Baritone Matthias Goerne joins Andris Nelsons, the Gewandhausorchester, and MDR-Rundfunkchor for an all-Mendelssohn program: Erde, Hölle und Himmel ("Christus"), Psalm 42 "Wie der Hirsch schreit", and Die erste Walpurgisnacht.​ Goerne shares the stage with soprano Nikola Hillebrand, alto Catriona Morison, tenor Werner Güra, and bass Alexander Grassauer.​ As part of »Tacheles – Jahr der Jüdischen Kultur in Sachsen 2026«, this concert honors Mendelssohn, grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, who bridged Jewish-German worlds despite his Christian upbringing. The program is performed at two concerts in Gewandhaus in Leipzig on February 6 and 8.
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Maestra Keri-Lynn Wilson returns to the Opéra national de Paris to conduct Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Bastille, in Calixto Bieito’s searing, modern staging. She leads the Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus alongside a stellar cast featuring Stéphanie d’Oustrac and Victoria Karkacheva as Carmen, Russell Thomas and Jean‑François Borras as Don José, Amina Edris as Micaëla, and Erwin Schrott as Escamillo.  Performances take place on February 7, 10, 13, 19, 22, 25, 28 and March 3, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19 2026.
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Kate Lindsey returns to Wigmore Hall to perform a baroque program with The English Concert und the baton of Harry Bicket on January 28, 2026. The American mezzo-soprano turns here to music from Agrippina, Handel’s breakthrough opera, written in 1709 during his stay in Italy, and the sacred cantata Donna, che in ciel.
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Tenor Edgardo Rocha appears as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Vienna State Opera, in a classic production by Otto Schenk that captures the opera’s sparkling blend of comedy, romance, and heartfelt longing. The tenor shares the stage with Maria Nazarova as Adina, Stefan Astakhov as Belcore, Nicola Alaimo as Doctor Dulcamara, and Maria Zherebiateva as Giannetta, under the baton of Pier Giorgio Morandi. Performances take place on January 27, 31 and February 2.
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The bass Amin Ahangaran takes the role of Zaretsky in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera. Actor and director Ralph Fiennes makes his opera-directing debut with a visually restrained staging that focuses on the psychological and emotional core of Pushkin’s story while the performances are led under the baton of Semyon Bychkov. The cast includes Boris Pinkhasovich as Eugene Onegin, Ruzan Mantashyan as Tatyana, Bogdan Volkov as Lensky, Marvic Monreal as Olga, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Prince Gremin. The opera runs at the Palais Garnier on January 23, 26, 29 and February 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 and 27.
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Regula Mühlemann reunites with the La Folia Barockorchester to present Cleopatra – Baroque Arias in Liepaja, Antwerp, Essen and Zurich. The programm features Baroque arias from the collaboration album of La Folia Barockorchester and Regula Mühlemann, Cleopatra – Baroque Arias (2017), for which the soloist received the Opus Klassik Award as Newcomer of the Year in 2018. Along with famous arias by Georg Frideric Handel and Johann Adolf Hasse, the program will feature valuable gems from the works of Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Antonio Vivaldi.
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Sopranos Emily Pogorelc (Pamina) and Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), together with baritone Theodore Platt (role debut as Papageno) star in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Mozartwoche 2026 in Salzburg. The production is directed by Rolando Villazón and conducted by Roberto González-Monjas, with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and Philharmonia Chor Wien, bringing Mozart’s beloved opera to the stage at the Haus für Mozart. Performances take place on January 23, 27, and 30, and February 1, 2026.
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Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo makes her Houston Grand Opera debut, taking on the role of Anna Sørensen in Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night. The production is directed by James Robinson and conducted by Kensho Watanabe, bringing to the stage the powerful and deeply human story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. D’Eramo appears alongside […]
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Soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller sings the title role in Robert Schumann’s Le Paradis et la Péri with the Orchestre National de France and Chœur de Radio France at the Philharmonie de Paris on January 23, 2026. The performance is conducted by Philippe Jordan, and features Werner Güra as the narrator along with Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Magdalena Lucjan, […]
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