United States Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Pittsburgh Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Antony Walker (conductor). Pittsburgh Opera, Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, 3.5.2026. (RP)
Christopher Hahn bids farewell to the Pittsburgh Opera with Verdi’s Falstaff
Rick Perdian
Sophisticated singing and spellbinding storytelling from two London Foundation winners
United States Various, London Foundation – ‘A Love Letter to the Americas’: Shelén Hughes Camacho (soprano), Joseph Parrish (baritone), Amir Farid (pianist), Diego Fernández (guitar), Daniel Jimenez (percussion). Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, New York, 30.4.2026. (RP)
Oper Frankfurt in 2026-2027
Oper Frankfurt’s 2026/27 Season
Oper Frankfurt will celebrate Bernd Loebe’s 25th anniversary as Intendant and General Manager during the 2026/27 season. Since his appointment in 2002, Oper Frankfurt has been voted Opera House of the Year six times by Opernwelt and Opera Company of the Year in 2013 at the first-ever International Opera Awards in London. Loebe won the IOA’s 2018 Leadership in Opera Award. His contract with Oper Frankfurt has been extended to 2028.
Tomasz Konieczny’s Baltic Opera Festival – 2 to 7 July 2026
Tomasz Konieczny’s vision and drive propel the Baltic Opera Festival
In late March, Tomasz Konieczny was a busy man. The Polish bass-baritone was nearing the end of a run of Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera, performing alongside Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres in a new staging directed by Yuval Sharon. His buoyant, hearty Kurwenal was hailed by all, with The New Yorker deeming him ‘a born Wagner singer’. It was the hottest ticket in town, and the Met responded to the demand by adding a performance.
Konieczny is also a man on a mission, and Met performances were not the only thing on his agenda. On one of the first fine spring days in New York, he took time to discuss the Baltic Opera Festival (BOF) at a busy diner a few blocks from the Met. We met just days before the American Friends of the Baltic Opera Festival (AFBOF) was to be launched at The Kościuszko Foundation.
Barbara Hannigan tackles Poulenc’s La Voix humaine in a multi-media tour-de-force with the NY Phil
United States R. Strauss, Poulenc: New York Philharmonic, Barbara Hannigan (soprano, conductor). David Geffen Hall, New York, 23.4.2026. (RP)
Benjamin Bernheim inspires and shines in his New York recital debut
United States Various: Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Carrie-Ann Matheson (piano). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 21.4.2026. (RP)
Masterclasses extraordinaire with Joyce DiDonato at Carnegie Hall
United States ‘Joyce DiDonato Master Classes’: Joyce DiDonato with Ronnie Enoch (soprano), Natalie Corrigan (mezzo-soprano), Fangzhen Wang (mezzo-soprano), June Young ‘Will’ Kim (baritone), Joel Harder and Bin Yu Sanford (piano). Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing, New York, 19-21.4.2026. (RP)
Ensemble Connect closes the season with brass ablaze in an all-American program
United States ‘United in Sound: America at 250’ [5] – Various: Ensemble Connect. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 13.4.2026. (RP)
