The Ravenna Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Summer Season Riccardo Muti conducts selections from Verdi’s Nabucco, Macbeth, and I “I Lombardi alla prima crociata.” Davide Cavalli is the soloist. Performance Dates: June 1 & 2, 2025 The Tallis Scholars under Peter Phillips perform Palestrina and Arvo Pärt. Performance Date: June 1, {…}
The Caramoor Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here are the vocal performances. Rafael Payare conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Gabriella Reyes, Tamara Mumford, Viktor Antipenko, and Joseph Parrish. Performance Date: June 21, 2025 Telemann’s “Pimpinone & Ino” will be performed by Amanda Forsythe, Danielle Reutter-Harrah, and Christian Immler. The Boston Early Music Festival accompanies. {…}
The Festival de Granada has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Luis Arance, Marcelo Solís, Łukasz Biela, Rocío Faus, Solomía Antonyak, Belén Herrero, and Gonzalo Ruiz star in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” for kids. Performance Date: June 6, 2025 La Cetra performs Bach’s Mass in B Minor with soloists Jone Martínez, Lea Elisabeth Müller, Carlos Mena, Jakob Pilgram, {…}
The West Green House Opera has announced its 2025 season celebrating its 25th anniversary. The season will be dedicated to works inspired by Shakespeare. Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” will take the stage with a cast that includes Fflur Wyn, Katie Coventry, Julian Henao Gonzalez, Timothy Nelson, and Henry Waddington. John Andrews conducts the production by Lysanne van Overbeek. Performance Date: July 18, {…}
The Monteverdi Festival has announced its 2025 edition. First up is “Madrigali allo Specchio,” featuring music by Monteverdi, Stradella, and Marini. Antonio Greco conducts the Soloists and Orchestra Monteverdi Festival – Cremona Antiqua. The showcase is presented in collaovration with the Trame Sonore and Chamber Music Festival in Mantua. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Next up is “Vespro della Beata Vergine” {…}
Charlottesville Opera has unveiled its 2025 slate. “We’re excited to have so many accomplished singers and returning favorites back for the 2025 season,” said Leanne Clement, General Director of Charlottesville Opera, per an official press release. “It’s an incredible opportunity for our community to have professional singers who regularly perform at some of the world’s greatest houses to join us {…}
(Credit: Peter Aaron ’68/Esto) The Fisher Center at Bard has announced the SummerScape 2025 which will be held between June 27 – August 17, 2025. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances for the season. Opera Smetana’s “Dalibor” will be performed in a new production by Jean-Romain Vesperini. The American Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Leon Botstein and {…}
San Francisco’s Pocket Opera has unveiled its 2025 season. The season opens with “The Marriage of Figaro,” with three performances at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Hillside Club, and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The opera stars Morgan Balfour as Susanna, Andrew Pardini as Figaro, Julia Mulholland as the Countess, Spencer Dodd as the Count, and {…}
The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Concerts The season opens with Sir Donald Runnicles, conducting Caitlin Lynch, Renée Tatum, Clay Hilley, and Seth Carico in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Choral.” Performance Dates: July 3 & 5, 2025 Sir Donald Runnicles conducts Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus’ Comet, Mozart’s Piano {…}
Spoleto Festival USA has unveiled its 2025 season. Here is the rundown of the vocal and operatic performances on offer. The company will also showcase a concert staging of “Thaïs” starring Nicole Heaston and Troy Cook. Timothy Myers conducts the opera. Crystal Manich will direct. Performance Dates: May 23 & 25, 2025 The Spoleto Festival USA Chorus will showcase two concerts, {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage has announced its 2025 season, Here is a look at the operatic offerings. The company will present Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus,” a reimagining of the lives of Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The play, brought to life with the music of Mozart, is a tale of jealousy and betrayal…and perhaps even murder. The play originally opened {…}