(Photo credit: Stephen K Mack) Chanticleer is set to kick off its 2025-26 season with a U.S. tour in honor of the country’s 250th year of independence. The ensemble kicks off the season with “Our American Journey,” which tours through Berkley, Sacramento, Mill Valley, Santa Clara, St. Louis, San Francisco, Dubuque, South Bend, New York, Wilmington, Raleigh, Atlanta, Greenville, and {…}
The Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, Italy, has announced its 2025-26 season. Rossini’s “La cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo” will be conducted by Daniel Smith and directed by Aldo Tarabella Performance Dates: Dec. 5 & 7, 2026 Verdi’s “Nabucco” will be conducted by Valerio Galli and directed by Federico Grazzini. Performance Dates: Jan. 4 & 5, 2026 Marko Hribernik {…}
The Teatro Comunale di Ferrara has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with “Concerto a due per Puccini” directed by Alessio Boni and Alessandro Quarta. The work celebrates the life of Puccini. Performance Dates: Sept. 29 & 30, 2025 Maria Teresa Leva, Giorgio Berrugi, and Dalibor Jenis star in Puccini’s “Tosca.” Stefano Ranzani conducts the production. Performance Dates: Dec. {…}
The Moores Opera Center, part of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston’s Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts, has announced its 2025-26 season. The lineup will include three productions that explore powerful themes of love, loss and redemption. Under the artistic direction of Kathleen Belcher and music direction of Jorge Parodi, the Moores Opera Center {…}
The Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts Verid’s “Aida” in a production by Marco Vinco. The production will star Oksana Dyka and Valentina Boi in the title role alongside Jorge de León, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Nino Surguladze, Irene Savignano, Franco Vassallo, Alberto Gazale, Insung Sim, and Simón Orfila. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-28, {…}
The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2025-2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. The orchestra will perform Händel’s “Messiah” for the holiday season. Performances will be held at the Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope and at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights. The concerts feature soprano Melody {…}
Livermore Valley Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is “Behind the Scenes with Erie Mills.” Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2025 Then comes an opening night dinner. Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025 The company’s fall opera will be “La Traviata.” Performance Date: Sept. 27 – Oct. 5, 2025 Then comes “An Evening with the Phantom” to close out 2025. Performance Date: Dec. 5, {…}
The Sinfónica de Galicia has announce dits 2025-26 season. Here are the two vocal performances of the season. Roberto González-Monjas conducts Mozart’s Requiem with Haydn’s Symphony No. 44. Maëlys Robinne, Rodrigo Carreto, Carlos Mena, and Ferran Albrich star. Performance Dates: Oct.. 31 & Nov. 1, 2025 Carlos Mena conducts Handel’s Te Deum a la victoria en la batalla de Dettingen, HWV 283. The {…}
The Mozartists have announced their new 2025-26 season. First up is “Opera in 1775,” which includes excerpts from operas by Tozzi, Fischietti, Mozart, Haydn, and Sacchini, among others. Ava Dodd, Philippe Durrant, Stephanie Hershaw, Chelsea Zurflüh, and Hugo Brady star. Ian page conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2025 Countertenor Zheng Jiang headlines a Mozart Birthday Concert at Cadogan Hall. The {…}
The Royal Opera House Muscat has unveiled its 2025-26 season. Here are the operas and classical vocal performances on offer. The season opens with the world premiere of Hisham Gabr and Nader Salah El Din’s “Sinbad: The Omani Sailor.” Co-produced with Müpa Budapest, the opera features singers, soloists, and choirs from across the Arab World. Joining them is the Hungarian {…}
New York City Master Chorale (NYCMC) has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is “Immortal Bach” in collaboration with the Academy of Sacred Drama. The program will feature such works as “Gottes Zeit,” BWV 106, “Komm, Jesu, komm,” BWV 228, and the Mass in G Major, BWV 236. Performance Date: Nov. 16, 2025 Next up is Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil. This {…}
