John Brancy, Rihab Chaieb, Arturo Chacón-Cruz & Marie-Adeline Henry Lead Opéra de Montréal’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra de Montréal has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” featuring John Brancy, Ruben Drole, Kirsten LeBlanc, Anthony Gregory, Andrea Núñez, Sophie Naubert, Matthew Li, and William Meinert. Kensho Watanabe conducts a production by Stephen Lawless. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 5, 2025 The company will present the Talent Gala. Performance Date: Nov. 11, 2025 Atom Egoyan directs Janáček’s “Jenůfa” withNicole Paiement conductting. The {…}

May 21, 2025

Xabier Anduaga, Vanessa Goikoetxea & Arturo Chacón-Cruz Lead Fundación Baluarte’s 2025-26 Season

The Fundación Baluarte has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances for the concert hall in Pamplona, Spain. Andoni Sierra conducts Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” with Raquel Andueza, Katharine Hawnt, and Jesús García Aréjula. Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2025 Bach’s Christmas Oratorio will be conducted by Christoph Prégardien and will showcase Deborah Cachet, Elvia Bill, David Fisher, and {…}

Dec 6, 2024

Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Il Trovatore’

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Dec. 6 performance of “Il Trovatore.” The company said, “For tonight’s performance of Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore,’ the role of Manrico will be sung by Arturo Chacón-Cruz.” The Mexican tenor will replace the originally scheduled Gwyn Hughes Jones. This performance will mark Chacón-Cruz’s fourth performance at the Met following his surprise {…}

Nov 22, 2024

Metropolitan Opera Announces New Cast Change for ‘Il Trovatore’

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Nov. 22 performance of “Il Trovatore.” The company said, “For tonight’s performance of Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore,’ the role of Manrico will be sung by Arturo Chacón-Cruz.” The Mexican tenor will replace the originally scheduled Michael Fabiano. This performance will mark Chacón-Cruz’s first full performance at the Met following his surprise {…}

Nov 20, 2024

Arturo Chacón-Cruz Set to Return to The Metropolitan Opera in Future Seasons

Arturo Chacón-Cruz is set to return to the Metropolitan Opera in a future season. Following a historic performance on Nov. 17 when he made an unexpected Met debut in “Il Trovatore,” replacing Michael Fabiano in Act four, General Manager Peter Gelb has offered the tenor performances of “La Traviata.” Gelb announced the news on News 4 New York saying that he {…}

Nov 17, 2024

Metropolitan Opera ‘Il Trovatore’ Nov. 17 Performance Sees Two Major Debuts

The Metropolitan Opera’s Nov. 17 “Il Trovatore” performance saw two major debuts in the second part of the opera. Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz made an unexpected house debut as Manrico while Leah Hawkins made her role debut as Leonora. Chacón-Cruz replaced Michael Fabiano, while Hawkins replaced Angela Meade. Both Meade and Fabiano took to social media to announce that they could {…}

Oct 2, 2024

Lisette Oropesa & Benjamin Bernheim Win Top Prizes at Opera Awards

The Opera Awards which took place at the Bayerische Staatsoper on Oct. 2 has announced its 2024 winners. The top prize of Opera Company went to the Komische Oper Berlin while Simone Young took home the coveted Conductor of the Year award. Lisette Oropesa won the Female Singer of the Year while Benjamin Bernheim was awarded the Male Singer of {…}

Aug 21, 2024

Xabier Anduaga, Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczala, Ermonela Jaho, Ludovic Tezier Among Opera Awards’ Reader’s Choice Nominees

(Courtesy of The International Opera Awards) The Opera Awards have announced the Reader’s Choice Nominees. The category which is decided entirely by public vote, saw Xabier Anduaga, Asmik Grigorian, Ekaterina Bakanova, Sara Blanch, Piotr Beczala, Ermonela Jaho, Ludovic Tezier, and Arturo Chacon-Cruz nominated. This is the first category announced from the annual awards. The full list of nominees will be {…}

Aug 8, 2024

Elizabeth Caballero, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, & Louis Otey to Lead Florida Grand Opera’s Studio Artist Program

(Photo credit: Alexander Jane Creative, Florida Grand Opera has announced a transformation of its Studio Artist Program. Soprano Elizabeth Caballero, tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz, and baritone Louis Otey will join Florida Grand Opera’s studio as Artist Training and Development Consultants for the 2024-25 season. They will work alongside Neil Nelson, the Senior Artist Training and Development Consultant, and Dr. Jared Peroune, {…}

Jun 28, 2024

Jonathan Tetelman, Saioa Hernández, Carmen Giannattasio & Xabier Anduaga Lead Ópera de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s 2025 Season

The Ópera de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has announced its 2025 season. The season opens with a double bill of Puccini’s “Il tabarro” and “Le villi.” The production will star Jonathan Tetelman, Carmen Giannattasio, and Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar. Lorenzo Passerini conducts. Performance Dates: Feb. 17-21, 2025 Bizet’s “Carmen“ is set to star Yulia Matochkina, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Miren Urbieta Vega, and Maharram {…}

Apr 18, 2024

Irina Lungu, Nicola Alaimo, Vittorio Grigolo, Arturo Chacón-Cruz & Lianna Haroutounian Lead Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s 2024-25 Season

The Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting a production by Thaddeus Strassberger. Irina Lungu, Dmitry Korchak, and Simone Piazzola star. Performance Dates: Sept. 13-24, 2024 Leoš Janáček’s “Kát’a Kabanová” will star Anush Hovhannisyan, Anton Rositskiy, Nino Surguladze, Sergei Skorokhodov, Jana Kurucová, Dmitry Cheblykov, {…}