Piotr Beczała and Judit Kutasi return to the Metropolitan Opera as Radamès and Amneris in Verdi's Aida, opening on December 31, 2024, with performances continuing on January 4, 7, 10, 14, 18, 21, and 25, 2025. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer's new production of this grand opera. This staging marks a fresh interpretation of Verdi's masterpiece at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Serena Sáenz joins the Tonkünstler Orchestra for a series of festive New Year's concerts across Austria, starting at Grafenegg Auditorium on December 31, 2024, continuing at Festspielhaus St. Pölten on January 1 and 6, and culminating at Vienna's Musikverein from January 3 to 5, 2025. The program, featuring works by Johann Strauss and Giuseppe Verdi, celebrates the joyous spirit of the New Year under the batons of Alfred Eschwé and Sascha Goetzel.
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Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo and soprano Mirjam Mesak star at the New Year’s concerts of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Together with conductor Vladimir Jurowski, Rundfunkchor Berlin and fellow soloists tenor Christopher Sokolowski and bass Christof Fischesser they perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The concerts take place at Konzerthaus Berlin on December 30 and 31.
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Tenor Jonah Hoskins’ stars at the annual New Year’s concerts of the Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Karina Canellakis. Hoskins’ is joined on stage by soprano Fatma Said and pianist Kirill Gerstein. The concerts take place at Semperoper Dresden on December 29 and 30. The concert on December 29 is being recorded by national German television, ZDF, and will be available for streaming from December 30.
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Tenor Omar Mancini returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin as Count Libenskof in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims. Mancini is joined on stage by Kyle Miller as Don Alvaro, Contessa di Folleville as Hye-Young Moon and Stephanie Wake-Edwards Marchesa Melibea among many more. The production by Jan Bosse is led under the musical direction of Alessandro De Marchi and can be experienced on December 27, 30 and January 2, 6.
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Jonathan Tetelman returns to the Gstaad New Year Music Festival to perform a recital with Elīna Garanča and Frederic Chaslin. Tetelman and Garanča perform a verismo program of famous arias and duets by Verdi, Mascagni and others.
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Kate Lindsey takes on the role of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel at the Royal Opera House. Lindsey and Heidi Stober as Gretel under the baton of Giedrė Šlekytė can be seen on December 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 2024 and January 2, 4, 7, 8, 2025.
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Soprano Elene Gvritishvili performs Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the State Chamber Orchestra of Russia at the Tchaikovsky Hall on December 24. The performance is conducted by Yekaterina Antonenko.
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Regula Mühlemann performs Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in Opéra de Monte-Carlo on December 21, 2024 with the period instrument orchestra Les Musiciens du Prince and chief conductor Gianluca Capuano. Mühlemann takes on the soprano part alongside with Anna Stephany, Daniel Behle and Kartal Karagedir.
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