The Sinfónica de Tenerife has announced 2026-27 season titled “Libertad o destino.” Here are the vocal performances. Berna Perles and Olesya Petrova perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Pablo Gonzalez conducting. Performance Dates: Sept. 10 & 11, 2026 Serena Sáenz and José Antonio López perform Brahms’ “German Requiem.” Victor Pablo Perez conducts. Performance Dates: March 18 & 19, 2027 The {…}
The Orchestra RAI has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Michele Mariotti and Miah Persson team up for Strauss’ “Vier letzte Lieder.” The concert also includes Schubert’s Symphony No. 9. Performance Dates: Dec. 10 & 11, 2026 Fabio Luisi conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Valentina Farcas, Anke Vondung, Tuomas Katajala, and Modestas Sedlevičius. Performance Date: Dec. 22, {…}
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Concerts Daniel Harding conducts Vincent Huguet’s production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Clay Hilley, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Michael Volle, Wolfgang Koch, Falk Struckmann, Anna Kissjudit, Elisabet Strid, and Lysa Menu. Performance Dates: Oct. 21-27, 2026 Alexander Soddy conducts Elsa Benoit in a program of music by Dukas, {…}
Mezzo-soprano Olesya Petrova will appear in recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 5, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. She will be joined by pianist Francesco Barfoed in a performance presented courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera. The first half of the program includes selections by Tchaikovsky including “Not a Word, My Friend,” “No, Only He Who Knew,” “To {…}
La Monnaie de Mont has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Falstaff” starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role, Lionel Lhote, Bogdan Volkov, Sally Matthews, Benedetta Torres, and Daniela Barcellona. Alain Altinoglu and Ouri Bronchti alternate and Laurent Pelly directs the new production. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 2025 Ricard Soler Mallol and Grey Filastine showcase {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Michael Fabiano singing the lead role of Manrico. The American tenor will make his role debut in Sir David McVicar’s acclaimed Goya-inspired production. Manrico will also be performed by Gwyn Hughes Jones in the final two performances, reprising the last role he sang at the {…}
The Teatro Lirico di Cagliari has announced its 2024-25 Season. Opera Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” will star Fiorenza Cedolins, Rachele Stanisci, Anastasia Boldyreva, Chiara Mogini, Marco Berti, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Enrico Marrucci, and Italo Proferisce. Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts the production by Mario Pontiggia. Performance Dates: Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2024 Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” will star Thomas Tatzl, Gurgen Baveyan, Lucrezia Drei, Ilaria {…}
Mezzo-soprano Olesya Petrova has joined the roster of Tact Artist Management. Petrova recently received acclaim for her performances as Madame Ulrica Arvidsson in “Un Ballo in Maschera” at the Metropolitan Opera with OperaWire noting, ” Petrova opened her aria with a menacing tone as she dug into the lowest notes of her chest voice.” She also sang the role at {…}
Palau de les Arts in Valencia has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Gorges Ocloo’s “The Golden Stool” will star Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga and Nonkululeko Nkwinti. Performance Dates: Sept. 19, 2024 Lisette Oropesa sings the title role of Massenet’s “Manon” with Carles Pachon and Charles Castronovo. James Gaffigan conducts the production by Vincent Huguet. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-15, 2024 Elena Stikhina, Piero {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is in the midst of reviving “Un Ballo in Maschera” for the first time since 2015. Considered one of Verdi’s masterpieces, the work has some of the greatest arias and ensembles the composer ever wrote. For this revival, the Met brought a solid cast in an unfortunate production that should have {…}
(Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time since 2015. The opera will be presented in David Alden with Italian maestro Carlo Rizzi leading the orchestra. The cast will include Charles Castronovo, Angela Meade, Quinn Kelsey, Liv Redpath, and Olesya Petrova. Alden’s production was first performed at the {…}