Joyce DiDonato, Isabel Leonard, Rosa Feola, Michael Fabiano & Iurii Samoilov Lead Christmas Night Opera Gala

The Christmas Night Opera Gala will return to Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Dec. 22, 2026, following last year’s inaugural concert. The evening, which will be presented by Wintour Performing Arts Incorporated, will showcase international stars Joyce DiDonato, Isabel Leonard, Rosa Feola, Michael Fabiano, and Iurii Samoilov. As he did last year, Italian conductor Francesco Lanzillotta will once again take {…}

Sep 2, 2026

BBC Proms 2026 Review: The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler

Caressing with a trembling hand, the characters of Mahler’s works exert the urgent longing gripping those near death. In restless staggers figures grasp for memories, confusing themes that strike a chord with turns of flittering illusion. Tiptoeing through this limbo with a limited imagination, the MET Orchestra extracted only glints of these travails under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin at {…}

Jul 12, 2026

Joyce DiDonato, Nicholas Phan, Fleur Barron Headline 92NY’s 2026-27 Tisch Music Season

92NY announces the 2026-27 Tisch Music Season. This article features the operatic events. Ema Nikolovska and guitarist Sean Shibe present the concert, “Orlando.” They will perform works by Massenet, Dowland, Schubert, Sasha Scott, Detlev Glanert, Thomas Adès, Has Abrahamsen, and Cassandra Miller, among others. Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2026 Les Arts Florissants gives a concert of works by Monteverdi. William Christie {…}

Jun 23, 2026

Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Anna Lucia Richter & Andrè Schuen Among Opus Klassik Winners

The Opus Klassik has announced its 2026 winners. Here are the vocal winners. The Female Singer of the Year went to Anna Lucia Richter for “Gustav Mahler – Songs of Fate” while the Male Singer of the Year went to Andrè Schuen for “Mozart.” The Conductor of the Year went to Andris Nelsons for “Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Oratorios” while {…}

Jun 17, 2026

Joyce DiDonato Headlines Met Orchestra Concert at Carnegie Hall

On June 18, the Met Orchestra alongside Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will perform at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage The concert will include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and the five-song Rückert-Lieder which will be performed by superstar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. The concert will also include a short work by Saariaho titled “Lumière et pesanteur.” This will be the final {…}

Jun 15, 2026

Joyce DiDonato to Open DACAMERA’s 2026-27 Season

DACAMERA announces its 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the classical voice works coming up. Joyce DiDonato and Time for Three perform Kevin Puts’s “No Prisoner Be” at DACAMERA’s Opening Night gala. Andrew Staples directs and is the lighting and sound designer, along with William Reynolds and Colin Egan who also serve as lighting designer and sound engineer. Performance Date: Oct. {…}

May 19, 2026

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón, Golda Schultz, Benjamin Appl, Gerald Finley, Joyce DiDonato & Jakub Józef Orliński

The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Philharmonia Orchestra, I Vocalisti, ChorWerk Potsdam, Anna Lapwood, and Kerem Hasan will perform music by Kristina Arakelyan, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2026 The Ensemble Resonanz, Anna Prohaska, and Enno Poppe will perform works by Benjamin Britten, Claude Vivier, Jean-Philippe {…}

Apr 27, 2026

Carnegie Hall to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of its ‘Concert of the Century’

Carnegie Hall is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its “Concert of the Century” on May 5, 2026. Organized by famed violinist Isaac Stern, the original 1976 event brought together some of the world’s greatest musicians for a now-legendary “concert-celebration” that commemorated the anniversary of the Hall’s opening on May 5, 1891. Fifty years later and 135 years after {…}

Apr 15, 2026

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 {…}

Apr 3, 2026

Joyce DiDonato Leads Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Innocence’

(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present the company premiere of “Innocence,” Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, The opera, which has a libretto by Sofi Oksanen and Aleksi Barrière, will be directed by Simon Stone and conducted by Susanna Mälkki. The opera is set during a wedding in Helsinki, ten years after a shooting at an {…}

Mar 24, 2026

Young People’s Chorus of New York City 2026 Review: Annual Gala Concert ‘In the Key of Love’ with Special Guest Joyce DiDonato

(Photo: Joyce DiDonato by Chris Gonz / YPC by YPC press) The Young People’s Chorus (YPC) of New York City presented its annual Gala Concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on Monday, March 16th to a sold-out audience. YPC Founder and Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez and Creative Director Elizabeth Núñez, were {…}