The Metropolitan Opera has announced the summer encores its Live in HD series. The company will first present the 2015 performances of Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” on July 22, directed by Susan Stroman and starring renowned soprano Renée Fleming. The cast also includes Nathan Gunn and Kelli O’Hara. Andrew Davis conducts. The second will be a 2025 transmission of the Met’s {…}
On May 27, the Moniuszko Auditorium of the Polish National Opera will present a concert with Piotr Beczała. The audience will hear excerpts from operas by Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Stanisław Moniuszko. The Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera will be led by Clelia Cafiero. Beczała is one of the most sought-after artists who {…}
The Liceu Opera+ has announced its 2026-27 streaming season. The season opens with “Aida” with Anna Pirozzi, Ksenia Dudnikova, Piotr Beczała, and Igor Golovatenko. Shirin Neshat directs the production. Stream Date: Oct. 25, 2026 Adrian Noble directs Bellini’s “I Capuleti e I Montecchi” with Marko Mimica, Lisette Oropesa, Raffaella Lupinacci, and Iván Ayón Rivas. Stream Date: Nov. 22, 2026 Giacomo {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2026-27 season. Shirin Neshat directs Verdi’s “Aida” with four sopranos taking on the title role. Anna Netrebko, Anna Pirozzi, Olga Maslova, and Ewa Plonka star alongside Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ksenia Dudnikova, Fiorenza Cedolins, Yusif Eyvazov, Piotr Beczała, Arsen Soghomonyan, Artur Ruciński, Igor Golovatenko, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Riccardo Fassi, George Andguladze, Manuel Fuentes, Alexander Köpeczi, {…}
The Festival Internacional de Santander has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances. Palacio de Festival David Afkham conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with Rolando Villazón directing. Javier Camarena, Theodore Platt, Emily Pogorelc, Kathryn Lewek, and Franz-Josef Selig. Performance Dates: August 3 & 5, 2026 Anaïs Bertrand, Paco García, Marcial Pauliat, and Igor Bouin star in “Carnaval Barroco: {…}
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 {…}
Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear a Puccini album by one of the great divas of our time, re-releases of Pavarotti’s great hits, and a full performance of “Faust” with a star-studded cast. Sondra Radvanovsky – Puccini: Heroines Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, {…}
(Credit: Martin Sigmund) The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has released an apology to tenor Piotr Beczala after a technical glitch on opening night of “Lohengrin” on March 28. The company took to social media and said, “We would like to formally apologize to Piotr Beczala. Following yesterday’s premiere, during the well-deserved solo applause for this exceptional artist, there was an unfortunate technical {…}
The Wiener Konzerthaus has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. VOCES8 leads a program of music by William Byrd, Virgil Thomson, Caroline Shaw, Morten Lauridsen, William Billings, Bobby McFerrin, Eric Whitacre, Taylor Scott Davis, Samuel Barber, Richard Rodgers, and Billy Strayhorn. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2026 The Mahler Academy Orchestra will be joined by Fleur Barron and Philipp von Steinaecker in music by Mahler. Performance {…}
The Metropolitan Opera will present seven productions as part of its 2026-27 Live in HD season. The first HD of the year will be “Così fan tutte” starring Ana María Martinez, Samantha Hankey, Federica Lombardi, Gerald Finley, Duke Kim, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky. Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts. Screening Date: Oct. 3, 2026 Then comes the company’s new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” {…}
(Credit: Karen Almond / Met OPera) The Metropolitan Opera will continue its HD season with Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier.” The opera will be screened to movie theaters on Dec. 13 and will star Sonya Yoncheva and Piotr Beczała. They will be joined by Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni and baritone Igor Golovatenko in Nicolas Joël’s 1996 production. The HD will mark {…}