Emily D’Angelo, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies & I Fagiolini Headline St. Martin-in-the-Fields Spring 2022 Season

St. Martin-in-the-Fields has announced its Spring 2022 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on soley vocal performances. Soprano Natalya Romaniw and pianist Iain Burnside will initiate the new ENO in the Fields program, a collaboration with the English National Opera. Performance Date: Feb. 12, 2022 I Fagiolini will take on baroque music for multiple choirs {…}

Lucia Lucas, Aviva Fortunata, Aude Extrémo, Andrew Love Headline Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2022 Season

Canada’s Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2022 season. The season kicks off with Bizet’s “Carmen” starring Aude Extrémo, Adam Luther, and Lauren Margison. Brenna Corner directs the production. Timothy Vernon conducts. “This will be the company’s 5th Carmen,” Timothy Vernon, the company’s artistic directors said in a press statement. “It is always exciting, and this production will be vital, {…}

Gëzym Myshketa, Gëzym Myshketa, Raffaele Pe Headline Grange Festival’s 2022 Season

The Grange Festival has announced its 2022 edition. The season will kick off with Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a production by Maxine Braham. Conductor Francesco Cilluffo leads a cast starring Gëzym Myshketa and Judith Howarth as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively. Other cast members include Jonathan Lemalu, Samuel Sakker, and Andrés Presno. Performance Dates:  June 9-July 5, 2022 Händel’s “Tamerlano” will {…}

Angela Meade, Carmela Remigio & Celso Albelo Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2021-22 Season

The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2021-2022 season featuring a diverse program. Here are the opera productions for the season. The season opens with “Gran Teatro Reinach” with Giuseppe Verzicco, Eleonora Buccarini, Lucrezia Drei, Valentino Buzza, Claudia Urru, Manuel Amati, Marco Bussi, Chiara Tirotta,, Massimo Fiocchi Malaspina, Filippo Lanzi, Thomas Rizzoli, Alfonso Antoniozzi, and Gianluca Martineghi. Performance Dates: {…}

Leah Crocetto, Francesco Demuro, Irina Lungu & Maxim Mironov Lead Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2022 Season

The Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2022 season featuring ballet and opera. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” opens the season with Andrew Richards and Lars Cleveman as Tristan and Gun-Brit Barkmin and Alexandra Lubchansky as Isolde. The cast also includes Stefanie Iranyi, Anna Werle, Rafal Siwek, Oliver Zwarg, Robert Bork, and {…}

Isabel Leonard, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Kangmin Justin Kim, Jamie Barton Headline Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season

Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2022 festival, which will run between July 1 through August 27, 2022. The season will include five new productions, 38 performances, one world premiere, one company premiere, and an international co-production. In sum, there will be 26 artists making their debuts and another 29 returning to the company. It all kicks off with “Carmen,” {…}