The Savannah VOICE Festival has announced its 14th season, titled “Sunny Days and Starry Nights,” running August 7–16, 2026. The season will celebrate Broadway’s Golden Age, highlight classical vocal artistry, and honor America’s 250th anniversary with a special American Opera finale. The festival opens with “A Night of Rising Stars” before moving into a wide-ranging lineup that includes “Here Comes {…}
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 {…}
(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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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, {…}
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 {…}
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: {…}
(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 {…}
