Operawire met up with one of its stars, the young Russian soprano Anastasiya Taratorkina, who was performing the role of ...

Naxos released a CD entitled “Tre Liriche,” featuring songs by Ottorino Respighi performed by the Italian contralto ...

The Fondazione Haydn in Bolzano and Trento has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) has worked as a journalist for over 10 ...

Conductor Kent Nagano has been appointed as the new Principal Artistic Partner of the Parma-based Filarmonica Toscanini. Nagano will step into the role for the 2025-26 season, with the initial ...

The Tiroler Festspiel Erl Easter “Parsifal” was not, as some might have thought, Jonas Kaufmann’s “swan song,” either as Artistic Director or as Parsifal. Instead, the new production directed by ...

The Fondazione Haydn in Bolzano and Trento has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. Opera Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” is set to be directed by Roberto ...

San Francisco Opera’s 2025 Summer Season is set to open with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The company will revive the production by John Caird, and Ramón Tebar will conduct the San Francisco Opera Orchestra ...

The Teatro Grande di Brescia has announced its 2025 season, featuring three operas. Emanuela Pascu and Emilia Rukavina alternate in the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen.” They are joined by Roberto ...

Conductor Holly Hyun Choehe has been named the recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Awarded annually to a promising American conductor who is 36-years-old or younger, the award carries a ...

Chiara Muti has joined Arabella Arts for General Management. Muti is a theater director who made her opera debut in 2012, directing Hindemith’s “Sancta Susanna,” conducted by Riccardo Muti, at the ...

The American Academy in Rome has named the laureates for its residencies. Among those accepted for musical composition, Lembit Beecher was awarded the Samuel Barber Rome Prize for his “A Book of ...

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has named Elisabetta Riva as its new Superintendent. Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli appointed Riva following the unanimous proposal expressed by the Board of ...