Sam Park, Joshua Sanders, Theo Hoffman, Signe Heiberg, Fleuranne Brockway & Galina Benevich Lead Staastheater Wiesbaden’s 2026-27 Season

The Staastheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres The season kicks off with Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” Performance Dates: August 22 & 29, 2026 “Metropolis Wiesbaden” will be based on Fritz Lang’s masterpiece with a film score by Gottfried Huppertz, Sebastian Nübling. Performance Dates: Sept. 12, 2026-Jan. 10, 2027 Dennis Krauß directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” {…}

Norwegian National Opera and Ballet 2025-26 Review: Wonderful Bernstein!

  There are evenings when a thematic program feels like an academic conceit, and others when it becomes a kinetic organism. The Norwegian National Opera’s “Wonderful Bernstein!” concert belonged emphatically to the latter category: a selection of Leonard Bernstein’s works reflecting the American spirit not as monument, but as motion — restless, jazzy, and theatrically alive. The architecture of the {…}

Renée Fleming, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Lise Davidsen & Ian Bostridge Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: Operabase official website / Jiyang Chen / Simon Pauly / Ray Burmiston / Opus 3 Artists official website) The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. Baritone Matthias Goerne presents works by Richard Wagner alongside conductor Manfred Honeck. Performance date: Aug. 29, 2021 Soprano Diana {…}