Kate Lindsay, Ben Bliss, Emily Pogorelc, Will Liverman, Theo Hoffmann, Amanda Forsythe Headline Washington Concert Opera’s 2025-26 Season

Washington Concert Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is “Iphigénie en Tauride.” The cast includes Kate Lindsey, Theo Hoffman, John Moore, and Fran Daniel Laucerica. Performance Date: Nov. 23, 2025 Next up is “Les pêcheurs de perles,” starring Emily Pogorelc, Will Liverman, and Duke Kim. Performance Date: March 14, 2026 The season ends with “Idomeneo,” headlined by Ben Bliss and {…}

Jul 8, 2025

Opera Philadelphia to Celebrate 50 Years with ‘Vox Ex Machina’ Gala

Opera Philadelphia is set to open its 2025-2026 Season with “Vox Ex Machina,” a 50th Anniversary celebration on Sept. 13, 2025. The anniversary concert will feature opera stars mezzo Stephanie Blythe, soprano Nicole Heaston, baritone Will Liverman, mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, and the General Director himself, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. In a unique synesthetic experience, each singer’s aria will become a {…}

Jun 30, 2025

London Symphony Orchestra Announces Tour With Pappano, Noseda, & Rattle

The London Symphony Orchestra announces its 2025-26 tour. This article only features vocal works. Tenor Ian Bostridge performs in “Britten, Vaughan Williams & Elgar.” Sir Antonio Pappano conducts. Performance Date: August 13, 2025 (Edinburgh International Festival) Soprano Natalya Romaniw and baritone Will Liverman solo in Vaughan Williams’s “A Sea Symphony.” They are joined by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus under the {…}

Jun 27, 2025

Will Liverman & Liparit Avetisyan 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, audiences get the second part of a CD series, solo albums, including a debut album, and some rarely performed works. Longing – A Love Across The Ages In the tradition of great “art song” composers, such as Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, {…}

Jun 25, 2025

CD Review: Will Liverman’s ‘The Dunbar/Moore Sessions’

Reputedly, music is the medicine for sorrow and the companion to joy—“laetitia comes,” as the Latin has it. What’s more, it has the miraculous ability not only to make time stand still but to conjure, simultaneously, rapid flights of emotion. Music, in short, lays bare our humanity, distilled to its finest. Such is the theme—more or less—of Will Liverman’s “Dunbar/Moore {…}

May 14, 2025

Karen Chia-ling Ho, Olga Kulchynska, Mattia Olivieri, Lucia Lucas & Iestyn Davies Lead Santa Fe Opera’s 2026 Season

The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2026 season. Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will open the season with a revival production directed by Melanie Bacaling. The cast will include Karen Chia-ling Ho, Stephen Costello, Jonathan Burton, Jarrett Ott, and Sun-Ly Pierce. John Fiore conducts. Performance Dates: July 3-29, 2026 Harry Bicket conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in a production by Christopher Luscombe. Josh Lovell, Joélle Harvey, Rainelle {…}

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 {…}

Mar 27, 2025

Jennifer Rowley, Rosa Feola, J’Nai Bridges, John Holiday & Ryan McKinny Lead Washington National Opera’s 2025-26 Season

The Washington National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Mainstage Productions The season opens with Verdi’s “Aida” in Francesca Zambello’s production. Kwamé Ryan conducts with Jennifer Rowley starring in the leading role. She is joined by Adam Smith, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Agnieszka Rehlis, Shenyang, and Morris Robinson. Amber R. Monroe and Robert Watson also star in the lead roles. Performance Dates: {…}

Mar 5, 2025

Staatsorchester Hamburg Announces 2025-26 Season

The Staatsorchester Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Mahler’s “Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn” will be conducted by Adam Fischer and star Annika Schlicht and Benjamin Appl. The concert will also include Bartok’s Konzert für Orchester. Performance Dates: Nov. 23 & 24, 2025 Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Silverkonzert with Hila Baggio {…}

Jan 8, 2025

Philharmonie de Paris Honors Pierre Boulez With its ‘2025 Boulez Year’ Celebration

(Photo credit: Martin Schalk) The Philharmonie de Paris in collaboration with the French Ministry of Culture presents “2025 Boulez Year.” This selection of events will celebrate the centenary of the birth of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. Soprano Sarah Aristidou performs in Boulez’s “Pli selon pli, portrait de Mallarmé” with Les Siècles led by conductor Franck Ollu. Performance Dates: January {…}

Dec 28, 2024

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: The Magic Flute

(Photos: © Met Opera) This holiday season’s production of Metropolitan Opera’s “The Magic Flute” brings joy and grandiosity to Met Opera’s stage, and audience members of all ages. Julie Taymor’s beloved production is a nostalgic showcase of thoughtful set designs, costume designs, and dancing. This is the abridged, English adapted version of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” designed to run in under {…}

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