Qerkezi spoke with OperaWire via video-link from Italy, where she was performing “Manon Lescaut.” Marigona Qerkezi:
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American and Canadian soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is widely regarded as one of the foremost sopranos of our time. She is ...

This year’s International Händel Festival in Göttingen kicks off on May 16th and will run until May 25th. The festival will ...

While the film production was underway, the opera itself was having its own theatrical run with soprano Ambur Braid playing ...

A Parisian critic during the belle époque once wrote about the Opéra de Monte-Carlo: “If only the Paris Opera could assemble for one special performance a cast equivalent to the one that the ...

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has named the two early-career conductors who will serve as its Conducting Fellows for the 2025-26 season. The conductors are Nefeli Chadouli from Greece and Wilson ...

San Francisco Early Music Society will present the Gesualdo Six in a performance of “Secret Byrd.” Set for July 17 and 18, 2025, the showcase is described as an “immersive theatrical production” by ...

Princeton University Concerts has announced its 2025-25 season. Here is a breakdown of the upcoming classical vocal performances on offer. Benjamin Bernheim and Carrie-Ann Matheson will perform a ...

The season opens with Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Michael Spyres, Héloïse Mas, Amina Edris, and Jean-Sébastien Bou. Pierre Dumoussaud conducts the production by Lotte De Beer. Performance ...

Canadian-based mixed media artist, director, and librettist HAUI™ (he/they) uses his platforms to explore the intersections of race, gender, identity, and sexual orientation and to amplify ...

Savannah VOICE Festival is partnering with Savannah Music Festival to present “American Opera Icon” in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Sherrill Milnes’ Metropolitan Opera debut. American ...

On March 15, the Portland Opera is set to present "The Shining" an opera by Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell. The work comes from the iconic book by Stephen King that was made legendary by ...