The Bronx Opera has announced its 2026 program. The first opera of the season will be Mozart’s “Idomeneo,” which will be sung in English. The opera stars Emma Robertson, James Danner, Miastasha Gonzalez-Colon, Samantha Long, Matthew Youngblood, Rashard Deleston, Gordon Blodgett, Zachary Tirgan, James Cottone, Vianca Alejandra, and Caitlin Caruso Dobbs. Performance Dates: Feb. 12 & 14, 2026 The second {…}
The Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi has been announced its 2026 season. “Le Peripezie di Pinco Pallino” will be performed as a new commission. Performance Dates: April 19-21, 2026 Bizet’s “Carmen” will get a new production Performance Dates: May 2026 Gaspare Spontini’s “Li Finti Filosofi” will get a new production. Performance Dates: July 2026 Puccini’s “Il Trittico” will be performed in {…}
(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles) Festival Napa Valley has announced its 2026 summer season, which runs from July 4–19, 2026. The season opens with Festival Live! Concerts, a series of daily performances showcasing Festival artists in rotating programs presented in partnership with the Frost School of Music’s Blackburn Music Academy at CIA at Copia. Performance Dates: July 4–18, 2026 Festival Napa {…}
The English Touring Opera has announced the 2026 spring season. Phil Wilcox, Lauren Young, George Robarts, Kelli-Ann Masterson, Matthew Siveter, Robin Bailey, Samuel Pantcheff, and Natasha Agarwal star in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” Liam Steel directs and Jack Ridley conducts. Performance Dates: March 20-May 21, 2026 The season will include Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” with Paula Sides, Ronald Samm, Phillip Rhodes, {…}
Nevill Holt Festival has announced that Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will be its opera production for 2026. The work, presented in partnership with Opera North, will get four performances on May 29 and 31 and June 5 and 7, 2026, at the Festival’s Leicestershire venue. “Don Pasquale” returns to Opera North after more than 35 years. “’Don Pasquale’ represents everything we {…}
The Rossini in Wildbad has announced its 2026 season which is set to take place between July 22 and August 2, 2026. Weckerlin’s “Le mariage en poste” will get its modern premiere. Performance Dates: July 22-August 1, 2026 The company will present “L’occasione fa il ladro” with Music Director Antonino Fogliani conducting. Performance Dates: July 24-August 2, 2026 “La gazza {…}
The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts has announced its 2026 season which will be held between June 12 and 28, 2026. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Festival Academy Masterclass will be led by Lise Davidsen. She will coach alumni singers from the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, each accompanied by acclaimed pianist James Baillieu. Performance {…}
The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announces its 2026 season. Opera Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci“ and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana“ will open the season with a cast that includes Yonghoon Lee, Denis Pivnitsky, Alejandro Roy, María Belén Rivarola, Fabián Veloz, Youngjun Park, Diego Bento, Liudmyla Monastyrska, and Mónica Ferracani. Beatrice Venezi conducts the production by Hugo de Ana. Performance Dates: April 14-24, 2026 Oscar Strasnoy’s “Dementia” will make {…}
The Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile has announced its 2026 season. Opera Puccini’s “La bohème“ will star Yaritza Véliz, Angelina Akhmedova, Michael McDermott, Kameron Lopreore, Camila Romero, Pilar Garrido, Germán Alcántara, Yeongtaek Yang, Javier Weibel, Sergio Gallardo, Matías Moncada, Francisco Salgado, Pedro Alarcón, and Cristián Lorca. Paolo Bortolameolli conducts the production by Cristina Gallardo-Domâs. Performance Dates: May 7-18, 2026 Giordano’s {…}
Pocket Opera has unveiled its 2026 season. First up is “Madama Butterfly” with three performances. Performance Dates: Feb. 20 (Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts), Feb. 22 (Legion of Honor), March 1 (Hillside Club), 2026 Then comes Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Performance Dates: April 17 (Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts), April 19 (Legion of Honor), April 26 (Hillside {…}
(Photo Credit: © Lukasz Rajchert) The Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival has announced its seventh edition, running Sept. 4–13, 2026. Händel’s “Floridante” receives six performances as a co-production with the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the International Handel Festival Karlsruhe. Artistic Director Max Emanuel Cencic stages and sings the title role with Eva Zalenga, Sonja Runje, Bruno de Sá, Pavel Kudinov, and {…}