Olga Peretyatko is one of the most sought-after sopranos in the world. She achieved her international breakthrough in 2007 when she won second prize at Plácido Domingo's Operalia competition. Since then, she has appeared at leading opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the Teatro Real Madrid, the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, and the Opéra Bastille Paris, and has performed at renowned festivals in Salzburg, Baden-Baden, Aix-en-Provence, and Pesaro. In 2025, she was awarded the European Culture Prize for her outstanding artistic work. The 2025/26 season begins with Olga Peretyatko performing as Giulia in Rossini’s lively comedy La scala di seta at the Zurich Opera House. Later, she appears there as Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. A special highlight of the season is the world premiere of Medusa, a new opera by British composer Iain Bell at La Monnaie in Brussels. Directed by Lydia Steier, the production presents the mythological Medusa as a complex female character for the first time. Olga Peretyatko sings the title role, with Michiel Delanghe conducting.
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"One cannot overpraise Lindsey’s ability to characterize strongly while retaining beauty of tone when the music calls for such.” (San Francisco Classical Voice) One of the most compelling artists of her generation, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey possesses a rare combination of world class vocal artistry coupled with equally expansive acting gifts. This “force of nature” (SFCV) is a regular guest on the world’s most celebrated stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Festival Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the Bavarian State Opera.  In 2024-2025, Kate Lindsey continues to dazzle audiences in wide variety of world premieres and new productions. With Teatro alla Scala she launches the season as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier under the baton of Kirill Petrenko. She later returns to the storied opera house to create the leading role of Adso da Melk the world premiere of Il nome della rosa, composed by Francesco Filidei and staged by Damiano Michieletto.
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Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is the preeminent bel canto specialist of his generation. Praised for his burnished tone, gleaming high notes, flawless coloratura and veracious portrayals, he regularly appears in leading roles alongside today’s foremost stars at the world’s top opera houses.
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“Only one lyric tenor on the scene today has the honeyed tone and ingratiating style to make comparisons to Pavarotti and Gigli seem serious, and it is Calleja, the man from Malta.” (New Yorker) Blessed with a golden-age voice that routinely inspires comparisons to “legendary singers from earlier eras: Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, even Enrico Caruso” (AP), Joseph Calleja is well-established as one of the most acclaimed and sought-after tenors today. His expansive discography and frequent appearances on the world’s leading opera and concert stages prompted NPR to hail him as “arguably today’s finest lyric tenor”.
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Piotr Beczała is one of the most sought-after artists and a constant guest in the world’s leading opera houses. The Polish-born tenor is acclaimed not only for the beauty of his voice, but also for his ardent commitment to each character he portrays. In addition to his operatic work, he has performed much of the classical vocal canon with the world’s most distinguished orchestras and conductors. Numerous outstanding engagements await Piotr Beczała in the 2025/26 season: Following his role debut as Andrea Chénier in a concert performance at the Salzburg Festival in August 2025, he makes his staged debut as Andrea Chénier at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He can also be seen as Radames in Aida at the Opéra National de Paris and as the Prince in Rusalka and Don José in Carmen at the Vienna State Opera. Other highlights of the season include his signature role as Lohengrin in a new production with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the musical direction of Joana Mallwitz at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. At the Bavarian State Opera, Beczała sings both Manrico in Il trovatore and the title role in Faust. Further engagements take him to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin as Cavaradossi (Tosca), to the Opera de Las Palmas as Andrea Chénier and to the Teatro Real Madrid as Manrico (Il trovatore). Beczała's concert season includes recitals in Santa Monica, Klagenfurt, Graz, Barcelona and Grafenegg as well as concert appearances in Baden-Baden, Linz, Bayreuth and Santander.
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French mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez is one of the most prominent rising stars of the opera world. After graduating from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, the young mezzo-soprano made her debut at the Opéra Bastille in Michael Haneke’s 2013 version of Don Giovanni (Zerlina) under the direction of Philippe Jordan. Ever since, she has been frequently invited to sing in many of the most renowned opera houses in the world. Nominated “Révélation Lyrique” at the “Victoires de la Musique 2011”, Gaëlle Arquez released her highly anticipated debut recording “Ardente Flamme” for Deutsche Grammophon in 2017.
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In times of Corona, moderator Holger Wemhoff looks inside the classic scene in the concerti classic daily podcast.
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American baritone Thomas Hampson has long been recognized as one of the most innovative and multifaceted musicians of our time, receiving countless international honors for his singular artistry and cultural leadership. With more than 80 operatic roles in his repertoire, Hampson shines across a vast array of styles, languages, and periods. From Rossini’s elegance to the dramatic depths of Verdi and the modern innovations of contemporary masterpieces, he has portrayed characters that span the full spectrum of human experience and emotion. He is well known for his superb interpretation of Mozart, including the title role in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, and most recently, Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte. A lauded Verdian, Hampson has excelled as Simon Boccanegra, Rodrigo in Don Carlo, Germont in La traviata, Don Carlo in Ernani, and more. He is a champion of new opera, and has starred in many world premieres, most recently Mikael Karlsson’s Fanny and Alexander, Stefan Wirth’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian, Miroslav Srnka’s South Pole, and many others.
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Within just a few years, Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann has established herself as one of her generation’s most important voices. Equally at home on the operatic and concert stages, she is acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for her exceptionally beautiful timbre and sensitive performances. For her performances in the Salzburg Festival’s 2022 production of Die Zauberflote, The Telegraph hailed: "Regula Mühlemann is outstanding as a radiant Pamina."
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