Lise Davidsen, Asmik Grigorian, Pretty Yende, Peter Mattei, Sara Blanch & Saioa Hernández Lead Liceu+’s 2025-26 Season

The Liceu+ has announced its 2025-26 season streaming series. Here is a look what the platform will offer based on the Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2025-26 season. The season opens with “The Cunning Little Vixen,” featuring Peter Mattei, Anaïs Masllorens, David Alegret, Elena Tsallagova, Alejandro López, Milan Perišić, Sara Bañeras, Angela Brower, Mireia Pintó, Laura Brasó, and Mercedes Gancedo. Josep Pons conducts the production by {…}

May 6, 2025

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Jakub Józef Orliński Headline Les Grandes Voix | Les Grands Solistes’ 2025-26 Season

Les Grandes Voix | Les Grands Solistes has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with a Gala Joséphine Baker starring Pretty Yende, Neima Naouri, and Luan Pommier, among many others. The concert will take place at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2025 Jakub Józef Orliński will headline “#LetsBaRock” at L’Olympia. Performance Date: Oct. 12, 2025 Julien Chauvin leads the {…}

May 5, 2025

Lise Davidsen, Asmik Grigorian, Pretty Yende, Serena Sáenz, Xabier Anduaga, Javier Camarena, Michel Fabiano & Saioa Hernández Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2025-26 Season

The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with “The Cunning Little Vixen,” featuring Peter Mattei, Anaïs Masllorens, David Alegret, Elena Tsallagova, Alejandro López, Milan Perišić, Sara Bañeras, Angela Brower, Mireia Pintó, Laura Brasó, and Mercedes Gancedo. Josep Pons conducts the production by Barrie Kosky. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-30, 2025 Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” will star Anthony Roth Costanzo, {…}

Apr 29, 2025

Cecilia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča, Pretty Yende, Sir Bryn Terfel, Matthias Goerne, Asmik Grigorian & Roberto Alagna Lead Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” starring Sir Bryn Terfel, Albert Dohmen, Asmik Grigorian, Daniel Behle, Angharad Lyddon, and Trystan Llyr Griffiths. Gianluca Marcianò conducts the semi-staged version. Performance Date: Nov. 2, 2025 Anna Pirozzi stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside Antonio Di Matteo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Arsen Soghomonyan, Erwin Schrott, and Artur Rucinski. Massimo {…}

Apr 28, 2025

Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Michael Fabiano, & Christian Gerhaher Lead Festival Internacional de Santander’s 2025 Season

The Festival Internacional de Santander has announced its 2025 season. Al Ayre Español and Bruno Campelo join forces for music by Lelio Colista, Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, Carlo Ambrogio Lonati, and Arcangelo Corelli. Performance Dates: August 5 & 6, 2025 El León de Oro and Marco Antonio García de Paz perform Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Arvo Pärt, Félix Mendelssohn, Andrej {…}

Apr 18, 2025

Aigul Akhmetshina, Michael Fabiano, Marina Rebeka, Pretty Yende, Sara Blanch & Jessica Pratt Lead Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s 2025-26 Season

The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced its 2025-26 season. Autumn Season Holger Falk will perform alongside Herbert Schuch, Vivi Vassileva, and Musicbanda Franui. Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2025 Julian Prégardien, Herbert Schuch, and Musicbanda Franui will perform in concert. Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2025 Winter Season Johann Sebastian Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium will be performed by Elisabeth Breuer, Ulrike Malotta, Gideon Poppe, {…}

Apr 12, 2025

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Ludovic Tézier, Pretty Yende, Rolando Villazón, Federica Lombardi, Nicole Car, Freddie De Tommaso & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Wiener Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season

The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the operas and recitals for the new season. Premieres Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” will get a new production by Dirk Schmeding. The cast will be headed by Franz Xaver Schlecht, Margaret Plummer, Slávka Zámečníková, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Pavol Breslik, Michael Laurenz, Peter Kellner, Matthäus Schmidlechner, Ilia Staple, and Alex Ilvakhin. Tomáš Hanus conducts. A second cast will {…}

Apr 4, 2025

Pretty Yende Cancels Upcoming Productions Due to Family Circumstance

(Credit: Elena Cherkashyna) Pretty Yende has announced the cancelation of upcoming projects due to a serious family situation. In a social media post, the soprano said, “Due to very concerning and serious family circumstances, I am unable to fulfill some of the projects I was absolutely looking forward to this season.” Among those projects are “Mitridate” in the Teatro Real, {…}

Apr 1, 2025

Pretty Yende Cancels Participation in Gran Teatre del Liceu Concert with Nadine Sierra

Pretty Yende has canceled her participation in a concert with Nadine Sierra on April 6, 2025, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The company said that for personal reasons Yende will no longer participate. As a result, Nadine Sierra will perform alone. The program was set to include arias and duets by Mozart, Bellini, Verdi, Gounod, Delibes, Mascagni, Puccini, Leoncavallo, {…}

Mar 25, 2025

Anna Netrebko, Pretty Yende & Christian Van Horn Lead Festival Cap Rocat’s 2025 Season

The Festival Cap Rocat in Mallorca has announced its 2025 season, which will be held between August 1 and 3, 2025. The season opens with a Gala operística featuring soprano Pretty Yende and director Riccardo Frizza. The Orquesta Sinfónica de las Islas Baleares will perform a program that includes Bellini, Verdi, Berlioz, Gounod, Dvořák, and Johann Strauss II. Performance Date: August 1, {…}

Mar 22, 2025

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Marina Rebeka Headline Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s 2025-26 Season

The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Productions Jakob Lehmann conducts Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” in a production by Silvia Costa. Benjamin Bernheim, Viktoria Karkacheva, Christian Van Horn, and Thomas Dolié star. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-15, 2025 Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoé” will be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Laurent Pelly. Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs, Laurent {…}