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 {…}
(Credit: Tommi – PHOTOGRAPHER) On July 15, ORF Drei is set to broadcast Oper im Steinbruch’s new production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The production will star Joyce El-Khoury in the title role of Tosca alongside Yongzhao Yu as Cavaradossi and Gevorg Hakobyan as Scarpia. The cast is rounded out by Thaddeus Strassberger directs the new production by Valerio Galli. Th production, {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera The season opens with Giorano’s “Fedora” in a production by Hugo de Ana. The opera will be conducted by Donato Renzetti and will star Maria Agresta, Vincenzo Costanzo, Ekaterina Bakanova, and Simone Piazzola. Performance Dates: Nov. 13-22, 2026 Maria José Siri, Manuela Custer, Roberto De Candia, and Joseph Dahdah star {…}
The Theater an der Wien is set to broadcast the opening night of “Stiffelio” on May 13 at 7 p.m. The work will be broadcast on Radio Ö1 and will feature a cast that includes Luciano Ganci, Joyce El-Khoury, Stepanka Pucalkova, Franco Vassallo, Alessio Cacciamani, Luigi Morassi, and James Kryshak. Jeremie Rhorer conducts. The opera is being presented in a {…}
(Photo credits: Fowler, La Seine Musicale announces its 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the classical vocal works. Bruckner’s “Motets” and Tchaikovsky’s “Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom accentus” is directed by Sigvards Kļava. Performance Date: October 16, 2026 Cerise Calixte and Igor Bouin perform in “Cerise au pays de l’opéra.” The children’s opera features excerpts from operas by Mozart, Bizet, {…}
The Opéra de Montréal has announced its 2026-27 season. Puccini’s “Turandot” opens the season in Francesca Zambello’s production. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts a cast that includes Maida Hundeling, Andrea Shin, Joyce El-Khoury, Raymend Aceto, Nathan Keoughan, and Rocco Rupolo. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct, 4, 2026 Julien Dran leads Massenet’s “Werther” with Julie Boulianne, Sophie Naubert, Hugo Laporte. Jacques Lacombe conducts Alain {…}
The Vancouver Opera has announced its 2026-27 season featuring three productions. In a statement, Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General Director said, “Our 67th season invites audiences to confront power, delight in comedy, and open themselves to vulnerability with timeless classics that are adored by opera audiences everywhere. We are bringing internationally celebrated artists and visionary Canadian directors together with our {…}
The Dallas Opera is set to announce the Dallas premiere of Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites.” The opera will open on Nov. 7 and run until Nov. 15, 2025, in a production by Olivier Py. In a statement, Py said, “This is not just a French story—it’s universal. The nuns teach to the world a lesson of dignity. It’s {…}
(Credit: Tristram Kenton) It’s a lot of smoke and mirrors. No, really. Director Stefan Herheim employs a combination of both smoke and mirrors on a seemingly ever-revolving, ever-evolving stage setting of grandiose balconies, monumental set pieces, and athletic ballerinas, whose inclusion is frequent enough to make the casual observer question whether this is an opera or a ballet. In fact, {…}
(Photo credit: Gisela Schenker) L’Auditori presents its 2025-26 season, “Renaixements.” For the purpose of this article only vocal works are included. Beethoven’s “Symphony” No. 9 stars Joyce El-Khoury, Silvia Tro Santafé, Elgan Llyr Thomas, and Davone Tines. They are joined by the Orfeó Català and the Barcelona and National Symphony Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC) under the direction of Ludovic Morlot. {…}
The Theater an der Wien’s 2025-26 season. Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro” opens the season in a production by Marcos Darbyshire. The cast includes Inna Demenkova, Alberto Robert, Roberto Lorenzi, Petra Radulovic, Ilyà Dovnar, and Lazar Parežanin. Pedro Beriso conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 14, 2025 Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” will star Thomas Blondelle, Hulkar Sabirova, Alina Wunderlin, Leon Košavić, Krešimir Stražanac, David Fischer, Jana {…}
