Performer: Elena Villalón

ParisDon GiovanniNew production

Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, 2027 Jan 25, 28, Feb 02, 04, 07 mat, 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, May 20, 23 mat, 26, 29, Jun 02, 06 mat, 11, 18, 21, 24

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Finnegan Downie Dear; Louisa Proske; Opéra national de Paris; Stephanie Childress; Christof Hetzer; Kaye Voyce; Valerio Tiberi

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Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Sep 05, 11, 17, 19, 23, 25

Verdi: Rigoletto

Domingo Hindoyan; Bartlett Sher; Staatsoper Berlin; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; Staatskapelle Berlin

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Oct 30, Nov 04, 07, 10, 13, 19, 21

Cherubini: Médée/Medea

Carlo Rizzi; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Doey Lüthi; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dec 13 mat, 17, 30 mat, 2027 Jan 01, 06, 08 mat, 14, 16, 23, Feb 06, 09, 11, 14 mat, 17

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Dalia Stasevska; Sir David McVicar; The Royal Opera; Julia Jones; John Macfarlane; Paule Constable

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2027 Mar 05, 07 mat, 09, 12, 15, 18

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Speranza Scappucci; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Ultz; Nicky Gillibrand; DM Wood; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Philharmonie: Großer Saal, 2027 May 27, 29, 30

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Berliner Philharmoniker; Kirill Petrenko; Matthias Davids; Andrew D. Edwards; Samantha Hankey; Elena Villalón

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A deli-cious revival of Rossini’s Il turco in Italia at Glyndebourne

Matteo Mancini (Prosdocimo) and Rodion Pogossov (Don Geronio) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: ASH

Dominic Lowe, 23 May

Mariame Clément’s production of Rossini's meta comedy is tightly revived with some excellent singing. Come for the writing tips, stay for the cured meats.

****1

Emily D’Angelo (Ariodante) © RBO 2025 | Marc Brenner

Roy Westbrook, 09 Dec

Jetske Mijnssen’s house debut sees Handel’s opera transposed to a modern-day palace, with Emily D'Angelo angelic in the title role.

****1

Angel Blue (Margarita Xirgu) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Kurt Gottschalk, 15 Oct

Deborah Colker directs an ambitious show, which works incredibly well with storytelling as emotive as it is narrative, confronting death and loss in sharp, weary pains.

*****

James Gaffigan conducts the Boston Symphony © Hilary Scott

Cameron Kelsall, 11 Aug

In his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gaffigan threads the needle between innocence and irony in Mahler's great work, ably supported by soprano Elena Villalón.

****1

Ying Fang (Euridice) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (Orfeo) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Susan Stempleski, 16 May

The latest revival of the company’s 2007 stylish production of Gluck’s operatic take on the Orpheus myth is enlivened with superb singing and dancing.

*****

A delightful, updated Hansel and Gretel in Houston for young and old

Zenaida des Aubris, 28 May

Houston Grand Opera's new production is fully digital combining live singing with animated backgrounds.

*****

Performer: Elena Villalón

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