Yonghoon Lee, Yaritza Véliz, Annalisa Stroppa, Fabián Veloz & Liudmyla Monastyrska Lead Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires’ 2026 Season

The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announces its 2026 season. Opera Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci“ and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana“ will open the season with a cast that includes Yonghoon Lee, Denis Pivnitsky, Alejandro Roy, María Belén Rivarola, Fabián Veloz, Youngjun Park, Diego Bento, Liudmyla Monastyrska, and Mónica Ferracani. Beatrice Venezi conducts the production by Hugo de Ana. Performance Dates: April 14-24, 2026 Oscar Strasnoy’s “Dementia” will make {…}

Dec 8, 2025

Asmik Grigorian, Yaritza Véliz, Mario Chang, Catherine Foster & Judit Kutasi Lead Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile’s 2026 Season

The Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile has announced its 2026 season. Opera Puccini’s “La bohème“ will star Yaritza Véliz, Angelina Akhmedova, Michael McDermott, Kameron Lopreore, Camila Romero, Pilar Garrido, Germán Alcántara, Yeongtaek Yang, Javier Weibel, Sergio Gallardo, Matías Moncada, Francisco Salgado, Pedro Alarcón, and Cristián Lorca. Paolo Bortolameolli conducts the production by Cristina Gallardo-Domâs. Performance Dates: May 7-18, 2026 Giordano’s {…}

Nov 1, 2025

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya & Yaritza Véliz Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’

(Credit: © Hugo Thomassen) The Dutch National Opera is set to present Bellini’s rarely performed “I Capuleti e i Montecchi.” The work will be staged from Dec. 7 to 28, 2025, featuring Antonino Fogliani leading the Netherlands Philharmonic, and Chilean soprano Yaritza Véliz is making her DNO house debut in the role of Giulietta and mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya as Romeo. {…}

May 6, 2025

René Barbera, Elena Villalón, Lucas Meachem, Yaritza Véliz, Madison Leonard Among Headliners of The Dallas Opera’s 2025 Streaming Slate

The Dallas Opera has announced its streaming slate of recent productions. The company had previously announced a slate of operas to stream this summer, mainly those from its 2024-25 season. First up is the October 2022 production of “Rigoletto” starring George Gagnidze in the title role, Madison Leonard as his daughter Gilda, and René Barbera as the Duke of Mantua. {…}

Apr 16, 2025

Royal Ballet & Opera 2024-25 Review: Carmen

(Credit: Mark Brenner) For the second time in only a few months, I find myself reviewing a production I have seen before where I was initially very critical of what I perceived to be a weak production, creatively, but inexplicably having a change of heart the second time around. So as not to face accusations of hypocrisy or worse, senility; {…}

Apr 7, 2025

The Dallas Opera Announces New Streams For Summer of 2025 Featuring Javier Camarena, Lauren Snouffer & Sylvia D’Eramo

(Photo: Kyle Flubacker/The Dallas Opera Archives) The Dallas Opera has announced that beginning May 1, it will release selected operas from its past three seasons for free on-demand viewing via its digital website and YouTube channel. Scheduled are recent productions from the 2024-25 Season, Verdi’s “La Traviata” and Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice,” as well as operas from the 2023-24 and {…}

Nov 17, 2024

Erika Grimaldi, Alexandra Razskazoff, Sergey Romanovsky & Vanessa Goikoetxea Lead Teatro Municipal de Santiago’s 2025 Season

The Teatro Municipal de Santiago has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. Opera Erika Grimaldi and Oksana Sekerina star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with José Simerilla, Anthony Ciaramitaro, Kai Rüütel, Evelyn Ramírez, Eleomar Cuello, and Javier Weibel. Paolo Bortolameolli conducts the production by Verónica Villarroel. Performance Dates: July 3-12, 2025 Yaritza Véliz and {…}

Sep 27, 2024

Yaritza Véliz & Javier Camarena Lead Dallas Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

(Credit: Curtis Brown Photography) The Dallas Opera is set to open its 2024-25 season with Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The opera will be performed five times from Oct. 18 through Oct. 27 with the Oct. 26 performance live streamed. The opera will star Chilean soprano Yaritza Véliz as Violetta, and Mexican tenor Javier Camarena as Alfredo. Mexican baritone Alfredo Daza will sing the role {…}

Sep 16, 2024

The Dallas Opera Announces Free Community Events in Fall 2024

The Dallas Opera has announced its fall 2024 lineup of free events. In addition to its free community events, The Dallas Opera is offering livestreams of mainstage performances as well as sessions of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors, and more on its YouTube channel. The annual People’s Choice concert features some of opera’s most recognizable tunes sung by soprano {…}

Aug 11, 2024

The Santa Fe Opera Announces Return of Opera in the Park & Opening Nights Radio Broadcasts for 2024 Festival Season

(Photo credit: Curtis Brown) The Santa Fe Opera has announced two free community events for the 2024 Festival Season. Opening Nights Radio Broadcasts in partnership with 95.5 KHFM Classical Public Radio will present free, live-recorded radio broadcasts of the opera’s 2024 Season opening nights, airing at 6 pm MDT on Mondays from July 29 through Aug. 26. Following the air date, {…}

Feb 29, 2024

Xabier Anduaga, Benjamin Appl, Madison Leonard & Yaritza Véliz Lead The Dallas Opera’s 2024-25 Season

The Dallas Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Mainstage Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” featuring Chilean soprano Yaritza Véliz, Spanish tenor Xabier Anduaga, and baritone Alfredo Daza. Louisa Muller directs and Iván López Reynoso conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 18-27, 2024 Claude Debussy’s “Pelléas and Mélisande” will be conducted by Ludovic Morlot and will star Benjamin Appl, Lauren {…}