—the spoils of his hunt. His pursuers are clearly bent on seeking retribution, yet under questioning, he appears to know very little of anything: neither his origins, the world around him, his past, nor even {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Lucía Iglesias on Her Teatro Real Debut, Social Media & the Future of Opera

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At 26, Galician soprano Lucía Iglesias is entering a defining period in her young career. A member of the Teatro Real’s Young Artists program, she begins the 2026–27 season with a series of major debuts, including Barbarina in Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” at Teatro Real and Papagena in “Die Zauberflöte” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Mozart is at {…}
Interviews

Q & A: Jorge de León on ‘Manon Lescaut,’ the Canary Islands & Opera’s Human Values

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Spanish tenor Jorge de León is one of the leading Spanish interpreters of the dramatic tenor repertoire, known for his powerful voice and stage presence. Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and named an Honorary Son of the City of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in 2017, he has performed at major international opera houses in roles including Canio in {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2026-27 Review: Macbeth

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Back in 2007, the Metropolitan Opera premiered Adrian Noble’s take on Verdi’s “Macbeth,” a grim and dark modern day setting, transforming Shakespeare’s dark thriller into a horror story. It was a visually striking and theatrical production on which some of the company’s most renowned and striking performances, especially Lady Macbeth, took center stage. To open its 2026-27 season, the Met {…}
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Spotlight Artists to Present ‘Chernova Kalyna’

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Spotlight Artists is set to present the Ukrainian music concert “Chervona Kalyna” on Sept. 20, 2026, at the 2nd Street Cathedral in Manhattan’s East Village. The program, which marks the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, will be headlined by pianist Alexander Chaplinskiy, mezzo-soprano Galina Ivannikova, pianist Yuliya Basis and violinist and composer Andy Didorenko performing as a duet, and violinist {…}
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A Little Opera Reappraisal, Pt.1: Miguel Jiménez’s ‘Tata Vasco’

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In this new four-part series, we’ll be taking a look at four significant, and greatly underperformed, operas within opera history from early-mid 20th century but outside America and Central Europe. The normal Opera Film reader may be acquainted with a breadth of opera’s expressive diversity. From Cage’s ‘Europera V’ and Stockhausen’s ‘Dienstag aus Licht’ (1991) to Shirokov’s ‘Marevo’ and Vustin’s {…}

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