Beth Taylor, Peter Wedd, Kelli Ann-Masterson & Mark Stone Lead Longborough Opera Festival’s 2026 Season

(Credit: Matthew Williams-Ellis) The Longborough Opera Festival has announced its 2026 season. Beth Taylor, Anna Devin, Katie Bray, Kelli-Ann Masterson, and Andrew Foster-Williams star in Handel’s “Orlando.” Christopher Moulds conducts the production by Sinéad O’Neill. Performance Dates: May 30-June 7, 2026 Peter Wedd and Catharine Woodward leads Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde“ alongside Catherine Carby, Alastair Miles, Robert Hayward, and Peter {…}

Oct 24, 2024

Jessica Pratt, Carmen Giannattasio, Anastasia Bartoli & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 Season

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2025 season. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with Riccardo Frizza conducting a cast that includes Carmen Giannattasio, Angelo Villari, and Claudio Sgura. Paul Curran directs. Another cast includes Ann Petersen, Amadi Lagha, and Gustavo Castillo. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-30, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Giovanni Sala, Marko Mimica, and Lucas Meachem lead Donizetti’s {…}

Jun 10, 2024

Joel Prieto, Carlo Ventre, Hrachuhi Bassenz & Elena Mikhailenko Lead Israeli Opera’s 2024-25 Season

The Israeli Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Yael Levita, Shira Patchornik, Joel Prieto, and Granit Musliu star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” alongside Oded Reich, Michael Schwarze, and Nahuel di Piero. Alessandro de Marchi conducts the production by Shirit Lee Weiss. Performance Dates: Nov. 7-18, 2024 Peter Wedd, Julian Hubbard, Alla Vasilevitsky, Shaked Strul, Eric Greene, Anat Czarny, and Tamara Navoth {…}

Jul 5, 2023

Johanni van Oostrum, Kate Lindsey, Dániel Pataky, Peter Wedd Headline OperaVision’s July 2023 Slate

OperaVision has unveiled its programming for the month of July. First up, the company will stream “Rusalka” from the Dutch National Opera. The opera stars Johanni van Oostrum, Annette Dasch, Pavel Cernoch, and Raehann Bryce-Davis. Joana Mallwitz conducts a production directed by Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M. Krenn. The opera was recorded on June 13, 2023. Streaming Dates: July 7 – {…}

Jun 14, 2022

Aleksandra Kurzak, Tomasz Konieczny & Piotr Buszewski Lead Polish National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

The Polish National Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring six new productions and 15 revivals in opera and ballet. Here is a look at the opera productions. New Productions The company will present “Chorus Opera” with Rafał Bartmiński, Anna Terlecka-Kierner, and Dagmara Sokalska as the soloists. The production will feature music by Bizet, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Moniuszko, Orff, Penderecki, Puccini, {…}

Oct 4, 2020

Greek National Opera to Stream ‘Wozzeck’

(Credit: The Greek National Opera official website) The Greek National Opera has announced that it will stream Alban Berg’s opera “Wozzeck” on Mezzo Live HD. The Greek National Opera premiered “Wozzeck” for the first time in its history in January 2020, before the COVID-19 lockdowns. The cast for the opera included soprano Nadine Lehner in the role of Marie, tenor {…}

Jun 3, 2020

Sunyoung Seo, Patricia Petibon, Natalie Dessay & Jakub Józef Orliński Star in Opéra de Dijon’s 2020-21 Season

The Opéra de Dijon in France has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five operas and a number of concerts. Here is a breakdown of the season. Opera Zemlinsky’s “Görge le rêveur” is set to be conducted by Marta Gardolińska in a production by Laurent Delvert. Peter Wedd, Helena Juntunen, Susanna Hurrell, Andrew Greenan, Piotr Lempa, Allen Boxer, Alexander Sprague, Wieland Satter, Piotr {…}

May 29, 2019

Kristina Mkhitaryan & Adriana Gonzalez Lead Opera National De Lorraine’s 2019-20 Season

The Opéra National de Lorraine has announced its 2019-20 season featuring six productions. For the purpose of this article, we will only concentrate on the opera productions. Opera Reyer’s “Sigurd” gets a concert performance with Peter Wedd, Jean-Sebastien Bou, Jerome Boutillier, Nicolas Cavallier, Catherine Hunold, and Camille Schnoor. Frederic Chaslin conducts. Performance Date: Oct. 14 & 17, 2019 David Hermann {…}