The bass Amin Ahangaran takes the role of Zaretsky in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera. Actor and director Ralph Fiennes makes his opera-directing debut with a visually restrained staging that focuses on the psychological and emotional core of Pushkin’s story while the performances are led under the baton of Semyon Bychkov. The cast includes Boris Pinkhasovich as Eugene Onegin, Ruzan Mantashyan as Tatyana, Bogdan Volkov as Lensky, Marvic Monreal as Olga, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Prince Gremin. The opera runs at the Palais Garnier on January 23, 26, 29 and February 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 and 27.
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Baritone Matthias Goerne takes on the role of Wotan in Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. This new production directed by Davide Livermore is lead under the baton of Gianluca Capuano. The cast includes Joachim Bäckström as Siegmund, Wilhelm Schwinghammer as Hunding, Libby Sokolowski as Sieglinde, Ekaterina Semenchuk as Fricka, and Nancy Weissbach as Brünnhilde. Performances take place on January 23, 27 and 29, 2026.​
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Regula Mühlemann reunites with the La Folia Barockorchester to present Cleopatra – Baroque Arias in Liepaja, Antwerp, Essen and Zurich. The programm features Baroque arias from the collaboration album of La Folia Barockorchester and Regula Mühlemann, Cleopatra – Baroque Arias (2017), for which the soloist received the Opus Klassik Award as Newcomer of the Year in 2018. Along with famous arias by Georg Frideric Handel and Johann Adolf Hasse, the program will feature valuable gems from the works of Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Antonio Vivaldi.
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Sopranos Emily Pogorelc (Pamina) and Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), together with baritone Theodore Platt (role debut as Papageno) star in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Mozartwoche 2026 in Salzburg. The production is directed by Rolando Villazón and conducted by Roberto González-Monjas, with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and Philharmonia Chor Wien, bringing Mozart’s beloved opera to the stage at the Haus für Mozart. Performances take place on January 23, 27, and 30, and February 1, 2026.
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Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo makes her Houston Grand Opera debut, taking on the role of Anna Sørensen in Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night. The production is directed by James Robinson and conducted by Kensho Watanabe, bringing to the stage the powerful and deeply human story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. D’Eramo appears alongside […]
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Soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller sings the title role in Robert Schumann’s Le Paradis et la Péri with the Orchestre National de France and Chœur de Radio France at the Philharmonie de Paris on January 23, 2026. The performance is conducted by Philippe Jordan, and features Werner Güra as the narrator along with Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Magdalena Lucjan, […]
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez makes her eagerly awaited debut as Isabella in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Arquez shares the stage with Nahuel Di Pierro as Mustafa, Maxim Mironov as Lindoro. Conductor Michele Spotti leads the musical direction of Julien Chavaz’ new production. Performances take place from January 23, 25, 28, 30 and February 1,3 and 5.
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Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo joins the Danish Chamber Orchestra under conductor Adam Fischer for the Opening Concert of the Mozartwoche 2026 in Salzburg on January 22, 2026. The concert, moderated by Rolando Villazón, features Mozart overtures alongside arias by Monteverdi and Handel, concluding with Mozart’s Symphony in G minor.
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Baritone Thomas Hampson appears with the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest on January 22 and 23, 2026, performing selections from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn under the baton of Giordano Bellincampi. The program also includes Schubert’s Rosamunde Overture and Brahms’s Symphony No. 3.
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