Dubai Opera announces its 2025-26 season. This article only features opera events. Soloists from the Hungarian State Opera present Pucinni’s “La Bohème.” Performance Dates: Sept. 18 – 20, 2025 Olga Peretyatko and Erwin Schron perform with the Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna in the “Dubai Opera Ball.” Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2025 To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Dubai Opera presents “Stars {…}
José Carreras and Plácido Domingo are set to collaborate with Putin supporters Hibla Gerzmava and Valery Gergiev in December in Dubai. The news comes with the announcement of the Dubai Opera’s 2025-26 season. Both legendary tenors will perform in a gala titled “Stars of the Century Opera Gala” in which they will take on opera, zarzuela, Broadway, and global songs. They {…}
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s concert film, “Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration,” will be released globally in theaters this fall by Fathom. The film will document the three-day July event honoring Bocelli’s 30th anniversary in music. The event, which is set for July 15, 17 & 19, will take place in Lajatico at the Teatro del Silenzio in Tuscany. The film {…}
Andrea Bocelli is set to celebrate his 30th anniversary this summer in Tuscany. The superstar tenor will be joined by several personalities from the around the world including opera stars Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, José Carreras, Aida Garifullina, and Nadine Sierra. The program will also include Sofia Vergara, Mateo Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli, Shania Twain, Lang Lang, Russell Crowe, Jon Baptiste, {…}
Plácido Domingo and Jose Carreras have postponed their “The Legends Together Again” tour in Australia. The tenors announced that due to unforeseen circumstances, the concert tour will be postponed to November 2024. The two singers were set to reunite in March accompanied by a 55-piece orchestra in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney from March 7 through 19, 2024. The new dates {…}
Plácido Domingo and Jose Carreras have announced a joint tour “The Legends Together Again.” The two legendary singers will reunite in March accompanied by a 55-piece orchestra. They will tour five cities in a program featuring famed arias, duets, and Broadway classics. David Gimenez will conduct. The tour will include stops in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney from March {…}
This week audiences will get to experience classic recordings as well as some new solo recitals and complete recordings of rarely performed operas. AMASS GRAMMY-nominated conductor Eugene Rogers brings to life Jocelyn Hagen’s setting of the Roman Catholic Mass in AMASS. This work stands apart from the Mass settings of other composers who have practiced this centuries-old genre, including Johann {…}
José Carreras and Plácido Domingo are set to reunite for a concert in 2023. The two tenors will reunite to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their last Three Tenors concert in 2003. The performance will be held at the Tokyo Garden Theater on Jan. 26, 2023 and will be dedicated to Luciano Pavarotti. Carreras and Domingo made up the Three {…}
Spain’s Festival Castell de Peralada has announced its 2022 season featuring many great stars. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Emily D’Angelo and Sophia Munoz lead a program of opera arias. Performance Date: July 23, 2022 George Petean, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Anna Pirozzi, and Silvia Tro Santafe lead Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Nicola Luisotti conducting. Performance Date: {…}
This week audiences are in for a treat with numerous new releases of world premieres, full operas, solo albums, and classic productions. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Il Pirata Prima Classic releases Bellini’s rarely performed work with Javier Camarena, Marina Rebeka, and Franco Vassallo performing the leading roles. The album was recorded at Bellini’s homeland, Catania, {…}
On Sept. 22, the first annual ICÓNICA Sevilla Fest will open with legendary tenor José Carreras and dancer Sara Baras. The concert, which will be at the Plaza de España de Sevilla, will showcase the two artists uniting Dance and song across the music of Spanish composers Isaac Albéniz, García Lorca, and Manuel de Falla. The concert, which the two {…}