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David Oller, Nicole Chevalier, José Simerilla Romero, Heather Engebretson & Johanna Wallroth Lead Theater Basel’s 2025-26 Season

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Theater Basel has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Kurt Weill’s “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny” will be directed by Benedikt von Peter. Jasmin Jorias Etezadzadeh, Ronan Caillet, Andrew Murphy, Solenn’ Lavanant Linke, Rolf Romei, Ervin Ahmeti, Elliott Carlton Hines, and Marius Aron star.  Stefan Klingele and Thomas Wise conduct. Performance Dates: August 28-Oct. 26, 2025 David Oller, Carmen Artaza, {…}

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Corinne Winters, Klaus Florian Vogt & Aigul Akhmetshina Among 2025 Oper! Award Winners

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(Credit: Marin Driguez) The Oper! Awards have announced its 2025 awards. The ceremony which took place on Feb. 21, 2025, at La Monnaie / De Munt, which was awarded the Best Opera House prize. Corinne Winters was awarded the Best Female Singer of the Year award, while Klaus Florian Vogt won Best Male Singer. Pablo Heras-Casado won Best Conductor and Tobias {…}

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Beth Morrison Projects Names Finalists for BMP: NEXTGEN 2024

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Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) has announced Harriet Steinke and Anuj Bhutani as the finalists for the third edition of BMP: NEXTGEN, the company’s composer competition for contemporary vocal works. The announcement follows a semifinal round held on Nov. 23-24, 2024, at National Sawdust in New York City, where 10 semifinalists presented their compositions during live performances. The finalists were chosen {…}

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Mezzo.TV to Present ‘La Fiamma’ from Deutsche Oper Berlin

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(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) Mezzo.tv is set to present Resphigi’s “La Fiamma” from the Deutsche Oper Berlin on Oct. 7, 2024. The new production is directed by Christof Loy and is conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Olesya Golovneva, Georgy Vasiliev, Ivan Inverardi, Martina Serafin, Doris Soffel, Sua Jo, Cristina Toledo, Martina Baroni, Karis Tucker, Caren Van Oijen, Patrick Guetti, Manuel Fuentes, Caitlin Gotimerc, and {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Nicholas Phan, Siobhan Stagg & Janai Brugger Lead Hong Kong Philharmonic’s 2024-25 Season

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The Hong Kong Philharmonic has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Ralf Otto conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with Valentina Farcas, Catriona Morison, Nicholas Phan, and Thomas E. Bauer. Performance Dates: Dec. 20 & 21, 2024 Benjamin Northey and Siobhan Stagg celebrate the New Year with a Viennese program. Performance Dates: Dec. 29 & 30, 2024 {…}

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Jonathan Tetelman, Aigul Akhmetshina, Aušrine Stundyte, David Butt Philip & Sondra Radvanovsky lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2024-25 Season

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The Deustche Oper Berlin has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Respighi’s “La Fiamma” will be directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Carlo Rizzi. The cast will include Aušrine Stundyte, Georgy Vasiliev, Vladislav Sulimsky, Martina Serafin, Sua Jo, Cristina Toledo, Martina Baroni, Karis Tucker, Caren Van Oijen, Doris Soffel, and Patrick Guetti. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 18, 2024 Enrique Mazzola {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘Il Trittico’

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for the production of “Il Trittico.” The company noted that American contralto Lauren Decker will take over the role of La Zia Principessa in “Suor Angelica” on Dec. 9 and 14, 2023. Decker is an American mezzo-soprano who was a quarterfinalist at the 2019 Operalia Competition in Prague and recently received the {…}

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New Choral Society Announces Cast Change for Haydn’s ‘The Creation’

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The New Choral Society has announced a cast change for its performance on April 30, 2023. The company said that Katherine Whyte would replace Kathryn Lewek, who is ill. Lewek also took to social media and said, “I’m very sad to announce my withdrawal from the New Choral Society’s performance of Haydn’s Creation this Sunday due to illness. Wishing all {…}

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Camilla Nylund, Amanda Majeski & Lise Lindstrom Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2023-24 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the operatic productions of the season. Premieres  Puccini’s “Turandot” is set to star Elisabeth Teige, Aleksei Kulagin, Yonghoon Lee, and Elbenita Kajtazi. Ivan Repušić conducts the new production by Marie-Eve Signeyrole. Performance Dates: Oct. 7-Nov. 25, 2023 Mary Plazas, Katerina von Bennigsen, Peter Tantsits, and Andrew Nolen {…}