NEWS
20Mar2026
JULIAN PRÉGARDIEN | Evangelist in Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Ensemble Pygmalion
During this year's Passiontide, Julian Prégardien rejoins his close musical partners of the Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, this time for Bach's St John Passion.
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18Mar2026
ANJA MITTERMÜLLER is honoured with the ICMA Young Artist Award
Anja Mittermüller receives the ICMA Young Artist of the Year Award and will perform at the ICMA in March 2026 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jakub Hrůša.
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14Mar2026
Florian Boesch as Duke Bluebeard in Bartók’s 'Bluebeard’s Castle' in Florence
Following his acclaimed role debut in the summer of 2025 at the Tyrolean Festival Erl, Florian Boesch returns as Duke Bluebeard in Béla Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle – this time on the stage of the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, where the premiere will take place on 14 March 2026. Conducted by Martin Rajna and directed by Claus Guth, he will once again be joined by Christel Loetzsch as Judith. The programme will be complemented by Anna Caterina Antonacci in Poulenc's La voix humaine.
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14Mar2026
ANTHEA BARAĆ | New production of Dusapin's "Penthesilea" in Hannover
Anthea Barać, a new member of the ensemble at the Hanover State Opera, can now be seen for the first time in a new production at the theater as the high priestess in Pascal Dusapin's Penthesilea.
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09Mar2026
PATRICIA PETIBON | La Voix Humaine & Point d’Orgue at TCE
After its premiere during the pandemic in 2021, Thierry Escaich’s work Point d’Orgue in combination with Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine gets a new lease of life, with Patricia Petibon at the centre.
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08Mar2026
GEORG NIGL in the revival of Monster’s Paradise in Zurich
With his role as the tyrannical king-president, Georg Nigl will also take a central position in the Swiss premiere of the new satirical political opera by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek on 8 March 2026 at the Opernhaus Zürich.
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01Mar2026
ADRIAN ERÖD makes his house debut at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome
Adrian Eröd makes his debut at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera as the music teacher in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos.
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27Feb2026
SABINE DEVIEILHE on tour in Europe with Handel's Giulio Cesare
This February, soprano Sabine Devieilhe is en route across Europe with Il Pomo d’Oro for Handel’s Giulio Cesare, bringing her distinctive artistry to one of the composer’s most celebrated operas.
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15Feb2026
ELEANOR LYONS in Mahler's Eighth Symphony with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Eleanor Lyons makes her debut with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Mahler's monumental Eighth Symphony.
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13Feb2026
THOMAS EBENSTEIN as the Captain at the Graz Oper
Thomas Ebenstein appears as the Captain in a new production of Alban Berg's Wozzeck directed by Evgeny Titov at Graz Opera.
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07Feb2026
DAVID STEFFENS | Role debut as Veit Pogner in Stuttgart
In a new production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg directed by Elisabeth Stöppler, David Steffens can be heard for the first time as Veit Pogner.
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31Jan2026
MICHAEL SCHADE as Major in Figaro Gets a Divorce at the Royal Swedish Opera
On 31 January 2026, Elena Langer's opera Figaro Gets a Divorce, with Michael Schade in the role of the mysterious Major, premieres at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
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