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May 2025 – Festivals Preview

Next month in Opera with Opera News…

Complete with a detailed Festivals Directory and Festivals Spotlight, our May 2025 issue previews the summer season with a special focus on:

The 50th anniversary of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Finland’s star bass Mika Kares, who sings two roles at Savonlinna, in profile

Martinů and his World: as the 35th Bard Music Festival features the Czech composer, we examine the synergy between him and his painter friends

Sensorium Ex, a Paola Prestini premiere at the Common Senses Festival, Omaha

A Visit to Friends: Colin Matthews’s Chekhovian operatic debut at Aldeburgh

Smetana’s Litomyšl: the festival celebrating the father of Czech opera

In Stage Door, our emerging artist of the month is the conductor Daniela Candillari

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June 2024 / Articles

A born opera composer

February 2024 / Reviews

La Bohème

Mimì died with pain-free elegance in this revival of the Royal Opera’s La Bohème. Angela Gheorghiu languished gracefully until, on cue, the muff fell from her fingers and she was gone.

April 2023 / Reviews

Cairo Opera Company Gala

The 30 singers that constitute the Cairo Opera Company take the stage in most of the operas performed here, alongside guest singers, who appear in many main roles. This, however, was not the case with the performances that took place on three consecutive evenings in March (7 to 9). Under the title ‘Excerpts from Famous Operas’, the evening featured 15 Egyptian singers performing arias from Die Zauberflöte and Il trovatore and the first act of Tosca.

October 2024 / Articles

KEEP ON MOVING

Beethoven’s Fidelio, which opens Washington National Opera’s 2024-5 season, has significance for Francesca Zambello, the company’s artistic director.

September 2024 / Articles

Bringing ‘Jubilee’ to opera

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