Karah Son, Michael Chioldi, Kathryn Lewek & Matthew White Lead Cincinnati Opera’s 2025 Season

Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2025 season celebrating its 105th anniversary season. In a statement General Director Christopher Milligan said, “We’re thrilled to invite audiences to experience our 2025 Summer Festival, a season that reflects our commitment to both tradition and exploration. We aspire to offer accessible points of entry to enjoy opera, and we hope that productions like Fiddler on {…}

Oct 30, 2024

Renée Fleming & Rod Gilfry Headline Cincinnati May Festival’s 2025 Season

The Cincinnati May Festival announced its 2025 edition. First up is “All Together Now.” The showcase features the May Festival Chorus, May Festival Youth Chorus, and Cincinnati Boychoir in performance. Performance Date: Feb. 16, 2025 Ramón Tebar conducts Verdi’s “Requiem.” He leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, May Festival Chorus, and Cincinnati Boychoir. Performance Date: May 16, 2025 Matthew Swanson, Jason {…}

Oct 21, 2024

Wexford Festival Opera Announces 2025 Season

The Wexford Festival Opera has announced its autumn 2025 festival. The festival will run for 16 days between Oct. 17 and Nov. 1 and will explore the theme of Myths & Legends. In a statement, Rosetta Cucchi said, “Journey through the timeless and boundless realm of myth and legend, woven into the fabric of lyric opera. This art, grand and {…}

Oct 16, 2024

Central City Opera Announces 2025 Season

The Central City Opera has announced its 2025 season. The season will take place between June 28 and August 3, 225, and will be the first festival programmed by newly appointed Artistic Director Alison Moritz. Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” will return to the Central City Opera will for the first time in 12 years. Aleksandra Vrebalov and Deborah Brevoort’s {…}

Oct 15, 2024

William Kentridge Named Artist in Residence at Bergen International Festival

The Bergen International Festival has named William Kentridge the Artist in Residence for the 2025 season. The festival announced that Festival Director Lars Petter Hagen invited two of the South African artist’s stage productions to Bergen. The Bergen International Festival 2025 will open with Kentridge’s latest performance, “The Great Yes, The Great No,” which had its world premiere this past {…}

Oct 10, 2024

Festival Verdi Announces 2025 Edition

Festival Verdi has announced the operas for the 2025 edition, which will take place between Sept. 20 and Oct. 18, 2025. The theme for the Festival will be Verdi and Shakespeare and will celebrate the 25th edition in Parma and Busetto. The operas that will be showcased are “Otello,” “Macbeth (1847),” and “Falstaff.” Otello and Falstaff will be shown in a {…}

Oct 9, 2024

Sara Blanch, Maria José Siri & Lise Lindstrom Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2025 Season

The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona has announced its 2025 season featuring rarely performed works and concerts. Opera Salieri’s “Falstaff” opens the season with Francesco Ommassini conducting a production by Paolo Valerio. The cast includes Giulio Mastrototaro, Gilda Fiume, Marco Ciaponi, Michele Patti, Laura Verrecchia, Romano Dal Zovo, and Eleonora Bellocci. Performance Dates: Jan. 19-26, 2025 Catalani’s “La Wally” will be {…}

Oct 9, 2024

Marigona Qerkezi, Rame Lahaj, Raffaele Pe & Chiara Isotton Lead Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2025 Season

The Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the operas and concerts. Opera Verdi’s “Il Corasaro” is set to open the season with Rame Lahaj and Zizhao Guo sharing the lead role. They will be joined by Guanqun Yu, Benedetta Torre, Vladimir Stoyanov, Luca Galli, Vanessa Goikoetxea, and Carmen Lopez. Stefano Montanari conducts the {…}

Oct 9, 2024

The Grange Festival Unveils 2025 Festival

The Grange Festival has announced its 2025 season. First up is “La Traviata” in a production by Maxine Braham and conducted by Richard Farnes in his festival debut. Samantha Clarke stars as Violetta while Nico Darmian and Dario Solari star as Alfredo and Giorgio Germont, respectively. Performance Dates: June 4 – July 6, 2025 Edwin Outwater leads the BBC Concert Orchestra {…}

Oct 9, 2024

Victorian Opera Unveils 2025 Season

Australia’s Victorian Opera has unveiled its 2025 season. First up is “Follies” at Palais Theatre. The works stars Marina Prior, Antoinette Halloran, Adam Murphy, Alexander Lewis, Geraldine Turner, Rhonda Burchmore, Collette Mann, Evelyn Krape, Genevieve Morrow, and Merlyn Quaife. Stuart Maunder directs. Phoebe Briggs conducts. Performance Dates: Feb. 1 – 6, 2025 Then comes “Mansfield Park” at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Stuart {…}

Oct 4, 2024

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Unveils 2025 Slate

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025 season. Here are the vocal highlights on offer. First up is “Faith.” Erin Heylard conducts a program featuring works by Telemann and Bach with baritone Moran Pearse as the soloist. Performance Dates: March 20 & 21, 2025 Next up is “Remember,” a program conducted by Mark Wigglesworth that features Mozart’s Requiem. Soloists include Anna {…}