Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund Unveils 2026 Season Featuring Pene Pati, Varduhi Abrahamyan & Daniel Behle

(Photo credit: Kirschbaum) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2026 season. The season opens with Jean-Philippe Rameau’s “Les Boréades.” Reinoud Van Mechelen, Gwendoline Blondeel, Lisandro Abadie, Tomáš Král, Robert Getchell, Philippe Estèphe, and Lore Binon make up the cast. The Belgian period ensemble a nocte temporis acommpanies. Performance Date: May 22, 2026 Tenor Pene Pati presents the concert, “Neapolitan Canzoni” {…}

Feb 10, 2026

 Opéra Comique Paris 2025-26 Review: Werther

(Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez) I first heard Samoan tenor Pene Pati a year ago in Munich in “La bohème,” an opera I’ve seen so often that I make every effort to avoid it. But this time was different; I was completely disarmed by this beautiful lyric tenor’s voice, his charm and his authenticity. Endowed with brilliant high notes, a beautiful timbre, {…}

Oct 18, 2025

Luciano Pavarotti, Pene Pati, Ermonela Jaho Sandrine Piau, Lea Desandre, Maria Brea, Dame Sarah Connolly, & Arsen Soghomonyan Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, Decca celebrates Pavarotti while many artists release solo albums. There are also some historical performances that audiences will not want to miss. Songs of Passion The new album is a collection of vocal and instrumental music by John Dowland and Henry {…}

Oct 4, 2025

Mercury Studios Acquires Global Rights* to Pene Pati Documentary, ‘Tenor’

Mercury Studios has acquired the global rights, excluding premiere rights in France and Germany, to “Tenor,” a new feature documentary chronicling the extraordinary rise of Samoan tenor Pene Pati. The film, which is directed by award-winning New Zealand filmmaker Rebecca Tansley and will be released internationally in 2026, combines performances with intimate storytelling. It narrates Pati’s journey from his roots {…}

Sep 23, 2025

Pene Pati to Make North American Debut at Park Avenue Armory

Pene Pati is set to make his North American Solo recital debut at the Park Avenue Armory. The recital will take place on Sept. 24 and 26 and will feature works by Gabriel Fauré, Henri Duparc, Lili Boulanger, Roger Quilter, Benjamin Britten, and Richard Strauss. Ronny Muchael Greenberg will accompany at the piano. Pati is the first Samoan tenor to {…}

Jun 25, 2025

Benjamin Bernheim, Emily D’Angelo & Aigul Akhmetshina Among Opus Klassik 2025 Award Winners

The Opus Klassik Awards have announced the 2025 winners. The Singer of the Year Awards went to Benjamin Bernheim for “Douce France” and Emily D’Angelo for “Freezing.” Joana Mallwitz was awarded the conductor of the year award for The Kurt Weill Album, while Aigul Akhmetshina won Young Artist of the Year for her album Aigul. Pene Pati’s “Nessun Dorma” and {…}

Jun 22, 2025

San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: La Bohème

(Photo: Cory Weaver) Some operas are able to provide an opulent reminder of just why opera exists and how it can conquer hearts and minds. Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème” is at the top of that list. Even 130 years after its debut, this comedic tragedy, set in the Latin Quarter of Paris, remains the most popular and most frequently produced {…}

Jun 10, 2025

Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Florez, Sabine Devieilhe, Slávka Zámečníková, Elena Villalòn & Matthias Goerne Headline Opéra National de Bordeaux’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra National de Bordeaux has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances of the season. Opera The season opens with Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” starring Gaétan Borg, Jasmine Roy, Scott Emerson, Jeanne Jerosme, Sinan Bertrand, Marion Préïté, Arnaud Masclet, Camille Mesnard, Eva Gentili, Loïc Suberville, Camille Nicolas, Neïma Naouri, Myriana Hatchi, and Joseph De Cange. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-27, 2025 Hervé Niquet conducts Purcell’s “King Arthur” with Olivia Doray, Robin Tritschler, Cyril Auvity, {…}

May 31, 2025

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sondra Radvanovsky, Ludovic Tézier, Aigul Akhmetshina, Marina Rebeka, Pretty Yende, Anita Rachvelishvili & Elīna Garanča Lead Teatro San Carlo’s 2025-26 Season

The Teatro San Carlo has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Riccardo Frizza conducting Cherubini’s “Medea” in a production by Mario Martone. Sondra Radvanovsky stars in the title role alongside Francesco Meli, Giorgi Manoshvili, Désirée Giove, and Anita Rachvelishvili. Performance Dates: Dec. 3-16, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Maria Agresta, Désirée Giove, Francesco Demuro, and Mimmo Borrelli star in Ennio {…}

May 16, 2025

Adriana Gonzalez, Marina Viotti, Pene Pati, John Brancy, Huw Montague Rendall & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Opéra national du Rhin’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra national du Rhin has announced its 2025-26 season. Mélissa Petit, Julia Lezhneva, Carlo Vistoli, and Krystian Adam star in Handel’s “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.” Thibault Noally conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2025 Issachah Savage and Errin Duane Brooks star in Verdi’s “Otello” alongside Adriana Gonzalez and Daniel Miroslaw. Speranza Scappucci conducts the production by Ted {…}

Apr 30, 2025

Nicole Car & Karen Chia-ling Ho Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘La Bohème’

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 {…}