The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced has released the final numbers for the 2025 edition. The festival announced that there was an overall attendance at performances of more than 12,200 people, which was about 20 percent higher than in 2023. Added to all this are the attendance figures for the off-festival, with its rich program of more than 30 events, {…}
Opera Austin Festival will return for its second annual edition on Nov. 15, 2025, running from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Draylen Mason Music Studio. The 2025 festival will feature mainstage presentations by Suzette Emberton, Trevor Shaw, and Nathan Felix Opera Productions. Shaw will premiere an excerpt from “City of Lantern Flies,” while Felix will present “Ribas-Dominicci,” based {…}
The Village Trip festival has unveiled its 2025 slate. First up is the premiere of a new song cycle by David Amram. “Five American Voices” is a work that sets the writings of Carolyn Cassady, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ron Whitehead, Ted Joans, and Tom Piazza to music. The piece was commissioned by the Roger Shapiro Fund and will be interpreted {…}
Tête à Tête Opera Festival returns to London. Janet Oates and Simon Pettifar’s new opera, “Hidden Lovers” is produced by Mayhem Opera. Performance Date: September 22, 2025 “The Fairy Temple” by Lucinda Guy and Robert Herrick is next. Performance Date: September 23, 2025 Young Opera Makers presents “Peeled Back: A Triple Bill.” The program features “Get Your Licks In” by {…}
Vicenza in Lirica has announced its 2025 program, which kicks off this September. The anteprima is “Wagner e Schumann in Villa,” a program starring soprano Barbara Frittoli and baritone Said Gobechiya alongside pianist Marcos Madrigal. Performance Date: August 30, 2025 Claudia Pavone and Said Gobechiya open the festival in Brahms’ “A German Requiem.” Marco Titotto conducts the Orchestra del Conservatorio Arrigo {…}
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. {…}