Regula Mühlemann opens the 2025/26 season with her highly anticipated role debut as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Semperoper Dresden. Mühlemann can be heard in the production staged by Michiel Dijkema and conducted by Leo Hussain on September 6, 18, 22 and 26.
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Latvian-born and Berlin-based, Georgijs Osokins is the first Baltic pianist to sign an exclusive multi-album agreement with Deutsche Grammophon. His debut DGG recording, For Arvo, released on Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday, comprises Arvo Pärt’s complete piano works, including a duo recording with Martha Argerich and Osokins’ own piano transcription of the iconic Fratres, for which Pärt granted him exclusive authorisation to perform and record. In November 2026, DGG will release his second album, Constellations, in which core repertoire by Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms and Wagner is set in contrasting dialogue with the cosmic miniatures of Estonian composer Urmas Sisask.
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Serena Sáenz returns to the Vienna State Opera to reprise the role of the Queen of the Night in Barbora Horáková’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Patrick Lange conducts. The performances will take place on September 3, 5, 9, and 12.
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Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo joins soprano Pretty Yende, tenor Petr Nekoranec, baritone Artur Ruciński, and bass Adolfo Corrado for the 25th Anniversary Gala Concert of Nachtigall Artists on August 31, 2025. Held in Prague’s Smetana Hall with the Prague Philharmonia conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti, the gala promises operatic highlights and symbolic celebration of a quarter-century of […]
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Theater St. Gallen revives Richard Strauss’s Elektra, with sopranos Eliška Weissová and Sylvia D’Eramo once again taking on the central roles of Elektra and Chrysothemis. Performances will take place on August 31 and September 7, 17, and 20, 2025. The cast also features contralto Ariana Lucas, tenor Riccardo Botta, and baritone Kristján Jóhannesson. Directed by […]
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Soprano Mirjam Mesak will be among the featured soloists at the Gala Concert – Vana Tallinn on August 30, marking the beginning of the new season at the Estonian National Opera. She joins soprano Elena Brazhnyk, mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel-Pajula, tenor Heldur Harry Põlda, and baritones Tamar Nugis and Dragutin Matić in an evening of opera […]
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez takes on the role of Concepción in Maurice Ravel’s L’heure espagnole at the George Enescu International Festival 2025 in Bucharest. She joins the cast featuring Iván Ayón Rivas as Gonzalve, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso as Torquemada, Armando Noguera as Ramiro, and Manuel Fuentes in the role of Don Íñigo Gómez. James Gaffigan conducts the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, with stage direction by Gábor Tompa. The performance takes place on August 29 in Romanian National Opera Bucharest.
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Kathryn Lewek joins the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under the baton of Tarmo Peltokoski on their tour, performing a semi-staged production of The Magic Flute. The soprano reprises her renown portrayal of the Queen of the Night in Bremen on August 27, Hamburg on August 29, Dortmund on August 31 and at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest on September 7.
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Piotr Beczala makes his debut as Andrea Chénier at the Salzburg Festival. The concert performance under the direction of Marco Armiliato takes place on August 25, 2025.
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