Soprano Emily Pogorelc will make her debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as the soprano soloist in Messiah by George Frideric Handel on December 9, 2025, at Heinz Hall. The concert is conducted by Manfred Honeck and features the orchestra together with the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. For more information, please click here
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Mezzo-soprano Patricia Nolz makes her debut in the title role of Hänsel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s beloved fairy-tale opera Hänsel und Gretel at Opéra national du Rhin next to Julietta Aleksanyan as Gretel. The staging by Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau is lead under the musical direction of Christoph Koncz. Performances take place in Strasbourg on December 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 and in Mulhouse on January 9 and 11.
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Regula Mühlemann returns to the Zürich Opera House for the festive season as Adele in Die Fledermaus. Mühlemann shares the stage with Matthias Klink as Eisenstein and Golda Schultz as Rosalinde and can be heard on December 7, 10, 12, 14, 18, 26, 28, 31 and January 2, 10, 11 and 12, 2026. Austrian director Anna Bernreitner stages this most Viennese of all operettas, musically directed by the Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti.
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Soprano Eliška Weissová will make her debut with the Korea National Opera as Isolde in Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the Opera Theater of the Seoul Arts Center. She will be joined by tenor Bryan Register as Tristan. The production is conducted by Jaap van Zweden and directed by Stephan Märki, guiding audiences through […]
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Pianist Georgijs Osokins joins violin master Gidon Kremer and cellist Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė to tribute Arvo Pärt at Carnegie Hall on December 4, 2025. This heartfelt program pairs notable works by Pärt with a piece by the composer’s late friend and colleague, Giya Kancheli. The concert also treats listeners to Rachmaninoff’s soaring elegy for Tchaikovsky.
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Kate Lindsey and Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich present two concert programs in Vienna. On 5 December 2025, the mezzo-soprano will perform the alto part in Mozart's Requiem, conducted by Andreas Ottensamer. From 13 to 16 December, Kate Lindsey and the Tonkünstler, conducted by Fabien Gabel, will perform works by Zemlinsky and Berg.
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Tenor Joseph Calleja returns to the Hamburg State Opera as Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca. He performs alongside Ewa Plonka as Floria Tosca and Gabriele Viviani as Scarpia. The acclaimed production by Robert Carsen is led by conductor Giampaolo Bisanti. Performances take place on December 1, 23, 2025, and January 1, 2026. For more information, […]
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Kate Lindsey and jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon perform their Thousands of Miles program at Carnegie Hall on December 2, 2025. The multilingual program that “goes far beyond a simple fusion of jazz and classical” (Crescendo) features a survey of Weill’s works—both from his European years and after his forceable relocation to the United States—gets a welcome, extra emphasis on its jazz stylings, courtesy of Trotignon’s smart arrangements and improvisations, and Lindsey’s delivery that “has shades of Dietrich herself” (London’s The Times). The concert also features selections by Weill’s fellow émigrés Korngold, Alma Mahler, and Zemlinsky.
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Filipe Manu celebrates his role debut as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. The performances will take place on November 29 as well as on December 4 and 15.
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