The Dallas Opera (TDO) is set to broadcast past performances on WRR 101.1 FM, one of the country’s oldest radio stations. From Sept. 14 to Oct. 5, 2026, TDO will partner with the classical music radio station’s Concert Hall program to broadcast its four 2025-2026 season mainstage productions. The first broadcast will be Bizet’s “Carmen,” conducted by Emmanuel Villaume and {…}
Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week, audiences will get to see a new production of “Nabucco” with a great diva, while another great mezzo releases a new album. There is also a world premiere recording of an opera from the Metropolitan Opera. Here are the new releases of {…}
San Francisco Opera’s 2026–27 Season is set to open with Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” The opera will be presented in Claus Guth’s production, remounted for San Francisco Opera by director Katherine M. Carter. Music Director Eun Sun Kim will lead the opera with an all star cats that includes Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the title role. He will be joined {…}
(Photo: Michael Cooper) I attended this performance with some hesitation, having already seen its 1993 Toronto premiere as well as two additional times, here and in Montreal. Robert Lepage’s production was striking the first time, but would it be as powerful three decades later? Amazingly, it was. The production (seen May 8) has aged well; it was as mesmerizing as {…}
(Photo credit: Watson, Leedom, Gibson, Filip) Les Grandes Voix | Les Grands Solistes announces 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the vocal performances. A concert version of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” stars Huw Montague Rendall, Emöke Baráth, Lauranne Oliva, Adrien Fournaison, Eva Zaïcik, Diana Montague, Jennifer Courcier, Raphaël Brémard, and Nicolas Brooymans. Francesco Corti conducts B’Rock Orchestra. Performance Date: {…}
The Washington Concert Opera has announced its 2026-27 season Lauren Snouffer and Fran Daniel Laucerica star in Haydn’s “Armida.” Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2026 Christian Van Horn, Elizabeth DeShong, and Le Bu headline Massenet’s “Don Quichotte.” Performance Date: March 14, 2027 Bellini’ “Il Pirata” is set to star Angela Meade and Larry Brownlee. Performance Date: May 2, 2027 All performances will be {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to present a double bill of “Bluebeard’s Castle” by Béla Bartók and “Erwartung” by Arnold Schoenberg. The production by Robert Lepage will be directed by François Racine and conducted by Music Director Johannes Debus. Bartók’s one-act opera will star Christian Van Horn and mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill while Schoenberg’s work will star soprano Anna Gabler in her Company {…}
The Munich Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts a Mendelssohn program that includes Eleanor Lyons and Samuel Hasselhorn. Performance Dates: Oct. 23 & 24, 2026 Barbara Hannigan conducts a program that includes Khayam, Haydn, Messiaen, Ravel, and Schreker. Performance Dates: Oct. 29 & 30, 2026 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 will be performed {…}
The Dallas Opera (TDO) is set to close its 2025-26 Season with a new production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” TDO first presented Don Carlo in 1988 and was set to present it in a semi-staged production in March 2020 but was unfortunately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new production will be directed by Louis Désiré who said, “It {…}
(Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Less is more! That was what Sandro Sequi did well in his traditional 1976 production of “I Puritani” at the Metropolitan Opera. Originally staged for Joan Sutherland, the production was a vehicle for the great divas of the Bel Canto repertoire. And while it was admittedly a product of its time, the last three {…}
(Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season will continue with Bellini’s “I Puritani” on Jan. 10, 2026. The company will showcase the first new production of this opera in nearly 50 years and will feature soprano Lisette Oropesa as Elvira, opposite tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Arturo. They will be joined by baritone Artur {…}
