True to its mission of programming prestigious works never before performed at the Opéra royal de Liège, Stefano Pace, the director of the Belgian institution, is addressing an incredible oversight. From January 28 to February 8, 2025, the very first performances of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde will be staged in Liège. The masterpiece of German […]

Conductor Eun Sun Kim is in demand on opera stages across both Europe and the United States, especially in San Francisco, where she has been music director since 2021. Recognizing her talent, the renowned San Francisco Opera has just extended her contract through 2031, announcing some upcoming productions already. Eun Sun Kim is expected to […]

While a new Ring cycle by Wagner is announced at the Metropolitan Opera, where the magnificent Lise Davidsen will be Brünnhilde in a new production by Yuval Sharon, the new star soprano of Wagnerian roles has finally been announced as Isolde in 2025-2026, in a new production that will mark Sharon‘s debut at the Met. […]

While navigating calm seas at the helm of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the dynamic conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has just had his contract as Music Director extended through the 2029-2030 season. New projects have been announced, including an all-new Ring cycle by Wagner, directed by Yuval Sharon, with Lise Davidsen, the new star soprano, […]

On Saturday 9 April 2024 in Prague, the exceptional concert performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre will have the flavour of the inauguration of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele. Indeed, since last season, the celebrated cellist Jan Vogler, artistic director of the prestigious German festival, has teamed up with conductor Kent Nagano for a major Wagnerian project. To […]

Since 21 January 2024, the Semperoper in Dresden has been staging a revival of Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann, marking an eagerly awaited debut for Klaus Florian Vogt in the role of Tristan. After an absence of more than ten years, Marco Arturo Marelli‘s production, first performed in […]

From 9 November to 3 December 2023, the Zurich opera house will be staging Götterdämmerung, Twilight of the Gods, the final part of Wagner‘s famous Nibelungen Ring tetralogy. Other performances of the complete cycle are scheduled at the Opernhaus in May 2024, but another Ring event has been announced for Berlin during the Festtage at […]

A major event of the season, a new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen is on the cards, with the first episode of Wagner’s tetralogy on show from 24 October to 9 November 2023. La Monnaie de Bruxelles is decked out in gold with Das Rheingold, conducted as it should be by its musical director […]

Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who recently renewed his contract with the Philadelphia Orchestra, has his work cut out for him. The artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera is preparing to conduct the world premiere of Terence Blanchard’s opera Champion from 10 April 2023 (after the success of Fire Shut Up in My Bones). Since 26 February […]

The Leipzig Opera House, which was to perform a new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin by Katharina Wagner, has to adapt to health measures. On November 7, 2020, it will premiere the Wagner’s opera in a reduced format currently being edited by Prof. Schirmer (Intendant of the Oper Leipzig), Oper Leipzig’s head dramaturge, Dr. Christian Geltinger, […]