Jonah Hoskins joins The Philadelphia Orchestra as tenor soloist in Carl Orff’s Carmina burana at Marian Anderson Hall in Philadelphia. Under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Hoskins performs alongside soprano Janai Brugger and baritone Will Liverman, together with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, Commonwealth Youth Choir, Philadelphia Boys Choir, and Philadelphia Girls Choir. The programme pairs Orff’s celebrated choral work with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor and Gabriela Ortiz’s Clara. The concerts take place on October 22, 23, 24 and 25 2026 at the Marian Anderson Hall in Philadelphia.
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Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo makes her role debut as Susannah in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, opening Houston Grand Opera’s 2026-27 season. In a new production directed by Patricia Racette, she is joined by baritone Rod Gilfry as the Reverend Olin Blitch and tenors Bille Bruley as Sam Polk and Aaron Blake as Little Bat McLean. The production […]
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Tenor Joseph Calleja appears in Croí na Féile, the 75th Anniversary Concert of Wexford Festival Opera, alongside soprano Ermonela Jaho, mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona, and bass Giorgi Manoshvili. The artists perform operatic arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Massenet, Rossini, and other composers, accompanied by the Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra under the baton of Daniele Callegari. The […]
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Jonah Hoskins returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Bevins in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek based on George Saunders’s Booker Prize–winning novel. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, the new production features Peter Mattei as Lincoln, Christine Goerke as the Reverend, Anthony Roth Costanzo as Miss Elise Traynor, Ryan McKinny as Vollman, Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Baron, Janai Brugger as Mrs. Francis Hodge, Joshua Blue as Thomas Havens, and Craig Colclough as Mr. Baron. Everett Sobers and Michael Hurst share the role of Willie Lincoln. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts, with Steven Osgood leading the performances on 31 October and 14 November.
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Cameron Shahbazi and Svetlina Stoyanova join the China Philharmonic Orchestra for a semi-staged performance of Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the 29th Beijing Music Festival. Shahbazi takes on the role of Tolomeo, with Stoyanova as Sesto alongside Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in the title role. Conducted by renowned Handel specialist Laurence Cummings and directed by Noa Naamat, the performance takes place on October 18 at the Poly Theatre in Beijing.
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Charlotte Langner makes her role debut as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. A former member of the company’s Opera Studio, the soprano returns to take on one of Mozart’s most demanding roles in Suzanne Andrade and Barrie Kosky's produtcion. Charlotte can be heard on October 16, 25, November 27 and December 17, 2026.
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Matthias Goerne appears at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires for a recital dedicated to Schubert’s Winterreise, as part of the theatre’s Grandes Intérpretes series. Joined by Cuban-Finnish pianist Anton Mejias, Goerne performs Schubert’s complete cycle of 24 songs, composed in 1827. From the opening Gute Nacht to the haunting final song Der Leiermann, Winterreise traces a solitary journey through lost love, memory and despair. The recital takes place on October 17 at the Teatro Colón.
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Javier Camarena returns to ABAO Bilbao Opera this October as Alfredo Germont in Verdi’s La traviata, opening the company’s 75th season. He stars alongside Jessica Pratt as Violetta Valéry and Gabriele Viviani as Giorgio Germont. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts the Euskadiko Orkestra in Mario Pontiggia’s production. Performances take place at Euskalduna Bilbao on 17, 20, 23 and 26 October 2026.
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On October 16, Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the world premiere of Maxim Kolomiiets’ Mothers of Kherson at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw. The new opera, with a libretto by American playwright George Brant, is a co-production between the Polish National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
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