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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Rolando Villazón graces Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, with a piano recital on August 23, 2025. Alongside his regular pianist and collaborator, Sarah Tysman, Villazón presents Serenata Italiana, a program of Italian vocal music ranging from the early masters to the soulful canzoni, including works by Scarlatti, Bellini, Tosti among others.
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Tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac will perform the role of Siegmund in Act I of Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Salzburger Festspiele on August 24 and 25, 2025. He will be joined by soprano Elza van den Heever as Sieglinde and bass-baritone John Relyea as Hunding. The Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will also present […]
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Athanasia Zöhrer steps in at short notice to take on the leading role of Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata at the Chemnitz Opera House on August 20, 2025. This performance is a revival of the production directed by Anja Kühnhold, which premiered on May 31, 2025, and in which the soprano already made […]
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