Fine Wexford performance of The Gambler, though the production is not wholly successful

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2026 [2] – Prokofiev, The Gambler: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Valentin Uryupin (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, 24.10.2026. (RB)

Taras Prysiazhniuk (Alexei) and dancers of Wexford School of Ballet © Padraig Grant

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Excellent revival of Mascagni’s Iris by the Wexford Festival Opera

IrelandIreland Wexford Opera Festival 2026 [1] – Mascagni, Iris: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland. 23.10.2026. (RB)

Leyla Gu (Iris) and Joseph Calleja (Osaka) © Padraig Grant

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Opera Philadelphia releases Tennessee Williams’s fever dream of desire and deception

United StatesUnited States Courtney Bryan, Suddenly Last Summer: Soloists, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Members of the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra / Nathan Koci (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, 22.10.2026. (RP)

Branden Lindsay (Dr. Cukrowicz ) and Stephanie Roth Haberle (Mrs. Venable) © Dominic Mercier

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In Hannover’s Il trovatore, strong singing wins over an average production

GermanyGermany Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus of Staatsoper Hannover, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / Lorenzo Da Rio (conductor). Staatsoper Hannover, 22.10.2026. (DM-D)

Cristina Oliveira (Leonora), Jopseh Dahdah (Manrico), Silvia Beltrami (Azucena) and Grga Peroš (Count di Luna) © Bettina Stöss

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Dancers of London City Ballet are accomplished in Neumeier and Tetley at Sadler’s Wells

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ghost Light (John Neumeier) / Firebird (Glen Tetley): Dancers of London City Ballet (Artistic Director: Christopher Marney). Sadler’s Wells, London, 23.10.2026. (JO’D)

Alina Cojocaru and Joseph Taylor in John Neumeier’s Ghost Light © Photography by ASH

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