Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Nonhlanhla Yende & Daniel Schmutzhard Lead Lucerne Festival’s 2026 Summer Season

The Lucerne Festival has announced its 2026 summer season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Baldur Brönnimann and join forces for music by Mark Andre commissioned by Lucerne Festival and the Philharmonie Essen. Performance Date: August 22, 2026 Gianluca Capuano conducts Gluck’s “Orfeo and Euridice” with “Cecilia Bartoli and Melissa Petit. Performance Date: August 23, 2026 The Luzerner Theater {…}

Mar 25, 2026

Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim, Derek Welton, Gerald Finley, Freddie de Tommaso, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, & Piotr Beczała Lead Wiener Konzerthaus’ 2026-27 Season

The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. VOCES8 leads a program of music by William Byrd, Virgil Thomson, Caroline Shaw, Morten Lauridsen, William Billings, Bobby McFerrin, Eric Whitacre, Taylor Scott Davis, Samuel Barber, Richard Rodgers, and Billy Strayhorn. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2026 The Mahler Academy Orchestra will be joined by Fleur Barron and Philipp von Steinaecker in music by Mahler. Performance {…}

May 18, 2025

Nicholas Phan, Serena Sáenz, Fatma Said & Matthias Goerne Lead Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid’s 2025-26 Season

The Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Alondra de la Parra conducts an all-Shostakovich program with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM, and Coro Nacional de España. Performance Date: {…}

May 4, 2025

Annette Dasch, Wallis Giunta, Katia Ledoux, Rebecca Nelsen, Daniel Schmutzhard & Seiyoung Kim Lead Volskoper Wien’s 2025-26 Season

The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and operettas. The first new production of the season will be Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with Lotte de Beer directing. Ben Glassberg, Alexander Joel, and Tim Fluch conduct three different casts. Stefan Cerny, Alexander Fritze, Anna Simińska, Beate Ritter, Rebecca Nelsen, Lauren Urquhart, Gemma Nha, David {…}

Apr 1, 2025

Carolina López Moreno, Marta Torbidoni, Christopher Purves, & Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa Lead Oper Köln’s 2025-26 Season

Oper Köln has announced its 2025-26. Premieres Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” will get a new production featuring Carolina López Moreno, Insik Choi, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Gaston Rivero, and Young Woo Kim. Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Arne Willimczik conduct the new production by Carlos Wagner. Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 19, 2025 Marc Albrecht conducts Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Paul-Georg Dittrich directing a new {…}

Oct 2, 2021

Concerto Köln & Kent Nagano to Present Historically-Informed Performances of Wagner’s ‘Das Rheingold’

This November, Concerto Köln alongside conductor Kent Nagano will present historically-informed performances of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold.” The performances come as part of their “Wagner Readings” project, which was started in 2017 and began to develop this artistic/scientific approach to the tetralogy, bringing together scholars of multiple disciplines. The first concert will be held on Nov. 18 at the Kölner Philharmonie, {…}

Jun 29, 2021

Sydney Mancasola, Nicole Chevalier, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Scott Hendricks, Annette Dasch, Francesca Dotto Lead Komische Oper Berlin’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: LA Opera official website / Jan Windszus Photography / Lena Kern / Mark Janssen / Georg Schlosser / In Art Management official website) The Komische Oper Berlin has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Opera – Premieres Enescu’s rarely performed masterwork “Œdipe” opens the season. The opera features Jens Larsen, Joachim {…}

Jan 9, 2020

Francesco Meli, Irina Lungu & Lawrence Brownlee Highlight New National Theatre, Tokyo’s 2020-21 Season

The New National Theatre, Tokyo has announced its 2020-21 season, featuring four new productions and six revivals. Here is a look at what to expect next season. New Productions The new season Opens with the company premiere of Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in a new production by David McVicar originally seen at La Monnaie in Brussels. The opera is {…}

Oct 24, 2017

Oper Frankfurt 2017-18 Review – Eugene Onegin: A Touching and Clever Version of Tchaikovsky’s Gem

“Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky is based on the novel by the same name by the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, whose writings centered around the title character. But what of the equally important perspective of Tatiana, the woman in love with Onegin before he shatters her dreams? In the production of “Onegin” performed by Oper Frankfurt seen Friday night, the {…}