Sara Blanch, Gustavo Dudamel & Lucy Crowe Lead BCN Classics’ 2026-27 Season

BCN Classics has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic and the Orfeó Català in music by John Adams, Zosha Di Castri, and Prokófiev. Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2026 Lucy Crowe, Carlo Vistoli, Lunga Eric Hallam and Ashley Riches join Le Concert d’Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm  for Handel’s “Messiah.” Performance Date: Dec. {…}

Cecilia Bartoli, Ian Bostridge, Maayan Licht & Carlo Vistoli Lead 2026 Monteverdi Festival

(Credit: Fabrice Demessence) The Monteverdi Festival announces its 2026 programming. This article only features vocal concerts. Cecilia Bartoli opens the Festival in a gala concert with Les Musiciens du Prince conducted by Gianluca Capuano. Performance Date: May 28, 2026 The Monteverdi Festival opens with “Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin” under the baton of Leonardo García-Alarcón. Performance Date: June 7, 2026 {…}

Ben Bliss, Carlo Vistoli, Liv Redpath & Deepa Johnny Highlight Park Avenue Armory’s 2026 Season

(Credit: THEGINGERB3ARDMEN) The Park Avenue Armory has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal highlights of the season. Liv Redpath makes her New York recital debut with pianist Harry Rylance. The perform works by Debussy, Strauss, Grieg, and Poulenc Performance Dates: May 28 & 30, 2026 Carlo Vistoli and Giulio Zappa perform works by Purcell, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Donizetti, Bellini, {…}

Angela Gheorghiu, Magdalena Kožená, Sabine Devieilhe, Brian Mulligan, Jennifer Holloway, & Gaëlle Arquez Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences will be able to hear several rarely performed baroque works as well as a Wagner work and a celebration of Angela Gheorghiu’s landmark recordings. Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve release a {…}

Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman, Luca Salsi & Dmitry Korchak Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Rai Cultura Broadcast

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to team up with Rai Cultura for the 2025-26 season. The company will present four operas, “Tosca,” “Lohengrin,” “Tancredi,” and “Falstaff.” “Tosca” will be presented on Nov. 1, 2025, on Rai 3, with Daniel Oren conducting a cast that includes Eleonora Buratto as Tosca, Jonathan Tetelman as Cavaradossi, and Luca Salsi as Scarpia. {…}

Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie 2025-26 Season to Feature Kathryn Lewek, Bruno Taddia, Sheva Tehoval, & Maciej Kwasnikowski

The Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie announces its 2025-26 season. This article features operatic events only. A double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” open the season. Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Azer Zada, Julie Pasturaud, Tomasz Kumięga, Reut Venturo, Giuseppina Merli, Galina Cheplakova, Maciej Kwasnikowski, and Leon Kim are among the cast. Silvia Paoli directs. Yoel Gamzou conducts. Performance Dates: October {…}

Carlo Vistoli, Liv Redpath & Fleur Barron Lead Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai’s 2025-26 Season

The Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai has announced its 2025-26 Season. Here are the vocal performances of the season. Thomas Dausgaard and Liv Redpath lead a program of music by Rued Langgaard, Hans Abrahamsen, and Carl Nielsen. Performance Date: Sept. 12, 2025 Andres Orozco-Estrada conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Anke Vondung. Performance Dates: Oct. 9 & 10, 2025 Emmanuel {…}

Joyce DiDonato, Lea Desandre, Michael Spyres, Véronique Gens, Emőke Baráth & Dario Solari Headline Opéra de Dijon’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra de Dijon has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Orchestre National de France performs alongside Cristian Măcelaru and Joyce DiDonato. The program includes music by Alma and Gustav Mahler and Strauss. Performance Date: Oct. 9, 2025 Lea Desandre stars as Händel’s “Theodora” with Hugh Cutting, Véronique Gens, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen. Thomas Dunford {…}

Anastasia Bartoli, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Carlo Vistoli & Dmitry Korchak Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2026 Season

The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2026 season. Fabio Biondi conducts Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” in a production by Shirin Neshat. The production stars Carlo Vistoli, Francesca Pia Vitale, and Nadja Mchantaf. Performance Dates: Jan. 23-31, 2026 Dmitry Korchak, Carlo Lepore, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, and Giuliana Gianfaldoni star in Bellini’s “Norma.” Renato Palumbo conducts the production by Nicola Berloffa. Performance {…}