Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende, Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Luca Salsi, Marina Rebeka, Xabier Anduaga & Piotr Beczała Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2026-27 Season

The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Zemlinsky’s “Eine Florentinische Tragödie” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” will be performed in a new production with Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, Florian Boesch, and Asmik Grigorian. Alain Altinoglu conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-12, 2026 Barrie Kosky directs a new production of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with {…}

Jul 24, 2025

Klaus Florian Vogt, Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund, Asmik Grigorian, Michael Volle & Elza van den Heever Lead Bayreuth Festival’s 2026 Season

The Bayreuth Festival has announced its 2026 season. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts “Rienzi” with Andreas Schager, Gabriela Scherer, Jennifer Holloway, Michael Nagy, and Matthias Stier. Magdolna Parditka and Alexandra Szemeredy direct the rarely performed work. Performance Dates: July 26-August 26, 2026 Christian Thielemann will conduct The Ring Cycle, which Marcus Lobbes will curate. Michael Volle, Alexander Grassauer, Klaus Florian Vogt, Anna Kissjudit, Evelin Novak, Christa {…}

Jul 12, 2025

Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2025: Le Nozze di Figaro

(© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photography by Richard Hubert Smith) By the time the current run of “Le nozze di Figaro” is concluded, Glyndebourne will have hosted its 600th performance of Mozart and Da Ponte’s perennial masterpiece. The opera launched the country house enterprise in 1934 at the behest of Fritz Busch and Rudolf Bing, who wisely cautioned against Christie’s Wagner-shaped {…}

Apr 30, 2025

Tiroler Festspiele Erl 2024-25 Review: Parsifal

The Tiroler Festspiel Erl Easter “Parsifal” was not, as some might have thought, Jonas Kaufmann’s “swan song,” either as Artistic Director or as Parsifal. Instead, the new production directed by Philipp M. Krenn, was replete with new directions, foci, trials and errors. A single lane swimming pool; a series of videos built around the landscape that housed the theater; a {…}

Mar 27, 2025

Julie Roset, Sabine Devieilhe, & Reginald Mobley Lead Saint-Denis Festival 2025

Saint-Denis Festival has released details of its 2025 season. This year the festival puts women in the spotlight, as a “demonstration of the important place that women now occupy in the musical world, particularly in orchestral conducting.” Only vocal works are included in this article. First up is a preview concert featuring Apolline Raï-Westphal, Louise Bourgeat-Roulleau, Jordan Mouaïssia, Léo Guillou-Keredan, {…}

May 17, 2024

National Forum of Music Announces 2024-25 Season

The National Forum of Music announces its 2024-25 and tenth anniversary season. For the purposes of this article only vocal works are included. Andrzej Kosendiak conducts the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and soloists Anett Fritsch, Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział, Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak, and Paweł Horodyski in Mozart’s “Mass in C minor,” KV 427. They are joined by the NFM Choir under the direction {…}

Apr 26, 2024

Jonas Kaufmann, Lise Davidsen, Pretty Yende, Ludovic Tézier & Luca Salsi Lead Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s 2024-25 Season

The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced its 2024-25 season. Fall Nikola Hillebrand performs alongside Simply Quartet and Musicbanda Franui. Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2024 Winter J. S. Bach’s “Das Weihnachtsoratorium” will be conducted by Vinzenz Praxmarer and will star Anna El-Kashem, Stefanie Irányi, Martin Mitterrutzner, and Wilhelm Schwinghammer. Performance Date: Dec. 8, 2024 Asher Fisch conducts a new production of Puccini’s “La {…}

Jan 11, 2024

Lucerne Festival Announces 2024 Season

The Lucerne Festival has announced its 2024 season. Here are the vocal performances. Kent Nagano conducts Wagner’s “Die Walküre” with a cast that includes Simon Bailey, Maximilian Schmitt, Sarah Wegener, Åsa Jäger, and Dimitry Ivashchenko. Performance Date: August 21, 2024 The Klangforum Wien, Cantando Admont, and Beat Furrer perform Beat Furrer’s “Begehren.” Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2024 The Jupiter Ensemble, Thomas {…}

May 8, 2023

Jonas Kaufmann, Nina Stemme, Alice Coote & Christian Gerhaher Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2023-24 Season

The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2023-24 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Iván Fischer conducts Michael Nagy in works by Jörg Widmann and Gustav Mahler. Performance Date: August 26, 2023 Alexander Rudin, Alexander Melnikov, Nadezhda Pavlova, and Olga Pashchenko perform works by Sergei Rachmaninov. Performance Date: August 27, 2023 Robin Ticciati conducts Wu Wei Sheng, Karen {…}

Jun 4, 2022

Sarah Connolly, Regula Mühlemann & Carlos Mena Lead Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE’s 2022-23 Season

The Orquesta y el Coro de RTVE in Spain has announced its 2022-23 season. The season will be themed “Raices” and will feature a number of vocal performances highlighted here: Pablo González conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Stefanie Irany. Performance Dates: Oct. 6 & 7, 2022 Pablo González conducts Nuria Núñez Hierro’s ‘Enjambres’ and Leos Janácek’s “Mass” with Gun-Brit {…}

Apr 27, 2022

Max Emanuel Cencic, Nino Machaidze, Franco Fagioli, Karine Deshayes, Jacquelyn Wagner Headline Theater an der Wien’s 2022-23 Season

The Musik Theater an der Wien has unveiled its 2022-23 season. It all kicks off with “La Liberazione” by Francesca Caccini. The work will be conducted by Clemens Flick and directed by Ilaria Lanzino. Sara Gouzy, Luciana Mancini, Kresimir Strazanac, Jerilyn Cohou, and Bernarda Klinar headline the cast. Performance Dates: Oct. 10 – 21, 2022 Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” {…}

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