The 51st Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca has announced its 2025 season with the theme “Guerre e pace.” The festival will be held between July 18 and August 3, 2025. Here is a look at the opera highlights: Operas Rossini’s “Tancredi” will be presened with Sesto Quatrini conducitng the Orchestra dell’Accademia del Teatro alla Scala. The opera will star {…}
The Festival Puccini has announced its 2025 season featuring five of the composer’s most famous works. “Tosca” will open the festival with a star-studded cast. Aleksandra Kurzak, Carmen Giannattasio, Eleonora Buratto, and Valentina Boi will alternate the title role alongside Roberto Alagna, Michael Fabiano, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi, Mikolaj Zalasinski, and Ivan Inverardi. Giorgio Croci conducts Alfonso Signorini’s production. Performance {…}
The Festival de Perelada has announced its 2025 Easter Festival. Here are the vocal performances. Johann Adolf Hasse’s “Oratorio in F major” is set to be performed for the first time in Spain. Valer Sabadus, Marie Lys, Rafael Quirant, Maria Espada, and Anna Alàs i Jové. Dani Espasa conducts the Vespres d’Arnadi. Performance Date: April 17, 2025 Benjamin Appl and Dani Espada {…}
(Credit: Boston Symphony Orchestra) The Tanglewood Festival has announced the 2025 season. In a statement by Andris Nelsons, the conductor said, “We are excited for another fantastic summer at Tanglewood, full of exceptional music in the beautiful surroundings of the Berkshires. We are delighted to perform Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ with Kristine Opolais and Bryn Terfel, and excerpts from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet; with {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2025 Blossom Music Festival. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Osmo Vänskä will conduct “Carmina Burana” with Shelén Hughes, Reginald Mobley, and John Brancy as the soloists. Also on the program is Sibelius’ “En Saga.” Performance Date: July 12, 2025 Elim Chan will lead a performance of Ravel’s “Shéhéreazade” with soprano {…}
(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2025 summer festival at the Caracalla. The festival, known as the Caracalla Festival, will take place between June 29 and August 7 under Damiano Michieletto’s artistic direction. The festival will showcase four productions. The season’s first production will be Händel’s “La Resurrezione.” George Petrou conducts the production by Ilaria {…}
The Festival Internacional de Santander has announced advanced plans for its 2025 season that will be held in the summer. The season will include dance, opera, and orchestras. Among the performers already announced include Sonya Yoncheva in a program with the Royal Opera Orchestra of Versailles. Pianist Sir András Schiff and Kathia Buniatishvili will also perform in the season as {…}
CortinAteatro in collaboration with Cortina d’Ampezzo has announced its 2025 season. For this article, we will focus on the vocal performances. The Christmas concert will be held at the Alexander Girardi Hall and will showcase Laura Ivan alongside the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta. Walter Bertolo conducts the performance. Performance Date: Dec. 28, 2024 The Basilica Minore dei Santi Filippo e {…}
Cape Town Opera has announced its 2025 season. The season opens with Shorts: A Festival of Pocket Operas. It’s the second edition of five captivating, bite-sized operas in under an hour. The operas will include Cape Town favorites William Berger and Siphamandla Moyake, joined by Cape Town Opera House Soloists and Young Artists. Musical direction by Jan Hugo, Jeremy Silver, {…}
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) {…}