(Credit: Carole Parodi) Bass Mark Kurmanbayev has joined the roster of Centre Stage Artist Management for general management. Kurmanbayev is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting young basses of his generation and has already appeared with many of Europe’s leading opera houses, including the Bayerische Staatsoper, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Dutch National Opera, and Baden-Baden Easter Festival. {…}
(© Silvana Robert & Máximo Parpagnol) The Grange Festival today unveiled its 2026 season. This article only features opera events. Opera First up is Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” by director David Alden. Tim Mead makes his festival debut in the title role. Sarah Brady, Hugh Cutting, Jess Dandy, Zheng Jiang, James Atkinson, and Owen Willetts are among the cast. Christian Curnyn {…}
La Cité Bleue announces its 2025-26 season. For the purpose of this article only classical voice performances are included. Max Emanuel Cenčić takes on the title role in Cavalli’s “Pompeo Magno.” The concert version also features Logan Lopez Gonzalez, Valerio Contaldo, Mariana Flores, Alois Mülhbacher, Kacper Szelążek, Victor Sicard, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Lucía Martín Cartón, Valer Săbăduș, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Marcel {…}
(Photo: Bart Grietens) Tom Johnson entitled his opera “The Four Note Opera.” Certainly, it is not one of the most gripping titles in the catalogue, and when it becomes clear that the reason for the name is that the entire score was composed using just four notes, A, B, D and E, it sounds even less appealing. Moreover, there is {…}