The Bayerische Staatsoper is set present a live stream of its Opera for all: BMW Classics Concert. The evening will feature musical direction by Francesco Ivan Ciampa, along with internationally acclaimed soloists Nicole Car and Benjamin Bernheim. The program will feature works by Richard Wagner, Jules Massenet, Giacomo Puccini, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, John Adams and other composers. there will also bechoreography {…}
The Copenhagen Opera Festival announces its city-wide programming for 2026. Part two of Niels Rønsholdt and director Louise Beck’s opera trilogy, “Right of The Strong – The Duty of the Weak” is held. Performance Dates: Aug. 13 – 17, 2026 Soprano Elisabeth Rosenberg, tenor Gustav Wenzel Most, and pianist Charlotte Thaning perform works by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Schubert live along {…}
The Teatro Massimo di Palermo has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Camille Saint-Saëns’s “Samson et Dalila” will be directed by Jean-Louis Grinda and conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. Martin Muehle and Varduhi Abrahamyan star in the title role. Performance Dates: Nov. 22-29, 2026 Alessandro Baldessarri, Peter e Jill Gabriel’s “Non dirmi che hai paura” will be directed by Laura Ruocco. Performance Dates: {…}
(Photo: © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn) The Wiener Staatsoper’s “Il Trittico” (seen June 21) was a frustrating experience due to the disparity between the excellent singers and the mediocrity of the staging. “Il Trittico” is one of Puccini’s best works both musically and dramatically. Tatjana Gürbaca’s production does not present Puccini’s three one-act operas as a sampler of contrasting {…}
Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences will get new opera recordings including one very famed contemporary Mexican work and two classic works. There are also some solo albums and choral works to look forward to. Eugene Onegin EuroArts releases a recording of the Teatro Real’s recent staging {…}
The Opéra National de Paris is in the midst of a revival of Robert Carson’s incredible production of “Rusalka.” Coming-of-Age The production itself is minimalist in its set design. The opening scene features a mirror effect with a bed hanging over the stage. On ground level, there’s a central pool and we see four figures asleep alongside it. Sleep becomes {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Productions The first production of the season will be Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Benjamin Bruns, Matthias Klink, Nicholas Brownlee, Georg Nigl, Timo Riihonen, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Simone Schneider, and Miina-Liisa Värelä. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the production by Tobias Kratzer. Performance Dates: Oct. 29, 2026-July 29, 2027 Nadine Sierra and Lisette Oropesa alternate as {…}
The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres The opera premieres begin with Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera,” a new production by Angela Denoke in her Semperoper directorial debut, conducted by Daniele Gatti and Stefano Tanzanian. Francesco Meli, Giorgio Berrugi, Nicole Car, Yulia Matochkina, Rosalia Cid, George Petean, and Lodovico Filippo Ravizza. Performance Dates: Oct. 4, 2026-May 21, 2027 {…}
(© Carlita Sari) Of Antonín Dvořák’s ten operas, “Rusalka,” written around the dawn of the twentieth century and only a few years before the composer’s death, became his most successful. That this highly romantic fairytale (or should one say, water nymph tale?) should be the most courageous of Opera Australia’s (OA) offerings for the second half of this year, tells {…}
(Credit: Deutsche Oper) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres Detlev Glanert ‘s “Die drei Rätsel” will be conducted by Dominic Limburg and directed by Brigitte Dethier. The production will star Martina Baroni, Philipp Jekal, Chance Jonas-O’Toole, Joel Allison, Padraic Rowan, Maria Vasilevskaya, and Alexandra Oomens. Performance Dates: Oct. 11, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026 Sir Donald Runnicles will {…}
San Francisco Opera’s 2025 Summer Season is set to open with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The company will revive the production by John Caird, and Ramón Tebar will conduct the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. The company will showcase two different casts. The first will showcase Pene Pati as Rodolfo, Karen Chia-ling Ho as Mimì, Andrea Carroll as Musetta, and Lucas Meachem {…}
