Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) has announced its 2027 Festival Season, running between May 22 and June 27, 2027, featuring four mainstage productions. Michael Ellis Ingram leads Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” will open the festival. Performance Dates: May 22-June 26, 2027 Bruno Ravella directs Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Daniela Candillari conducting. Performance Dates: May 29-June 27, 2027 {…}
The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2026-27 season. Giorgi Manoshvili headlines Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” with Ana Victòria Pitts, Ekaterina Savinkova, Enkelejda Shkosa, Kirill Belov, Vladislav Chizhov,Dmitry Ulyanov, Denys Pivnitskyi, Ilia Kazakov, Francesco Pittari, Leonardo Cortellazzi, and Stavros Mantis. James Conlon conducts the production by Leo Muscato. Performance Dates: Jan. 22-30, 2027 Amartuvshin Enkhbat leads Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Liparit Avetisyan, {…}
(Credit: Emily Doyle Moore) The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2027 season. John Fiore conducts Puccini’s “Turandot” with Paul Curran directing. Angela Meade, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Kathleen O’Mara, and Peixin Chen star. Performance Dates: July 2-August 28, 2027 Iván López Reynoso conducts Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” with Stephen Barlow directing. Sun-Ly Pierce, Jonah Hoskins, Luke Sutliff, Kevin Burdette, and William Guanbo Su {…}
The Glyndebourne Festival has announced its 2027 season. New Productions Mozart’s “Idomeneo” will be directed by Stephen Langridge and conducted by Robin Ticciati. The cast includes Ian Koziara as Idomeneo, Deepa Johnny as Idamante, Katharina Konradi as Ilia, and Golda Schultz as Elettra. Performance Dates: May 20-July 14, 2027 Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” will be directed by Max Webster and conducted {…}
The Arena di Verona Opera Festival has revealed its 2027 season. Here are the vocal offerings. First up is a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Performance Date: June 11, 2027 Then comes “Aida,” in Gianfranco de Bosio’s 1913 production. Performance Date: June 12 – August 7, 2027 Next up is Paul Curran’s production of “La Traviata.” Performance Date: June 25 – Sept. {…}
The Festspielhaus Baden Baden has announced its 2027 East festival. Joana Mallwitz conducts a new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Krzysztof Warlikowski directing. The cast includes Vera-Lotte Boecker, Sean Panikkar, Manuel Winckhler, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Franz-Josef Selig, and Chelsea Zurflüh. Performance Date: March 20-28, 2027 Klaus Mäkelä conducts Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” with Chen Reiss, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Andrew Staples, and William {…}
The Osterfestspiele Salzburg has announced its 2027 season. Since the first-ever Easter Festival opened with Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” the company will now begin a new cycle to celebrate its 60th anniversary. “Die Walkure” will star Jamez McCorkle, Christopher Maltman, Brindley Sherratt, Christina Nilsson, Lise Davidsen and Catrina Morison. Kirill Petrenko conducts the new production by Kirill Serebrennikov. {…}
The Puccini Opera Festival in Torre del Lago has announced its 2027 season celebrating its 73rd edition. The festival will open with “La Rondine” with Ermonela Jaho, Alexandra Kurzak, Martina Russomanno, Matteo Mollica, Francesco Meli, Paolo Antognetti, and Roberto Alagna. Antonino Fogliani conducts. Performance Dates: July 9 & 17, 2027 “Turandot” will follow with Angela Meade, Saioa Hernández, Ewa Plonka, {…}