Year: 2026

‘E Pluribus Unum’ festival at the Boston Symphony: Loggins-Hull, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky

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United StatesUnited States Various: Lorna McGhee (flute), Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Tanglewood Festival Chorus (guest conductor: Jean-Sébastien Vallée), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Symphony Hall, Boston, 15.1.2026. (LV)

Flutist Lorna McGhee and conductor Andris Nelsons in Allison Loggins-Hull’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni © Hilary Scott

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Ermonela Jaho disappoints in the umpteenth revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s Covent Garden La traviata

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ian Russell) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.1.2026. (JPr)

Aleksei Isaev (Georgio Germont) and  Giovanni Sala (Alfredo Germont) © Pamela Raith

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Oklahoma! from the Orchestra of St. Luke’s came ripping through a sold-out Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma!: Soloists, Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Rob Berman (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 12.1. 2025. (RP)

Emmett O’Hanlon (Curly) and Micaela Diamond (Laurey) in Oklahoma! © Rebecca J. Michelson

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Despite a stellar double act, Charles Edwards makes a new Met I puritani more confusing than it need be

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Bellini, I puritani: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Habib Azar) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on 10.1.2026 and seen at Everyman Chelmsford on 13.1.2026. (JPr)

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) and Lawrence Brownlee (Arturo) © Ken Howard/The Met

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William Powers named as Pittsburgh Opera’s new General Director

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Pittsburgh Opera announced the hiring of William Powers as its new General Director, effective 1 July 2026

William Powers

William Powers will succeed Christopher Hahn who has served as Pittsburgh Opera’s General Director since 2008 and is retiring at the end of the 2025-26 season. Hahn had been Pittsburgh Opera’s Artistic Director from 2000-2008, becoming the second-longest serving in the company’s 87-year history. Richard Karp, the company’s first director, held the position from 1942 to 1977.

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