Carmela Remigio, Maria Viviani, Timoteo Bene Junior, Said Gobechiya Star in 2026 Vicenza in Lirica Festival

Vicenza in Lirica Festival announces 2026 lineup. Mozart’s “ The Marriage of Figaro” features Said Gobechiya, Erica Artina, Claudia Mavilia, Ignas Melnikas, Elisabetta Ricci, Maria Viviani, Huigang Liu, Fabio Sabadini, Agnese Funari, and Alberto Spadarotto. The Voc’è Choir and Colli Morenici Orchestra perform. Alberto Spadarotto is the choirmaster. Costumes are by Ester Campagnaro and Anna Fabris. Performance Date: Aug. 21, {…}

Mar 26, 2026

Donizetti Opera Festival Announces 2026 Season Featuring Lidia Fridman, Dave Monaco, Paolo Bordogna & Luca Pisaroni

The Donizetti Opera has announced its 2026 season. The festival, which is set to take place between Nov. 13 and 29, 2026, will showcase three operas. In a statement, Music Director Riccardo Frizza said, “Today we present an edition in which Donizetti rarities take center stage. Donizetti Opera 2026 will, in fact, promote the rediscovery of lesser-known Donizetti works, starting {…}

Feb 28, 2026

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Unveils 2026-27 Season

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces its 2026-27 season. This article only features opera-related concerts. Josefina Maldonado solos in “Holidays with the DSO.” Anthony Blake Clark leads the Dallas Symphony Chorus. Bradley Hunter Welch accompanies on the organ. Lawrence Loh conducts. Performance Dates: December 11 -20, 2026 First up in 2027 is Bach’s “St. John Passion.” The Dallas Symphony Chorus is {…}

Feb 18, 2026

Kathryn Lewek, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Clay Hilley, Emily Rocha & Duke Kim Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2026-27 Season

The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2026-27 season. Verdi’s “La Traviata” opens the season with a cast that includes Kathryn Lewek, Lucia Cesaroni, Long Long, Luke Norvell, Russell Braun, and Reginald Smith, Jr. Paolo Carignani conducts Arin Arbus’ production. Performance Dates: Sept. 18-Oct. 17, 2026 Laurence Kilsby, Joel Alison, Daniel Okulitch, Lauren Fagan, Martina Myskohlid, and Tracy Dahl lead {…}

Jan 3, 2026

Baden-Baden Festival 2025 Review: Don Giovanni

(Photo: Michael Bode) For its final production of the year, the Baden-Baden Festival presented Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” from December 19 to 21. It was conducted by Iván Fischer with baton and on the plateau, because the conductor, like Karajan before him, also directed the staging. The foremost quality of this production was undoubtedly the silky smoothness and harmony of the {…}

Dec 14, 2025

Dave Monaco & Deepa Johnny Headline Canadian Opera Company’s ‘The Barber of Seville’

(Credit: Michael Cooper) The Canadian Opera Company is set to present “The Barber of Seville.” Th opera will be performed between Feb. 5 and 21, 2026 and will be directed by Joan Font, the founding member of the Spanish street theatre troupe Els Comediants. The production will include set and costume designs by Joan Guillén, lighting designed by Albert Faura and {…}

Aug 26, 2025

Canadian Opera Company Announces Free Concert Series

The Canadian Opera Company releases the details of its 2025 Free Concert Series. This article only features classical vocal events. All performances are held in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre. “Meet the Ensemble Studio” opens the season. Soprano Emma Pennell, mezzo-soprano Ariana Maubach, tenor Angelo Moretti, baritone Ben Wallace, and bass-baritone Nicholas Murphy will introduce themselves by singing one of their {…}

Feb 6, 2025

Federica Lombardi, Emily D’Angelo, Rosa Feola & Adam Plachetka Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive “Le Nozze di Figaro” for 13 performances. The opera will be conducted by Joana Mallwitz, who makes her company debut and will showcase Richard Eyre’s production. There will be two casts for the work, the first of which showcases Federica Lombardi, Olga Kulchynska, Sun-Ly Pierce, Joshua Hopkins, and Michael Sumel. The second cast {…}

Apr 10, 2023

Teatro alla Scala 2022-23 Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

This review is for the performance on March 28, 2023. Roland Barthes once wrote an essay about “the Death of the Author;” David Livermore’s staging of Jacques Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” takes that seriously. Hoffmann is shot dead in the first scene. The author dead, does the opera survive? One of the biggest challenges for a staging “Hoffmann” is how {…}

Mar 21, 2023

J’Nai Bridges, Ailyn Pérez, Russell Thomas & Luca Pisaroni Lead Houston Grand Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2023-24 season, which will feature a world premiere. Jamie Barton, Janai Brugger, J‘Nai Bridges, Caitlin Lynch, Nicholas Newton, Michael Mayes, and Joshua Blue star in Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s “Intelligence.” Kwamé Ryan conducts the production by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Performance Dates: Oct. 20-Nov. 3, 2024 Reginald Smith, Jr. sings the title role of Vedi’s “Falstaff” with Nicole Heaston, Blake {…}

Mar 16, 2023

Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Ariodante’

Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its production of “Ariodante.” The company said that Luca Pisaroni will no longer sing the role of il re di Scozia and will be replaced by Matthew Brook, who is making his Paris debut. Brook has performed all over Europe, Australia, North and South America, Far East, and has worked with conductors {…}