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  • 3 Ways Operas Speak to the Moment, With Success and Failure
  • Best Classical Music and Opera of 2026 So Far
  • Review | Opera 5 Unveils an Inscrutable & Intriguing Parḗlios

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

3 Ways Operas Speak to the Moment, With Success and Failure

New works, “The Post Office” and “Constance: A Confession,” and a revival of Barber’s “Vanessa” show companies attempting to capture these nebulous times.

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

Best Classical Music and Opera of 2026 So Far

Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, a premiere by Ellen Reid and a multitasking performance by Barbara Hannigan are among the highlights.

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myscena.org /4 weeks ago

Review | Opera 5 Unveils an Inscrutable & Intriguing Parḗlios

As part of its Toronto Opera Festival, Opera 5 presented the premiere of Parбё—lios on June 12, a new work by composer Cecilia Livingston and librettist Duncan McFarlane. It is an...

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dctheaterarts.org /1 month ago

IN Series premieres visceral and emotional ‘The Song of Śakuntalā’ 

The new opera, composed and directed by Timothy Nelson, is complex, cerebral, and honest.  By ZOE WINSKY 

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parterre.com /2 weeks ago

Queening out

Brett Dean's Of One Blood casts a well-trodden Tudor tale in a poignant, new light.

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myscena.org /3 weeks ago

Newswire | Pacific Opera Victoria Unveils 2026/27 Season

Victoria, BC – Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2026/27 season brings epic romance, giant-puppet fantasy, and magical Mozartian adventure to Victoria audiences with three beloved operas th...

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parterre.com /1 month ago

Nun the wiser

Matthew Travisano has such doubts about Douglas Cuomo's opera recently seen at Opera Parallèle.

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

Opera Philadelphia: Behind Its Comeback

Anthony Roth Costanzo took over Opera Philadelphia when it was “three weeks away from stopping payroll.” Now, it is rebounding with a surplus.

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parterre.com /1 month ago

The Berlin stories

Madison Schindele surveys the endlessly diverse offerings of Berlin's 2026-27 opera season.

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parterre.com /2 weeks ago

Extravagant minimalism

Ahead of his new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten, Barrie Kosky chats with Kevin Ng in Aix about pretty much everything — except the details of his new Frau.

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newyorker.com /1 month ago

The Redemption of “Vanessa,” a Neglected Operatic Masterpiece

Samuel Barber’s 1958 opera was in disrepute for decades. A remarkable new production is the latest evidence of its rightful resurgence.

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myscena.org /1 week ago

Review | Die Walküre, Turandot & Macbeth at Munich Opera Festival

Few opera houses today can rival Bayerische Staatsoper for the consistency of its musical standards. Within the span of a single season, one can encounter radically different conce...

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dctheaterarts.org /1 month ago

IN Series to present world premiere of ‘Song of Sakuntala’

New opera drawn from South Asian literature to premiere in June with performances in DC and Baltimore.

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parterre.com /1 month ago

The anxiety of influencer

Constance: A Confession, presented in Brooklyn by Experiments in Opera, satirizes our digital age with style.

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oxfordmail.co.uk /2 weeks ago

Opera company announces performances of 'Beauty and the Beast'

Bampton Classical Opera is set to stage André Grétry's 'Beauty and the Beast'

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myscena.org /1 month ago

Coming Clean – a Review of CONSTANCE: A CONFESSION from “Experiments in Opera”

Review of Constance: A Confession, a new multi-author opera created by the “Writers’ Room” of the Experiments in Opera company; viewed May 18, 2026, with further performances havin...

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myscena.org /1 week ago

Review | Vienna Volksoper Pushes the Envelope

An early summer visit to Volksoper Wien reaffirmed why it remains one of Europe’s most imaginative lyric theatres. Few companies today show comparable confidence in programming, mo...

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

What Orchestras and Singers Gain Through Operas in Concert

The Cleveland Orchestra’s recent performances of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” join concerts that fill a gap in American opera.

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myscena.org /1 week ago

Review | It’s the Music: MacMillan’s Manon, Il trittico and Die Zauberflöte at Vienna State Opera

Three recent productions at the Vienna State Opera (VSO) repeatedly demonstrated that first-rate conducting and singing could transcend even the most contentious directorial concep...

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parterre.com /3 weeks ago

Fifty percent illusion

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis does its best to give magic in its summer productions of Roméo et Juliette and A Streetcar Named Desired. 

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

A season of landmark performances returns

The Greek National Opera’s 2026-27 season turns toward landmark works, tracing a path from Monteverdi’s “L‘Orfeo” to Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” and Beethoven’s “Missa solem...

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slippedisc.com /1 month ago

The gender Picker opera

Message received. On July 31, composer Tobias Picker... The post The gender Picker opera appeared first on Slippedisc.

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

A Baroque Opera Written By a Female Composer Feels Ripped From the Headlines

The Paris Opera production of “Ercole Amante” (“Hercules in Love”), a rediscovered 1707 work by the female composer Antonia Bembo, leans into contemporary themes of coercion and co...

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parterre.com /1 month ago

Gorgon wild

Iain Bell and Lydia Steier's Medusa stuns in Brussels.

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