Review: SONGS FOR NOBODIES at Pumphouse, Takapuna
A luminous, generous evening.
Bel Canto News
Review: CINDERELLA, London Coliseum
It’s over 40 years since English National Opera staged Rossini's Cinderella (La Cenerentola) and they open their 2025-26 season with a vibrant new production of the sparkling comedy.
Sandra Oh Will Appear in Met Opera's LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
Sandra Oh,freshly off her acclaimed performances in Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night, will make her Met debut as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment on October 17.
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI Comes to the Dutch National Opera
Under the baton of bel canto specialist Antonino Fogliani, the Netherlands Philharmonic brings out the lyrical power of Bellini’s music, together with the Chorus of Dutch National Opera.
THE MAGIC FLUTE and More Set for Opera Carolina 2025-26 Season
Opera Carolina - the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas - has revealed programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events, and community initiatives.
The Junction Trio to Premiere Music By John Zorn At The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will continue its Fall 2025 Weekend Concert Series, presenting the Junction Trio in September.
I PURITANI Comes to Teatro Colon
Los puritanos de Escocia, más conocida como Los puritanos, fue la última obra del compositor italiano Vincenzo Bellini.
Photos: LE COMTE ORY At Merola Opera Summer Festival
The Merola Opera Program continues its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Rossini’s rarely performed comedic gem, Le Comte Ory.
Review: Out Damned Spot—But Hello to Teatro Nuovo’s Unusual MACBETH!
I must admit that I was a little disappointed when I read that this season’s offerings from Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo featured a couple of familiar titles: Verdi’s MACBETH and Bellini’s LA SONNAMBULA, particularly the former, which one doesn’t think of in the domain of bel canto, the
Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Opera Holland Park
Jennifer France gives everything in a role demanding bel canto singing and bloody revenge
Review: LA TRAVIATA, Opera Holland Park
Now on its third revival, Rodula Gaitanou's heart-stopping version of Verdi's tragic La Traviata is as affecting as ever.
Festival Opera Launches Salon Series And New Musical Residency At Historic Hotel Mac
Festival Opera will continue its 2025 season with the launch of a new Salon Series—a trio of artist-curated, Sunday afternoon chamber concerts designed to showcase intimate vocal performances in a close-up setting.
Golda Zahra Returns to Broad Stage in July
Internationally acclaimed soprano Golda Zahra will make her return to Broad Stage in Santa Monica next month for a one-night-only concert.
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
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Review: DON PASQUALE at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Susanne Burgess sings Norina, the quintessential bel canto soprano role.
Rossini’s LE COMTE ORY to be Presented at Merola Opera Program
The Merola Opera Program will continue its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Rossini’s rarely performed comedic gem, Le Comte Ory.
Review: New Cast, Great Fun at Met’s BARBIERE
When mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina stepped on stage in the Met’s new production of CARMEN, back on New Year’s Eve of 2023, it was hard to imagine her in any other role because of the way she completely inhabited it.
Review: IL BARBIÈRE DI SIVIGLIA, Glyndebourne Festival
Opera buffa is an ever-popular genre of the art, and more than two centuries after its composition, Rossini's Il barbière di Siviglia remains one this genre's most often staged operas.
Kolonits Klára Stars In The Hungarian Premiere Of Donizetti's MARIA STUARDA
Starring Klára Kolonits, Gabriella Balga, and Juraj Hollý in the leading roles, conducted by Martin Rajna and directed by Máté Szabó, a full-scale stage production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda is being presented for the first time in Hungary.
2025-26 Classical Music Series Announced At The Arsht
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County has announced the 2025-26 CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES which features a four-show lineup in the acoustically brilliant Knight Concert Hall.
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