Vanessa Goikoetxea, Carlos Álvarez & Miren Urbieta-Vega Lead Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña’s 2026 Season

The Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña has announced its 2026 season celebrating 74 years. The season opens with Janacek’s “Jenůfa,” which will star Vanessa Goikoetxea, Eliska Weissová, Alejandro Roy, Joan Lainez, Marianne Cornetti, Gabriel Alonso, Javier Agudo, Andrea Varela, Belén Vaquero, and Ruth González. Alfons Flores and Ana Garay will be responsible for the staging while José Miguel Pérez-Sierra will conduct. Performance {…}

May 7, 2026

Erin Wagner Leads Naumburg Orchestral Concerts’ 2026 Season

(Photo by Jiyang Chen) The Naumburg Orchestral Concerts has announced its its 121st season, which runs from June 9 through August 4, 2026 at the historic Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. Here is a rundown of vocal and operatic performances. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein leads Baroklyn and CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) in a program featuring works by J.S. Bach and Philip {…}

May 1, 2026

Ermonela Jaho, Benjamin Bernheim, Bryn Terfel, Sara Blanch, Michael Spyres & Jordi Savall Lead Festival Perelada’s Summer 2026 Season

Festival Perelada has announced its Summer 2026 season, celebrating the festival’s 40th anniversary. Soprano Ermonela Jaho and tenor Benjamin Bernheim give the inaugural recital of the season at the Església del Carme, accompanied by pianist Marcos Madrigal. The program features works by Cilea, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Gounod, and Massenet. Performance Date: July 17, 2026 Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel gives a recital {…}

May 1, 2026

Marble City Opera Announces 2026 Season

Marble City Opera has announced its 2026 season. The season opens with “Josephine” by Tom Cipullo inside the Historic Grove Theater about the life of Josephine Baker. Soprano Manna K. Jones stars as Josephine. Performance Date: May 30, 2026 The company will then perform “Opera in the Park,” a free concert at Lakeshore Park in Knoxville. The event features food {…}

Apr 21, 2026

Angel Blue, Nicky Spence, Joyce DiDonato, Leah Hawkins, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Charles Castronovo Lead BBC Proms’ 2026 Season

The BBC Proms has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. The festival opens on with pianist Yunchan Lim and tenor Thomas Atkins joining Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for music by Ravel, Copland, Gershwin and Finzi. There will also be a world premiere by Josephine Stephenson. Performance Date: July 17, 2026 Gianandrea Noseda leads Beethoven’s Symphony {…}

Apr 19, 2026

Teatro Grande di Brescia Announces 2026 Season

The Teatro Grande di Brescia has announced its 2026 season. The season opens with Britten’s “Death in Venice” with Daniel Smith conducts a production by Rodula Gaitanou. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-27, 2026 Alessandro D’Agostini conducts Puccini’s “Turandot” with Nadir Dal Grande directing. Performance Dates: Oct. 16 & 18, 2026 Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” will be conducted by Alessandro Palumbo and directed by Fabio {…}

Apr 17, 2026

Elgar Festival Announces 2026 Edition, Featuring I Fagiolini, Jenny Lind Singers & April Fredrick

The Elgar Festival has announced its 2026 season, running May 23–31 across Worcester, Malvern, and Pershore Multi-disciplinary artist Nakisha Swatton leads a new collaborative work developed with local amateur and professional musicians, inspired by Elgar’s “Enigma Variations.” The performance brings together the Malvern Taiko drummers, Daniel Neville string ensemble, Black Voices Choir, Academy of Contemporary Music Birmingham, Grosvenor Road Studios, {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Nonhlanhla Yende & Daniel Schmutzhard Lead Lucerne Festival’s 2026 Summer Season

The Lucerne Festival has announced its 2026 summer season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Baldur Brönnimann and join forces for music by Mark Andre commissioned by Lucerne Festival and the Philharmonie Essen. Performance Date: August 22, 2026 Gianluca Capuano conducts Gluck’s “Orfeo and Euridice” with “Cecilia Bartoli and Melissa Petit. Performance Date: August 23, 2026 The Luzerner Theater {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Rolando Villazón, Piotr Beczała, Javier Camarena, Kathryn Lewek, & Klaus Florian Vogt Lead Festival Internacional de Santander’s 2026 Season

The Festival Internacional de Santander has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. Palacio de Festival David Afkham conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with Rolando Villazón directing. Javier Camarena, Theodore Platt, Emily Pogorelc, Kathryn Lewek, and Franz-Josef Selig. Performance Dates: August 3 & 5, 2026 Anaïs Bertrand, Paco García, Marcial Pauliat, and Igor Bouin star in “Carnaval Barroco: {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Merola Opera Program Reveals 2026 Summer Season

(Photo Credit: Kristen Loken) The Merola Opera Program has announced its 2026 Summer Festival season. The Summer Festival opens with “L’Anima Napoletana,” a vocal and piano recital curated by Merola faculty member Mario Antonio Marra. The program presents Neapolitan songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performed in Italian and Neapolitan dialect with English supertitles. Performance Date: June {…}

Apr 15, 2026

Finger Lakes Opera Announces 2026 Summer Festival

Finger Lakes Opera has announced its 2026 summer festival. The season will feature an “Opera & Ale” series of events featuring the company’s Engagement and Young Artists. Performance Dates: June 6-21, 2026 Among the opening performances is “Juneteenth” starring Kearstin Piper Brown, Mariah E. Graves, Goitsemang Lehobye, Holden Turner, and Darrin Nicholson II. Performance Date: June 18, 2026 “Glory Denied” will {…}