Max Emanuel Cencic, Carlo Vistoli, Malena Ernman & Marina Viotti Lead Bayreuth Baroque’s 2025 Season

The Bayreuth Baroque has announced its 2025 season. Francesco Cavalli’s “Pompeo Magno” is set to be presented with Leonardo García Alarcón conducting and Max Emanuel Cencic directing. The opera will star Max Emanuel Cencic, Mariana Florès, Valerio Contaldo, Artur Plinta, Nicolò Balducci, Sophie Junker, Victor Sicard, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Valer Sabadus Scipione, Stefan Sbonnik, Dominique Visse, Kacper Szelążek, and Marcel Beekman. Performance {…}

Dec 3, 2024

Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo Unveils 2025 Season

The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia has unveiled its 2025 programming. Here is a rundown of the opera and vocal performances on offer. First up is a concert featuring tenor Piotr Beczala. The tenor delivers music by Verdi, Puccini, Giordano, Moniuszko, and Mascagni alongside the Orquestra Filarmónica de Bogotá and conductor Joachim Gustafsson. Performance Date: Jan. {…}

Dec 3, 2024

Lisette Oropesa, Asmik Grigorian, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Cecilia Bartoli & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2025 Season

The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Opera Bas Wiegers conducts Michael Jarrell’s “Kassandra” with actress Dagmar Manzel and the Ensemble Modern. Performance Date: July 23, 2025 Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Macbeth” will be conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. Cody Quattlebaum, Alice Rossi, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Iris van Wijnen, and Davide Giangregorio. Performance Date: July 25, {…}

Dec 2, 2024

Anna Netrebko, Anna Pirozzi, Brian Jagde, & Jessica Pratt Lead Chorégies D’Orange’s 2025 Season

France’s Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2025 Season. Here is a look at the operatic performances. The festival is set to present Pop The Opera.” Performance Date: June 13, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Aya Wakizono, Dmitry Korchak, and Inho Jeong lead Mozart’s Requiem with Diego Ceretta conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. Performance Date: June 28, 2025 Jader Bignamini conducts Verdi’s “Il {…}

Nov 29, 2024

Nevill Holt Announces 2025 Season & New Partnership with Opera North

Nevill Holt Festival has announced its 2025 season which will take place between May 30 and June 22, 2025. The company said that it will present a new production of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte,” co-produced with Opera North, with the company announced a five-year partnership. “We are hugely excited to announce this long term partnership with Opera North. It secures {…}

Nov 29, 2024

Rolando Villazon, Ying Fang, Fatma Said, Benjamin Appl & Lea Desandre Lead Dresdner Musikfestspiele’s 2025 Season

The Dresdner Musikfestspiele has announced the 2025 season with the theme of “LOVE.” For this article, we will focus on the vocal performances. Fabio Luisi NHK Symphony Orchestra is set to join perform Haydn and Mahler with Ying Fang and Jan Vogler. Performance Date: May 18, 2025 The works by Arvo Pärt will be performed by Kadri Toomoja and the {…}

Nov 25, 2024

Korean National Opera Unveils 2025 Season ‘What is Love?’

The Korean National Opera has announced its 2025 season. “For the coming year of 2025, we have prepared four operas that will comfort the hearts of the audience with the keyword ‘love.’ Through each work, we will show the various aspects and depth of love,” said Choi Sang-ho, the director of the National Opera Company. First up is “Le Nozze {…}

Nov 19, 2024

Erin Morley, Pene Pati & Konstantin Krimmel Lead Park Avenue Armory’s 2025 Season

The Park Avenue Armory has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz lead a program of music by Schubert, Loewe, and Vaughan Williams. Performance Dates: Feb. 22 & 24, 2025 Erin Morley and Gerald Martin Moore lead a program of music by Schumann, Berg, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Ricky Ian Gordon. {…}

Nov 15, 2024

Long Beach Opera’s 2025 Season to Spotlight the Work of Pauline Oliveros

(Photo by Claire Harvie) Long Beach Opera has announced that its 2025 programming will center on the work of Pauline Oliveros. Oliveros (1932-2016) is a famed American composer known for her work in experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center and explored the concepts of “deep listening” and “sonic awareness” in {…}

Nov 14, 2024

Opera Saratoga Announces 2025 Season

Opera Saratoga has announced its 2025 summer season. In a statement, General and Artistic Director Mary Birnbaum said, “This summer’s festival will transport audiences around the world for two sensational classics which give young singers a chance to shine and two new operas which challenge audiences’ notions of what opera means today. We’ll go on an exhilarating, romantic journey from Saratoga Springs {…}

Nov 13, 2024

Sonya Yoncheva, Lise Davidsen, Ying Fang, Benjamin Appl, Thomas Hampson & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Verbier Festival’s 2025 Season

The Verbier Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra and Barbara Hannigan perform works by Berlioz, Haydn, Copland, Rodgers, and Bill Elliot. Performance Date: July 17, 2025 Thomas Hampson and Ksenija Sidorova perform works by Schubert and Weill. Performance Date: July 20, 2025 The VF Academy Atelier Lyrique and {…}