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May 2026 – FESTIVALS
Next month in Opera with Opera News…
In addition to a 2026 Festivals Directory and Festivals Spotlight, with information about opera festivals around the world between May and October, this Festivals Preview issue includes:
The Bavarian State Opera’s Intendant Serge Dorny in conversation with the editor about the Munich Opera Festival and his vision for it in the house’s wider season
Bayreuth symposium: as the Wagner Festival marks its 150th anniversary, we invite luminaries from the Wagnerian world to share their vision for its future
Will Crutchfield, the founding artistic and general director of Teatro Nuovo, celebrates 200 years of Italian opera in the United States
Interview with Michael Egel, the artistic and general director of the innovative Des Moines Metro Opera
Garsington Opera’s artistic director Douglas Boyd on his plans for the festival
Profile of the tenor SeokJong Baek ahead of appearances at Covent Garden and in Munich
The artist emerging through our Stage Door this month is the tenor Liam Bonthorne, who sings Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne
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