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La Scala’s 2026-2027 Opera Season announced

La Scala announces its 2026-2027 Opera Season with 13 titles. It is Myung-Whun Chung’s first season as Music Director.

A favorite Verdi performance from Ryan Ellerman

Luminous Lucia Popp’s “Caro Nome” beams with Gilda’s youthful passion, displaying Popp’s signature bright, beautiful timbre and magnificent coloratura.

New May 5: San Francisco S, MDR SO Leipzig, OS Gran Teatre Liceu, Norwegian RO, Tasmanian SO, São Paulo State S

San Francisco Symphony - Orchestra website Conductor: Bernard Labadie Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249   Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243   Joélle Harvey (S) Hugh Cutting (CT) A...

New Apr.4: OPR France, ON Lille, Tokyo Metropolitan SO, Tapiola S, Il Pomo d'Oro, PO Freiburg, Cetra Baroque O

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Orchestra website Conductor: Alain Altinoglu Honegger: Pacific 231   Frank Martin: Violin Concerto   Frank Peter Zimmermann (Vn) Pascal...

New Apr.6: San Francisco S, Los Angeles P, O Accademia N Santa Cecilia, Finnish RSO, MDR SO Leipzig, Melbourne SO

San Francisco Symphony - Orchestra website Conductor: Daniele Rustioni Dvořák: Cello Concerto op.104 Daniel Müller-Schott (Vc) Brahms: Symphony No.2 op.73 AUDIO Classical Califo...

A favorite Verdi performance from Brendan Latimer

My contribution this month honors the great Sherrill Milnes in his electrifying performance of Iago's credo (1979, Met).

Preview: Riccardo Chailly conducts Nabucodonosor, opening tonight at La Scala

Verdi's Nabucodonosor opens tonight at La Scala. Riccardo Chailly's last opera - his tenth Verdi title at the theatre - and the 210th performance of Nabucco.

A favorite Verdi performance from John Danaher

My favorite Verdi performance is the iconic 1960 RCA recording of Otello with Jon Vickers in the title role and the Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of the masterly...

A favorite Verdi performance from pfeliks

I was a huge fan of Anna Netrebko.

New May 3: SO Bayerischen R, Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatskapelle Berlin, NDR ElbPO, Minnesota O, Shanghai SO, OS Porto...

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Orchestra website Conductor: Osmo Vänskä Samy Moussa: Elysium  Barber: Violin Concerto op.14 Renaud Capuçon (Vn) Sibelius: Sympho...

A favorite Verdi performance from Quinn Kelsey

I've looked to Sherrill Milnes many a time for insight and guidance whenever I've added a new Verdi role to my repertoire.

Russell Thomas: Taking the Werther Challenge

Russell Thomas is many singers at once—and he aims to excel at them all. The Miami-born tenor, celebrated for his interpretations of Italian repertoire and, more recently, German w...

Joie de vivre

Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, and Malcolm Martineau put on a jolly good show at the 92nd Street Y.

Interview: Tenor Dave Monaco, at 30, reflects on his journey to becoming one of the world’s most exciting opera singers.

Tenor Dave Monaco chats with Graham Spicer about his journey to becoming one of today’s most sought-after Rossini and Mozart singers.

New May 12: San Francisco S, NHK SO Tokyo, Deutsche RP Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, SWR SO, Schleswig-Holsteinisches SO,...

San Francisco Symphony - Orchestra website Conductor: Simone Young Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto op.33 Gautier Capuçon (Vc) Wagner/Young: Selections from Das Ring des Nibelung   Ma...

Pensar che una partita decide d’una Vida

"Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė will make her company debut singing the role of Minnie in the new production of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West, replacing Sondra Radvanovsky, who...

A favorite Verdi performance from Darby Fegan

Anna Tomowa-Sintow, "Ernani Involami," from the MET Centenial Gala, 1983.

New Apr.21: San Francisco S, hr SO, NDR ElbPO, RSO Berlin, Deutsche RP Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Estonian NSO, Les Acc...

San Francisco Symphony - Orchestra website Conductor: Philippe Jordan Debussy: Prelude à L'Après-midi d'un faune   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.5 op.103 Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Pf)...

New Apr.30: OPR France, MDR SO Leipzig, Pzuid, Phion, Basque NO, Tasmanian SO, MAV SO

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Orchestra website Conductor: Jaap van Zweden Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 K.467 Mao Fujita (Pf) Bruckner: Symphony No.7 AUDIO france m...

A favorite Verdi performance from Michael M. Landman-Karny

Nadine Sierra's Gilda at the Metropolitan Opera had that rare quality of sounding both immaculate and spontaneous, as if Verdi's lines were being discovered in the moment rather th...

A favorite art song performance from Mr. Portafiori

I have always loved this recording of Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne sung by Dawn Upshaw and conducted by Kent Nagano.

A favorite art song performance from Last Castrato

Rosa Ponselle is the singer who had it all.

A favorite Verdi performance from Mister Snow

Nothing prepared me for the Soviero experience