Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi will take on the role of Amneris in Verdi's Aida at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Performances are scheduled for May 3, 11, and 22, 2025. She will be joined by soprano Hulkar Sabirova as Aida and tenor SeokJong Baek as Radamès. The production is directed by Benedikt von Peter, with Paolo Arrivabeni conducting the orchestra.
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Baritone Thomas Hampson will join soprano Renée Fleming and mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in a one-night-only performance of American Rhapsody at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2025. Conducted by Marin Alsop, the concert celebrates American composers and their works.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez returns to the Opéra Royal of Versailles for a concert performance of Handel’s Alcina. Arquez takes the role of Ruggiero and is joined on stage by Lisette Oropesa in the title role. The concert takes place on April 29.
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The Russian-Swiss mezzo-soprano Nadezhda Karyazina, winner of the Herbert von Karajan Prize 2025, is "one of the most significant singers and performers of our time." (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). With a voice described by The Guardian as “resonant and strong at the top of her range, rich and potent in the contralto low notes”, the “outstanding” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) singer made her triumphant debut as Marfa in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina at the 2025 Salzburg Easter Festival, where she was the “star of the evening” (Austria Presse Agentur) and received rave reviews from press and audience alike. Karyazina opened the 2024/25 season as Marfa at the Helsinki Festival and the Baltic Sea Festival under Esa-Pekka Salonen in a concert production, before appearing at the Semperoper Dresden as Princess Clarisse in a new production of Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges.
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Centre Stage Artist Management is thrilled to announce that critically acclaimed Russian-Swiss mezzo-soprano Nadezhda Karyazina has joined the roster for general management. Nadezhda Karyazina, winner of the Herbert von Karajan Prize 2025, is "one of the most significant singers and performers of our time." (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). With a voice described by The Guardian as “resonant and strong at the top of her range, rich and potent in the contralto low notes”, the “outstanding” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) singer made her triumphant debut as Marfa in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina at the 2025 Salzburg Easter Festival, where she was the “star of the evening” (Austria Presse Agentur) and received rave reviews from press and audience alike.
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Olivia Smith makes her role and company debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Opera Philadelphia. The young soprano sings opposite Timothy Murray in the title role in the new production by Alison Moritz under the baton of Corrado Rovaris. Smith can be heard on April 25, 27, May 2 and 4, 2025.
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Kate Lindsey takes on the leading role of Adso da Melk in the world premiere of Il nome della rosa, an opera based on the novel by Umberto Eco and composed by Francesco Filidei. Lindsey shares the stage of Teatro alla Scala with Lucas Meachem as Guglielmo da Baskerville. Il nome della rosa, staged by Damiano Michieletto and conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, can be heard on April 27, 30, May 3,6, 10, 2025.
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Soprano Serena Saénz returns to the Vienna State Opera in the revival of Barbora Horákovás production of die Zauberflöte under the baton of Adam Fischer. Once again Serena Sáenz takes the role of Queen of the Night and is joined on stage by Maria Nazarova as Pamina, Cyrille Dubois as Tamino and Franz-Josef Selig as Sarastro. The opera can be experienced on April 25 and 28 and May 2 and 5.
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At the same time in the same place: Exactly 250 years ago to the day, on 23 April 1775, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart conducted the concert premiere of Il re pastore at the Prince Archbishop's Residenztheater in Salzburg. On April 23, 2025 Rolando Villazón as Alessandro, Emily Pogorelc as Aminta and Serena Sáenz as Elisa sing a concert performance of the opera to celebrate this important anniversary at the original venue.
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