Two years after the Sydney Opera House concert hall closed for renovations, Simone Young will lead the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 to celebrate the reopening of this iconic venue.

The San Francisco Opera opens its 2022 summer season with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni from June 4 to July 2 at the War Memorial Opera House.
Conductor Bertrand de Billy makes his ensemble debut leading an international cast including Etienne Dupuis as Don Giovanni and Adela Zaharia as Donna Anna.

At the Nederlandse Opera, Kirill Serebrennikov presents his eagerly awaited take on Weber’s Freischütz.

With Simone Young, Falk Struckmann and Kwangchoul Youn, the Paris Opera has engaged three of the leading Wagner interpreters of our time for this Parsifal.

Frankfurt General Music Director Sebastian Weigle will take over the musical direction of this revival and thus return to the podium of the Vienna State Opera.

With Dvořák's Rusalka, Joana Mallwitz conducts for the first time at the Saxon State Opera Dresden, making another important debut at one of Europe's leading opera houses. Oleysa Golovneva performed Rusalka at the Teatro Real Madrid outstanding success and returns to the title role in the Semperoper Dresden back.

The legendary pianist, conductor, and co-founder of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO) has had to withdraw from the European tour planned for months. He will be replaced by conductor Thomas Guggeis, Barenboim's former assistant. Since the 2020/21 season, he has been Staatskapellmeister at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Annette Dasch, one of the world's leading sopranos, plays the role of the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and returns to the New National Theater Tokyo for the first time in 14 years.

Best Opera Recording went to "Akhnaten" at the Metropolitan Opera. The award was accepted by Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James, and Dísella Lárusdóttir. Among the other winners who participated in the recording were producer David Frost, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, conductor Karen Kamensek , and J'Nai Bridges.

Slávka Zámečníková makes her role debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Berlin State Opera. nmz writes: "The sensation of the performance is Donna Anna by the Bratislava-trained soprano Slávka Zámečníková. A large, luminous, impressive voice with perfect vocal culture."

On April 3, Elza van den Heever received the 17th Opera News Award from the Metropolitan Opera New York alongside Denyce Graves and Quinn Kelsey.

After his successful debut at the Vienna State Opera, Thomas Guggeis returns to the house on the Ring to conduct Salome . Jennifer Holloway can be admired in the title role, while mezzo-soprano Claudia Mahnke can be heard as Herodias.

The two sopranos Tara Erraught and Kathleen Kim will be at the Opéra National de Paris Tara Erraught sings the title role in Cendrillon , and Kathleen Kim can be heard as La Fée.

In North America, Kim recently enjoyed success at the San Francisco Opera, the LA Opera, the Washington National Opera, and the Houston Grand Opera. Her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic was soon followed by debut engagements

"Soprano Elza van den Heever is a model of virtuosity and versatility, expanding her Met repertoire by adding the noble heroine from Handel's great Baroque drama, Rodelinda."

From 21 March 2022, Anja Kampe will be heard in the role of Marie in five performances of Alban Berg's Wozzeck at the Vienna State Opera. Philippe Jordan will be the musical director and

We are pleased to announce our exclusive representation of conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian .

Bertrand de Billy conducts Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Opera National de Paris Adela Zaharia sings the role of Donna Anna.

Lydia Steier returns to the Hanover State Opera for a production of Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro." Costume designer Alfred Mayerhofer and set designer Momme Hinrichs have also been hired for the production...