Heartbeat Opera has announced two upcoming productions for 2025. First up is “Salome” this February at the Irondale in Brooklyn. The Strauss work will be presented in an adaptation by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova for seven singers and an arrangement by Dan Schlosberg for eight clarinetists and two percussionists. It will star Summer Hassan, Patrick Cook, Nathaniel Sullivan, Manna {…}
The 2025 Prague Summer Nights has announced the venues for the 10th anniversary. This milestone festival will be shown in the Czech Republic and in Vienna, Austria. The festival will take place at The Festsaal (Haus der Industrie) in Austria, Smetana Hall in Prague, Střelnice in Tábor, Oskar Nedbal Theater in Tábor, Burgher’s Hall in Plzen, and Suk Hall (Rudolfinum) {…}
Aldeburgh Festival has announced its 2025 edition. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “A Visit to Friends,” a new opera by Collin Matthews and William Boyd. It stars Lotte Betts-Dean, Susanna Hurrell, Marcus Farnsworth, Edward Hawkins, and Gary Mattewman. Jessica Cottis conducts and Rachael Hewer directs. Performance Date: June 13 & 14, 2025 James {…}
The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires has unveiled its 2025 season. Opera First up is Verdi’s “Aida” in a production by Roberto Oswald. Stefano Ranzani conducts part of the run. Performance Dates: March 2025 Next up is “Il Trittico” in a production from the Teatro Comunale di Bologna by Beatricce Venezi. Pier Francesco Maestrini conducts. Performance Dates: May 2025 “Billy Budd” gets {…}
The Rossini Opera Festival has announced its 2025 season. The 46th edition of the event will take place from August 10 to 22, 2025. Operas The festival will open with a new production of “Zelmira,” conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti. The production will be directed by Spanish director Calixto Bieito, making his debut in Pesaro. Pretty Yende stars in the title {…}
REDCAT has unveiled its 2025 season. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. First up is Faye Driscoll’s “Weathering,” during which “10 performers move on a raft-like stage surrounded by the audience, creating a dynamic, multi-sensory “flesh sculpture” that reflects the chaos of the Anthropocene.” Performance Date: Feb. 6 – 8, 2025 Next is Mary Kouyoumdjian and {…}
The Bayreuth Baroque has announced its 2025 season. Francesco Cavalli’s “Pompeo Magno” is set to be presented with Leonardo García Alarcón conducting and Max Emanuel Cencic directing. The opera will star Max Emanuel Cencic, Mariana Florès, Valerio Contaldo, Artur Plinta, Nicolò Balducci, Sophie Junker, Victor Sicard, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Valer Sabadus Scipione, Stefan Sbonnik, Dominique Visse, Kacper Szelążek, and Marcel Beekman. Performance {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia has unveiled its 2025 programming. Here is a rundown of the opera and vocal performances on offer. First up is a concert featuring tenor Piotr Beczala. The tenor delivers music by Verdi, Puccini, Giordano, Moniuszko, and Mascagni alongside the Orquestra Filarmónica de Bogotá and conductor Joachim Gustafsson. Performance Date: Jan. {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Opera Bas Wiegers conducts Michael Jarrell’s “Kassandra” with actress Dagmar Manzel and the Ensemble Modern. Performance Date: July 23, 2025 Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Macbeth” will be conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. Cody Quattlebaum, Alice Rossi, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Iris van Wijnen, and Davide Giangregorio. Performance Date: July 25, {…}
France’s Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2025 Season. Here is a look at the operatic performances. The festival is set to present Pop The Opera.” Performance Date: June 13, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Aya Wakizono, Dmitry Korchak, and Inho Jeong lead Mozart’s Requiem with Diego Ceretta conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. Performance Date: June 28, 2025 Jader Bignamini conducts Verdi’s “Il {…}
Nevill Holt Festival has announced its 2025 season which will take place between May 30 and June 22, 2025. The company said that it will present a new production of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte,” co-produced with Opera North, with the company announced a five-year partnership. “We are hugely excited to announce this long term partnership with Opera North. It secures {…}