Decca Classics has announced the release of Lise Davidsen’s new album “Verdi.” The album will be released on Sept. 11 and will feature the soprano alongside Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The album will feature excerpts from “Macbeth,” “Un ballo in maschera,” “La forza del destino,” “Don Carlo” and “Aida.” The album arrives one week before she opens the {…}
BroadStage announces its 2026-27 season. Here are the classical voice events. Baritone Huw Montague Rendall opens the Celebrity Opera Series. Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2026 Soprano Lise Davidsen gives a Holiday Concert as part of the Celebrity Opera Series. Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2026 The Los Angeles Master Chorale presents “Lagrime di San Pietro.” Peter Sellars conducts. Performance Date: June {…}
The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival will return to Lincoln Center Plaza for six free screenings from September 2 through 7, 2026. Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres star in Yuval Sharon’s new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” screened across two evenings due to its extended running time. Screening Dates: Sept. 2, 2026 (Act I) | Sept. 3, 2026. (Acts {…}
Lise Davidsen is set to grace the stage of Carnegie Hall in her Stern Auditorium debut on June 5, 2026. The soprano will be joined by James Baillieu for an all-Schubert program that will last approximately 100 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission. The concert is part of a tour that Davidsen and Baillieu are doing that will take them to {…}
The Palau de les Arts has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera “Estètica i massacre” will star Maria Patak, Carlos Varela, Pablo Meléndez, Álvaro Rodríguez, Claudia López, and Jorge Bosch. Carles Prat conducts the production by Oriol Pla. Performance Dates: Sept. 17 & 18, 2026 Vasilisa Berzhanskaya stars in Bizet’s “Carmen” with Charles Castronovo, Ruth Iniesta, and Davide Luciano. Michele Spotti conducts {…}
Lise Davidsen has announced two Christmas Arena concerts. The soprano will perform at the Stavanger’s DNB Arena on Dec. 2 and Oslo’s Spektrum on Dec. 5. For the concert in Oslo Spektrum she will be joined by both the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra (KORK) and Solistkoret Ung, while in Stavanger she will be joined by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Solistkoret {…}
The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. MainStage Nicholas Collon conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in György Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” with Sarah Aristidou, Heidi Melton, Andrew Watts, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Leigh Melrose, Karl Huml, Kathrin Lorenzen, and Jingjing Xu. Performance Date: August 28, 2026 Kent Nagano conducts the WDR Sinfonieorchester {…}
The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere The season opens with Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” conducted by Tamo Peltokoski and Erina Yashima. The new production will be directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca and will star Magnus Dietrich, Tobias Kehrer, Regula Mühlemann, Jasmin Delfs, Johan Krogius, Brent Michael Smith, Kathrin Zukowski, Alina Wunderlin, Yannick Debus, Andrew Moore, and Evan Gray. {…}
The Musikverein Wien has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Serafina Starke and Rebeka Stojkoska lead an evening of works from Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Fanny Hensel. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2026 Julia Kleiter, Julian Prégardien, and Sir András Schiff perform in recital of music by Johannes Brahms. Performance Date: {…}
The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Tyshawn Sorey’s “Perle noire : méditations pour Joséphine” will star Julia Bullock and Tyshawn Sorey on piano. Peter Sellars directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 9-19, 2026 Lea Desandre, Marina Viotti, Huw Montague Rendall, Andrzej Filończyk, Jack Swanson, Josh Lovell, Nicola Alaimo, and Adolfo Corrado star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” {…}
The Osterfestspiele Salzburg has announced its 2027 season. Since the first-ever Easter Festival opened with Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” the company will now begin a new cycle to celebrate its 60th anniversary. “Die Walkure” will star Jamez McCorkle, Christopher Maltman, Brindley Sherratt, Christina Nilsson, Lise Davidsen and Catrina Morison. Kirill Petrenko conducts the new production by Kirill Serebrennikov. {…}