Gabriela Scherer, Rolando Villazón, Huw Montague Rendall, Louise Alder, Viktor Antipenko, Catherine Foster, Annette Dasch & Clay Hilley Perform Theater Dortmund’s 2026-27 Season

Theater Dortmund has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay’s “Rebecca” will star Antonia Kalinowski, Mark Seibert, Jan Ammann, Bettina Mönch, David Jakobs, Andreas Schneider, Amani Robinson, Alexandra Farkic, Max Lochmüller, Markus Schneider, Andreas Schneider, and Martin Planz. Carlos Vázquez conducts Gil Mehmert’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2026-April 10, 2027 Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” will be performed in {…}

Apr 17, 2026

Huw Montague Rendall, Pene Pati, Freddie De Tommaso, Mihai Damian, Pretty Yende, Sabine Devieilhe, Elina Garanča Perform in Les Grandes Voix | Les Grands Solistes’ 2026-27 Season

(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: {…}

Mar 23, 2026

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Elīna Garanča, Philippe Jaroussky, Marina Rebeka, Ermonela Jaho, Ailyn Pérez, Pretty Yende, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’ 2026-27 Season

The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances: Opera – Staged Lorenzo Passerini conducts Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” in a production by Oliver Mears. The cast includes Ailyn Pérez, Roberto Alagna, Lionel Lhote, and Nicola Ulivieri. Performance Dates: Nov. 2-15, 2026 Pretty Yende, Amitai Pati, Florian Sempey, and Sulkhan Jaiani lead Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de perles.” Marc Minkowski conducts {…}

Jan 26, 2026

Sarah Connolly, Katharina Konradi, Mark Padmore, Axelle Fanyo Star in Leeds Song Festival 2026

(Photo credits: Crowley, Pauly, Borggreve, Kriss) The Leeds Song Festival announces its line up for 2026. This article only features vocal concerts. Mezzo-soprano Patricia Nolz and pianist Joseph Middleton give the “Lunchtime Opening Recital.” Performance Date: April 11, 2026 Gareth Malone OBE and the Leeds Song Young Artists present Joseph Haydn’s “Nelson Mass.” Performance Date: April 11, 2026 Soprano Louise {…}

Oct 16, 2025

Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, & Huw Montague Rendall Among Gramophone Classical Award Winners

The Gramophone Classical Music Awards has announced its 2025 awards. Here is a look at the vocal awards: The Recording of the Year award went to BACH’s Mass in B minor – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, while the Artist of the Year went to Sir Simon Rattle. Sir Thomas Allen won the Lifetime Achievement, while the Choral also went to BACH’s {…}

Jul 12, 2025

Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2025: Le Nozze di Figaro

(© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photography by Richard Hubert Smith) By the time the current run of “Le nozze di Figaro” is concluded, Glyndebourne will have hosted its 600th performance of Mozart and Da Ponte’s perennial masterpiece. The opera launched the country house enterprise in 1934 at the behest of Fritz Busch and Rudolf Bing, who wisely cautioned against Christie’s Wagner-shaped {…}

May 16, 2025

Adriana Gonzalez, Marina Viotti, Pene Pati, John Brancy, Huw Montague Rendall & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Opéra national du Rhin’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra national du Rhin has announced its 2025-26 season. Mélissa Petit, Julia Lezhneva, Carlo Vistoli, and Krystian Adam star in Handel’s “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.” Thibault Noally conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2025 Issachah Savage and Errin Duane Brooks star in Verdi’s “Otello” alongside Adriana Gonzalez and Daniel Miroslaw. Speranza Scappucci conducts the production by Ted {…}

May 6, 2025

Jonas Kaufmann, Benjamin Bernheim, Joyce DiDonato, Golda Schultz, Liv Redpath & Christian Gerhaher Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2025-26 Season

The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Karina Canellakis takes on the works of Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Robin de Raaff, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Liv Redpath and Netherlands Radio Choir are also featured. Performance Date: August 31, 2025 The Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, and Philippe {…}

Apr 24, 2025

Louise Alder, Gerald Finley, Carolina López Moreno, Erin Morley, Golda Schultz & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead BBC Proms’ 2025 Season

The BBC Proms has announced its 2025 season. Here is a list of the vocal performances. Sakari Oramo conducts the First Night of the Proms with soloists Lisa Batiashvili, Caspar Singh, and Gerald Finley. The program includes music by Arthur Bliss, Felix Mendelssohn, Jean Sibelius, Errollyn Wallen, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Performance Date: July 18, 2025 Tenor Allan Clayton gives {…}

Apr 12, 2025

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Ludovic Tézier, Pretty Yende, Rolando Villazón, Federica Lombardi, Nicole Car, Freddie De Tommaso & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Wiener Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season

The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and recitals for the new season. Premieres Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” will get a new production by Dirk Schmeding. The cast will be headed by Franz Xaver Schlecht, Margaret Plummer, Slávka Zámečníková, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Pavol Breslik, Michael Laurenz, Peter Kellner, Matthäus Schmidlechner, Ilia Staple, and Alex Ilvakhin. Tomáš Hanus conducts. A second cast will {…}

Mar 9, 2025

Paris Opera Play Streaming Now Available on Android TV & Apple TV

Paris Opera Play has announced that its streaming platforms are now available on Android TV and Apple TV. Subscribers now can view Paris Opera Play’s entire catalog of shows and documentaries on the apps. This season, two operas are set to be live streamed. First is Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” staring Huw Montague Rendall and Sabine Devieilhe in the title {…}