Judit Kutasi, a Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano, is one of the outstanding voices in her field. Her distinctive profile is characterized by powerful interpretations of Verdi and Wagner roles. The 2026/27 season brings a series of important debuts and returns. Kutasi makes her role debut as Judit in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest. She returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Amneris in Verdi’s Aida and sings Fricka in Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the San Francisco Opera. A major highlight of the season is her debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Ortrud in the new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin. On the concert stage, Kutasi debuts Wagner’s 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme with the Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara and appears in a benefit Opera Gala Concert with the Choir and Orchestra of the Romanian Radio Hall in Bucharest.
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Tenor Piotr Beczala opens the Grafenegg Festival with his concert on August 13, 2021.
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As part of the Salzburg Festival, bass Ildar Abdrazakov and tenor Dmitry Korchak sing the "Missa solemnis" by Ludwig van Beethoven. They will be accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Riccardo Muti.
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We are delighted to welcome Soprano Emily Pogorelc to our roster for General Management.
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American soprano Emily Pogorelc is praised by critics and audiences alike for her soaring, unique voice and captivating stage presence. Pogorelc has firmly established herself in a thriving career, consistently dazzling on many of the world’s top stages. In her 2024 Metropolitan Opera debut, Pogorelc “astonished in every way imaginable…[she] filled the stage with…a fantastic lyric coloratura, bright and crystalline. Her movement was filled with great flexibility and charisma…she lit up the stage every time…” (OperaWire).
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Baritone Michael Volle sings in the role of Hans Sachs in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" at the Bayreuth Festival. The opera in three acts was not only composed by Richard Wagner, but the libretto was also written by him.
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On July 24, 2021 bass Ildar Abdrazakov performs together with tenor Roberto Alagna and baritone Ludovic Tézier at the “Nuit verdienne” in the Théâtre Antique in Orange.
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On July 22, 2021 tenor Piotr Beczala presents a selected program with songs and rarities by composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Wiener Konzerthaus.
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On July 19, 2021, soprano Olga Peretyatko makes her debut at the Verbier Festival.
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