The Landestheater Detmold has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres The season opens with Puccini’s “La bohème” with Per-Otto Johansson conducting a production by Katharina Thoma. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-Dec. 25, 2026 Carl Zeller’s “Der Vogelhändler” will be directed by Hans Walter Richter and conducted by Roc Fargas I Castells. Performance Dates: Oct. 30, 2026-July 2, 2027 Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will {…}
The Opéra de Lille has announced its 2026-27 Season. Opera Karine Deshayes leads Händel’s “Alcina” with Adèle Charvet, Jasmin White, Lunga Eric Hallam, Lilit Davtyan, Camille Chopin, and Ashley Riches. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the production by Ewelina Marciniak. Performance Dates: Oct. 6-17, 2026 Nina Guo, Jade Phoenix, Sarah Richmond, and Doreen Curran lead Jennifer Walshe’s “Mars.” Elaine Kelly conducts the production {…}
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its 2026-27 season, led by Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan opens his sixth season with Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection,” featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir alongside soloists soprano Lucy Crowe and mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis. Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2026 Soprano Sarah Brady {…}
Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Salome Jicia, Margaux Poguet, Floriane Hasler, Nicolas Courjal, Marc Barrard, Cyrille Dubois, Mischa Schelomianski, and Louis Morvan star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Lawrence Foster conducts the production by Agnès Jaoui. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-11, 2026 Alexandra Marcellier, Thomas Bettinger, and Marc Scoffoni lead Puccini’s “Le Villi” with Paolo Arrivabeni conducting and Stefano {…}
The Washington Performing Arts has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. “Living the Dream…Singing the Dream” will be a Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring the Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs and The Choral Arts Society of Washington. Performance Date: Feb. 21, 2027 at Music Center at Strathmore The resident ensemble of Washington Performing Arts, {…}
Opera Zuid announces its 2026-27 season. Jonathan Dove & April de Angelis’s “Uprising” will be conducted by Manoj Kamps and directed by Romy Roelofsen & Gable Roelofsen. The production will star Madeline Saputra, Ingeborg Bröcheler, and Quirijn de Lang. Premiere Date: Nov. 13, 2026 “Frau Luna” by Paul Lincke will be conducted by Enrico Delamboye and directed by Steef de {…}
Madison Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Keely Futterer leads Bellini’s “Norma” with Katherine Beck, Joshua Stewart, and Wm. Clay Thompson. John DeMain conducts the production by Fenlon Lamb. Performance Dates: Oct. 30 & Nov. 1, 2026 Flora Hawk, Alexandra Burch, Madison Barrett, David Blalock, Ryan Nash, and Matt Boehler star in “Postcard from Morocco” with Kyle Naig conducting and Kristine {…}
Vocal Arts DC has announced its 2026-27 season, titled “The Future of Song.” The season opens with tenor Ben Bliss and pianist Christopher Allen in a program drawn from German and French song, including works by Schumann, Liszt, and Strauss alongside aria favorites. Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2026, Live! At 10th & G, Washington, D.C. Tenor Matthew Polenzani and pianist {…}
The Polish National Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. New Productions Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the world premiere of Maxim Kolomiiets’ “The Mothers of Kherson” in a production by Barbara Wysocka. The cast includes Izabela Matuła, Hanna Sosnowska-Bill, Weronika Wojtkowska, Elissa Pfaender, Małgorzata Walewska, Jadwiga Postrożna, Andrei Bondarenko, Katarzyna Wietrzny, Tomasz Rak, Ólafur Sigurdarson, Tadeusz Szlenkier, and Adrian Domarecki. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-27, 2026 Paweł Mykietyn’s {…}
The National Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are vocal performances. Daniel Hege conducts soprano Danielle Talamantes in music by Joan Tower, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Arturo Márquez. Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2026 Anthony Blake Clark conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with soloists Sarah Hayashi, Lucia Bradford, Allan Palacios Chan, and Edmund Milly. Performance Date: Dec. 18 & 19, {…}
The Concertgebouw Amsterdam has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Royal Swedish Orchestra and Alan Gilbert perform music by Wagner alongside Nina Stemme. Performance Date: August 17, 2026 The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Keri-Lynn Wilson perform music by Frolyak, Mahler, and Beethoven alongside soprano Julia Kleiter. Performance Date: August 19, 2026 The Seoul Philharmonic {…}