Centre Stage Artist Management is delighted to announce that celebrated Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Svetlina Stoyanova has joined our roster for general management. Praised for her “warm, resonant timbre” (Opera Gazet), Stoyanova has graced some of the world's most renowned opera houses and venues, including the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Opernhaus Zürich, Rossini Opera Festival and the Glyndebourne Festival, among others. In the 2025/26 season, Stoyanova returns to Opernhaus Zürich as Hänsel in a new production of Hänsel und Gretel and performs the role again with the Philharmonie Luxembourg. She can be heard at Teatro alla Scala as Wellgunde in a new production by David McVicar of Götterdämmerung as well as in Das Rheingold under the baton of Alexander Soddy and Simone Young and makes a house debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where she presents her acclaimed portrayal of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro.
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Piotr Beczala returns to the Vienna State Opera as Don José in Calixto Bieito’s production of Carmen. Yves Abel conducts. The performance take place on February 21, 24, 28 and March 3, 2026.
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Soprano Kathryn Lewek portrays Juliette in a concert performance of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees on February 19, 2026. Lewek sings opposite Charles Castronovo as Roméo with Clelia Cafiero conducting Orchestre National de France.
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Svetlina Stoyanova is a celebrated Bulgarian mezzo-soprano whose expressive artistry, radiant voice, and captivating stage presence have earned her widespread acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Praised for her “warm, resonant timbre” (Opera Gazet), Stoyanova has graced some of the world's most renowned opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Opernhaus Zürich, among others. In the 2025/26 season, Stoyanova returns to Opernhaus Zürich as Hänsel in a new production of Hänsel und Gretel and performs the role again with the Philharmonie Luxembourg. She can be heard at Teatro alla Scala as Wellgunde in a new production by David McVicar of Götterdämmerung as well as in Das Rheingold under the baton of Alexander Soddy and Simone Young and makes a house debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where she presents her acclaimed portrayal of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro.
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On 16 February 2026, pianist Georgijs Osokins performs Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto in Kassel. Regarded as one of the most challenging compositions ever written for the piano, this concert is performed by Osokins with the Staatsorchester Kassel, conducted by Ainārs Rubiķis.
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The New York Festival of Song sees Kate Lindsey in the Fugitives concert program on February 12, 2026 at the Kaufman Music Center. The acclaimed program includes songs from the concert stage, the movies, Broadway and Berlin’s cabarets, tracing the varied fates of the composers who faced destruction during Hitler’s rise to power. Some began new lives and brilliant careers abroad, others were to meet with darker ends. Featuring works by Kurt Weill, Franz Schreker, Alexander Zemlinsky, Friedrich Hollaender, Kurt Tucholsky, Erich Korngold, Hanns Eisler and many others. mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey shares the stage with baritone Justin Austin and pianists Steven Blier and Bénédicte Jourdois.
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Piotr Beczala sings Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Berlin State Opera. Petr Popelka conducts. Performances are on February 8, 11, and 13, 2026.
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Olga Kulchynska takes on the role of Marguerite in the new production of Gounod‘s Faust at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Staged by Lotte de Beer and conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, Faust with Jonathan Tetelman in the title role and Kyle Ketelsen as Méphistophélès premieres on February 8 and can be later heard on February 13, 16, 18, 22, 27.
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Soprano Emily Pogorelc returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper to make her role debut as Marie in Bedřich Smetana’s comic opera Die verkaufte Braut. This engagement marks her first appearance with the house since completing her tenure as a member of the ensemble from 2020 to 2023. The production is directed by David Bösch and conducted […]
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