The Komische Oper Berlin has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres The children’s opera “Conrad or The factory-made boy” by Samuel Penderbayne will star Mengqi Zhang, Andreja Schneider, Philipp Meierhöfer, Ulrike Helzel, Johannes Dunz, and Junoh Lee. Anne Hinrichsen conducts the production by Ruth Brauer-Kvam. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-Dec. 26, 2025 James Gaffigan conducts a new production of Strauss’ “Salome.” The {…}
(Credit: Paoala Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to open its 139th season with Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s new opera, “Grounded.” The opera will premiere on Sept. 23 and will run through Oct. 19, 2024. “Grounded” is a production that wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars {…}
Kyle Miller has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. Miller will be managed by Joel Thomas and Mathieu Levan. During the 2024-25 season, Miller is set to make his Metropolitan Opera debut as Sensor in Jeanine Tesori’s “Grounded.” He is also set to appear at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2025 as Dr. Malatesta in “Don Pasquale.” Throughout {…}
The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced its 2025 season which will run from May 24 – June 29, 2025 at Webster University’s Loretto-Hilton Center. The season opens with Strauss II’s “Die Fledermaus” with George Manahan conducting Shawna Lucey’s production. The operetta stars Sara Gartland, Deanna Breiwick, Kelsey Lauritano, Joshua Blue, Edward Nelson, and Johnathan McCullough. Performance Dates: May 24-June 28, {…}
