(Credit: @Eyal Regev) The Menuhin Festival Gstaad has announced a program change for its Sept. 2, 2026 concert. The festival said that “soprano Julia Lezhneva has had to cancel her concert on 2 September at the Saanen Church due to an acute throat infection.” As a result, male soprano Maayan Licht will step in at short notice. Licht is a {…}
(Credit: Eyal Regev) Sopranista Maayan Licht has joined the roster of Centre Stage Artist Management for general management Winner of the Oper! Award for Best Newcomer 2025, Licht recently made his debut at the Dutch National Opera and has also performed at the Theater an der Wien, Monteverdi Festival in Cremona, the Freiburger Barockorchester at the Ludwigsburg Palace; and at the {…}
(Photo: Lorenzo Gorini) Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” (first performed in 1643) was the composer’s last opera to have survived into the modern day. His works’ left a lasting impression on the Baroque period that continues to resonate today. Monteverdi’s music in “L’incoronazione di Poppea” is a palette of emotional expression, evolving and expanding into worlds of heightened complexity. Monteverdi {…}
(Photo: Eva Werner) In 1753, Niccolò Jommelli moved to Stuttgart under Duke Karl Eugen. Collaborating with court poet Mattia Verazi, Jommelli modified Pietro Metastasio’s famous libretto to pioneer bold dramatic reforms. Utilizing the city’s elite singers and virtuosic orchestra, this creative hub culminated in the February 1763 Stuttgart premiere of Jommelli’s third version of “Didone abbandonata.” It is clear that {…}
The Buhne Bern has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres Lina Tsiklauri, Davide Tuscano, and Jonathan McGovern star in “La traviata.” Alevtina Ioffe conducts the new production by Raimund Orfeo Voigt. Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2026-Jan. 19, 2027 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will star Jonathan McGovern, Lina Tsiklauri, Fabio Dorizzi, Sophie Kidwell, Christian Valle, William Meinert, and Patricia Westley. Alevtina Ioffe conducts the {…}
(Photo: Bart Grietens) Amsterdam’s Opera Forward Festival seeks to challenge our understanding of what constitutes an opera, to push at its accepted boundaries, and to discover new pathways in which the art form can develop, both in its form and its content as well as its mode of presentation. Over the past ten years, the festival has met with many {…}
(Credit: Fabrice Demessence) The Monteverdi Festival announces its 2026 programming. This article only features vocal concerts. Cecilia Bartoli opens the Festival in a gala concert with Les Musiciens du Prince conducted by Gianluca Capuano. Performance Date: May 28, 2026 The Monteverdi Festival opens with “Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin” under the baton of Leonardo García-Alarcón. Performance Date: June 7, 2026 {…}
The Operalia Competition has announced the participants for its 30th-anniversary edition. The 2023 participants hail from such countries as Russia, Italy, USA, Malta, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Armenia, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Israel, South Africa, and Bulgaria. The competition will be held at the Capetown Opera and will take place from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, 2023. Operalia {…}
