The Orquesta de Extremadura has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Justina Gringytė and Roberto Forés Veses team up for a program of music by Tarkiainen, Mahler, and Sibelius. Performance Dates: Nov. 27 & 28, 2025 Andrey Godik performs Martinů’s Oboe Concerto while Sarah Fox, Lucía Martín Cartón, and Moisés Marín perform Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2. Roberto {…}
The Greek National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Fabrizio Ventura conducts Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda” with Oliver Mears directing. Anna Pirozzi stars alongside Alisa Kolosova, Tassos Apostolou, Anita Rachvelishvili, Arsen Soghomonyan, Francesco Pio Galasso, and Dimitri Platanias. Performance Dates: Oct. 19-Nov. 7, 2025 Aleksandra Kurzak and Cellia Costea star in Puccini’s “Tosca” alongside Marcelo Puente, Roberto Alagna, Dimitri Platanias, and Tassis {…}
Philadelphia’s The Crossing has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is “Unalienable,” which includes the world premiere of Nina Shekhar’s “Tic-Talk” as well as the first live performance of the 2024 pre-election video “Cloud Anthem” by Michael Gilbertson. Also on the program is the world premiere of Kile Smith’s “Let all the Strains of Joy (mingle in my last song.” {…}
Counterpoints Concerts has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “Mostly Mahler” at the S Street Salon. The concert features Mahler’s “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” and “Rückert-Lieder” as well as three romances for cello and piano by Clara Schumann and “The Seed of a Dream” by Lory Laitman. Baritone Rob {…}
The Angers Nantes Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” and “La Vida Breve” will star Lucie Roche, Patricia Petibon, Sophie Belloir, Carlos Natale, Jean-Luc Ballestra, and Laura Gallego Cabeza. Roberto Forés Veses conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 8 & 15, 2025 Sébastien Daucé conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” with Lauranne Oliva, Alex Rosen, Giuseppina Bridelli, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Anna Bonitatibus, Zachary Wilder, Petr Nekoranec, Dominic Sedgwick, Théo Imart, and José {…}
The Opéra de Rennes has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Bertrand Cuiller conducts Handel’s “Rinaldo” with a cast that includes Paul Figuier, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Maïlys De Villoutreys, Camille Poul, and Damien Pass. Performance Date: August 30, 2025 Cavalli’s “La Calisto” will star Lauranne Oliva, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Milan Siljanov, Anna Bonitatibus, Giuseppina Bridelli, Zachary Wilder, Bastien Rimondi, Dominic Sedgwick, Théo Imart, and {…}
The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2025-26 cinema season which will feature nine productions screened across 1,500 cinemas around the world. Here is a look at the operas on the slate. “Tosca” is fist on the slate with Music Director Jakub Hrůša and Oliver Mears leading a new production of “Tosca.” Anna Netrebko, Freddie De Tommaso, and Gerald {…}
The Moravská Filharmonie Olomouc has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a rundown of classical vocal performances on offer. Soprano Karolína Alena Bartoňková headlines a concert featuring arias from Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel.” The program, conducted by Eduard Kostelník and Daniel Kadlec, will also feature works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Kaprálová, and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2025 Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and mezzo {…}
Music Before 1800 has announced its 51st season. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer for 2025-26. First up is “A Requiem for All Souls” at Corpus Christi Church. The program is headlined by Capella Pratensis. There will be a radio broadcast on WKCR and online on Nov. 7, 2026. Performance Date: Nov. 2, 2025 Then comes {…}
Oratorio Society of New York has unveiled its 2025-26 season. First up is Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and John Corigliano’s “Fern Hill” starring Jennifer Zetlan, Samantha Hankey, Alex Richardson, and Joseph Parish. The performance takes place at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Performance Date: Nov. 10, 2025 Then comes the “Messiah” in time for the holidays. The {…}
The Opéra Grand Avignon has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Débora Waldman conducts a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” by Frédéric Roels. The opera will star Armando Noguera, Gabrielle Philiponet, Lianghua Gong, Mischa Schelomianski, Anaïk Morel, Tomislav Lavoie, Aimery Lefèvre, and Eduarda Melo. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-14, 2025 Mauro Borgioni, Marie Théoleyre, Floriane Hasler, Anna Rheinold, Furio Zanasi, and Salvo Vitale {…}