Baritone Thomas Hampson reprises the title role in John Adams’s Nixon in China at the Opéra National de Paris, returning to a production in which he previously appeared during its first run in the 2023. He is joined by Renée Fleming as Pat Nixon and John Matthew Myers as Mao Zedong. The production is staged by Valentina Carrasco and conducted by Kent Nagano, bringing Adams’s landmark contemporary opera back to the stage of the Opéra Bastille.
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Centre Stage Artist Management is delighted to announce that Magnus Dietrich has joined our roster for general management. Magnus Dietrich has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting lyric tenors of his generation. His repertoire ranges from Mozart’s Tamino, Ferrando and Belmonte to Wagner’s Steuermann (The Flying Dutchman) and Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), as well as Strauss’s Leukippos in Strauss’ Daphne, a role he portrayed to great acclaim at Berlin State Opera and in Frankfurt. Critics praise his lyrical phrasing as well as his ardent, dramatic portrayals. With his successful debut as Jacquino in Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, he also achieved international recognition.
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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.
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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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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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