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Bayerische Staatsoper’s Alcina Premiere Earns Musical Praise but Divides Critics on Staging and Title Role

Critical reaction highlights strong period-instrument leadership, with sharply split views on the direction and the reliability of the title singer.

La Scala Will Not Use Blackface for Its 2026 Otello and Names Myung‑Whun Chung Music Director

Dame Felicity Lott, Celebrated British Soprano, Dies at 79

Met Opera Debuts 'El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego'

Bayerische Staatsoper Premieres Brett Dean’s ‘Of One Blood’ to Ovations

Billy Corgan Brings Orchestral ‘Mellon Collie’ to UK and Europe in September 2026

South African Opera Great Mimi Coertse Dies at 93

La Fenice Fires Incoming Music Director Beatrice Venezi After Nepotism Remarks

La Fenice Ends Beatrice Venezi Appointment Over Public Remarks

Massachusetts ‘Sewer Singer’ Goes Viral for Opera in Workplace Pipes

Berlin Staatsoper Celebrates Anna Netrebko Premiere as Protesters Gather Outside

Semperoper Revives Parsifal After Decades as Bold Staging Divides Premiere Crowd

Oper Dortmund Stages German Premiere of Clémence de Grandval’s Mazeppa

Lise Davidsen Anchors Sold-Out ‘Tristan und Isolde’ as Met Bets on a Star

Belgian Baritone José van Dam Dies at 85, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel Confirms

Liceu’s La Gioconda Opens to Strong Praise for Hernández and Oren

Semperoper Mourns Tenor Aaron Pegram, 52, Two Days After Semperopernball Performance

Bayerische Staatsoper Revives Gounod’s Faust With Visually Bold, Polarizing Premiere

Neuwirth–Jelinek’s ‘Monster’s Paradise’ Premieres at Hamburg State Opera to Mixed Reviews

Semperoper’s ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’ Premiere Earns Rave Reviews in Dresden