The Santa Fe Opera has announced that it will partner with 95.5 KHFM Classical Public Radio to present free Opening Nights radio broadcasts of the opera’s 2025 Season. The broadcasts will celebrate the opera’s ongoing commitment to bringing the works to Santa Fe, Española, Los Alamos, Albuquerque, and communities throughout New Mexico and beyond. The broadcasts will begin on July 28 {…}
(Photo Credit: Randy Tunnell) The Carmel Bach Festival has unveiled its 88th season. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which features music by Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, and Haydn. Vocal soloists include Clara Rottsolk, Dashon Burton, Brian Giebler, and Guadalupe Paz. Grete Pederson conducts. Performance Dates: July 12 & 19, 2025 Then {…}
The Wagner Society of New York has announced the 2025 singer awards. This year’s winners included mezzo-soprano Sadie Cheslak, who won the Robert Lauch Memorial Fund Award of $6,000, and tenor Alec Carlson the Ursula Springer Award of $3,000. Encouragement grants of $1,000 were awarded to Michael Deshield and Allyson Bennett, while Encouragement grants of $500 were given to Lynnesha {…}
The 73rd season of the Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña has been announced. Opera The season opens with Bizet’s “Carmen,” which will be directed by Calixto Bieito and will star Sofija Petrovic as Carmen, Brian Michael Moore as Don José, Jean-Fernand Setti as Escamillo, and María José Moreno as Micaela. The Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia will be conducted by {…}
The Festival de Ópera de Sevilla has announced its 2025 season, which will take place between September 25 and October 12, 2025. Opera Manuel Garcia’s “Il califfo di Bagdad” will be directed by Guillermo Amaya and conducted by Alessandro D’Agostini. Juan de Dios Mateos, Leonor Bonilla, Pepe Hannan, Alicia Naranjo, Nerea Berraondo, and Eugenio Maria Degiacomi star. Performance Dates: Sept. 25 & {…}
The Festival de Torroella de Montgrí has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Anne-Kathryn Olsen, Marino Fribourg, and Víctor Sordo will perform music by Jaquemin de Senleches, Jean Robert Trebor, Jean Robert Trebor, Philippe de Vitry, François Andrieu, and Bernard de Cluny. Pau Marcos, Natalie Carducc, and Guillermo Pérez also feature in the program. {…}
The Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese has announced its 2025 season. Bruno Cinquegrani conducts Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” in a production by Daniele De Plano. Performance Dates: July 11 & 13, 2025 Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” with Mirco Reina conducting and Renato Bonajuto directing. Performance Dates: July 23 & 25, 2025 Manuela Ranno conducts Bizet’s “Carmen” in a production by Pierre Emmanuel Rousseau. Performance Dates: {…}
Opera in the Ozarks has announced its 75th anniversary, which will feature three operas. Bizet’s “Carmen” will be performed. Performance Dates: June 27-July 25, 2025 Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” will be the second production. Performance Dates: July 1-24, 2025 “Into The Woods” by Stephen Sondheim will be the final production of the season. Performance Dates: June 28-July 23, 2025 Concerts {…}
The Festival Perelada has announced its 2025 season. Joyce DiDonato and Craig Terry will perform in recital. Performance Date: July 3, 2025 Genius Loci is a unique stage performance directed by Rafael R. Villalobos. The production star countertenor Xavier Sabata and will feature music from Purcell to contemporary. Performance Date: July 5, 2025 Julian and Christoph Prégardien will perform “In {…}
The Baltic Opera Festival has announced its 2025 season, which will be held in Sopot and Gdańsk. Jennifer Holloway, Gerhard Siegel, Claudia Mahnke, Oleksandr Pushniak, and Omer Kobiljak star in Strauss’ “Salome.” Lothar Zagrosek conducts a Concept and Artistic Supervision by Tomasz Konieczny. Performance Dates: July 11 & 13, 2025 Alek Nowak’s “Monster’s voice” will be perfoemed. Performance Date: July 12, {…}
The Teatro Grande di Brescia has announced its 2025 season, featuring three operas. Emanuela Pascu and Emilia Rukavina alternate in the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen.” They are joined by Roberto Aronica, Ragaa El Din, Rocio Faus, Alessia Merepez, and Pablo Ruiz. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-28, 2025 Sabrina Sanza, Nico Franchini, Giovanni Accardi, and Giacomo Nanni star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Enrico {…}