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La Scala Opens Gala Season With Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth' as Chailly Bids Farewell

La Scala casts the revival as an artistic imperative that stands apart from geopolitics.

La Scala Opens Season With Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth, Embracing Art Over Politics

La Fenice Staff March Through Venice in Escalating Dispute Over Beatrice Venezi Hire

Arena di Verona Cancels Ildar Abdrazakov’s January Run After Navalny Group’s Push

Bavarian State Opera Opens Season With Henze’s ‘The English Cat’ to Cool Applause

Verona Opera Drops Russian Baritone Ildar Abdrazakov From Don Giovanni

‘Salomé’ Opens at Teatro Colón in Bárbara Lluch’s Psychoanalytic New Production

La Fenice Cancels 'Wozzeck' Opening as Staff Strike Over Beatrice Venezi Appointment

Rolando Villazón’s Reworked 'La Sonnambula' to Open Met’s 2025–26 Season

German Baritone Franz Grundheber Dies at 88 in Hamburg

Hamburg State Opera Opens New Era With Schumann’s ‘Paradies und die Peri’

La Fenice Names Beatrice Venezi Music Director After Unanimous Vote

Berlin Premiere Revives Blitzstein’s 1929 ‘Parabola and Circula’ as Bauhaus Opera

Royal Opera Revives Herheim’s Sicilian Vespers as Scappucci Debuts

Self-Proclaimed ‘Kingdom of Kubala’ Leaders Face New Eviction Order as Past Showbiz Careers Emerge

Protesters Rally at Royal Opera House for Anna Netrebko’s Tosca Opening

Royal Opera House Keeps Netrebko’s Tosca Dates After Protests and Ukrainian Rebuke

INBAL Confirms Death of Soprano Lourdes Ambriz, Belle’s Spanish Singing Voice

Lourdes Ambriz, Pillar of Mexican Opera and Voice of Belle, Dies at 64

‘Werther’ Returns to Teatro Colón With Warm Reviews and Music-First Staging