To celebrate great American Composer Leonard Bernstein’ 100th birthday, the Komische Oper Berlin is programming a Bernstein Festival 100 with a new production of Candide from 24 November.

Stéphane Lissner with the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris present a brand new Festival at Evian’s Grange au Lac. The Voix d’Automne offres from 26 to 29 Octber a brilliant serie of song recital starring tenor Cyrille Dubois (who will perform as Iopas in Berlioz’s Les Troyens at the Opéra Bastille from 25 January […]

He is back ! Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Met to perform as Dick Johnson in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West with Eva-Maria Westbroek as Minnie, on October 17, 20, 23 & 27.

They have been infected with the norovirus but they promised to be back to perform at Baden-Baden’s Festspielhaus. Time is now coming, they are back on November 29, 2018, 8pm. Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov perform a Verdi Gala also starring Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) and Elchin Azizov (bass) wuth the Philharmonie Baden-Baden conducted by Michelangelo […]

Congratulations to Turkish mezzo Ezgi Karakaya, who won easily the 9th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul. Renato Bruson, President of the international jury gave the second price to German Mezzo-soprano Anna Doris Capitelli and the third price to Polish tenor Piotr Buszewski. Turkish Baritone Faik Mansuroğlu and Turkish Bass-Baritone Doğukan Özkan are distiguished also. […]

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin goes baroque on October 3 at the Berlin Philharmonie where pionneer conductor Ton Koopman conducts works by Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach starring great cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.

A new star is born at the Opéra national de Paris, Lisette Oropesa is brilliant as Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots at the ‘Opéra Bastille ! Her first French interview here.

Surprise at the Paris National opéra on 26 October, Roberto Alagna performs as Alfredo just for one night at Opéra Bastille in Verdi’s La Traviata starring his wife, Aleksandra Kurzak as Violetta.

The last new production of the 2017-2018 opera season in Prague is Verdi’s masterpiece Nabucco at Hudební divadlo Karlín on 28 and 29 June 2018, staged by superstar and eclectic tenor José Cura.

In his beautiful Opera House, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, General Director and stage director Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera presents from June 12, a new production of Verdi’s Macbeth directed by Mazzonis di Pralafera himself. By looking at the prestigious cast, we understand why. Great opera singer Leo Nucci performs as Macbeth !