16 Nov 2025
On November 16, American baritenor Michael Spyres appears in recital at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, accompanied by his frequent artistic partner, pianist Mathieu Pordoy. The program features Beethoven’s tender and serene “An die ferne Geliebte”, op. 98; Wagner’s intimate, dreamlike “Wesendonck Lieder”; Liszt’s rhapsodic and ardent “Tre sonetti del Petrarca”; and Mahler’s raw and reflective “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen”. Recognized internationally as one of today’s leading opera singers, Spyres is also a devoted and acclaimed interpreter of lieder and art song, spanning a wide range of languages and musical eras. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]
14 Nov 2025
On November 14, Beth Taylor reprises the role of “Messaggera” (The Messenger) in Monteverdi’s seminal opera with the Gemelli Factory Ensemble, conducted by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and semi-staged by Mathilde Etienne at the Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao. Beth Taylor’s most recent interpretation of this emotionally powerful and dramatically pivotal role took place in the same production with Gemelli Factory Ensemble, conducted by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro last August at the Festival du Tuono in Vissoie, Switzerland.
Fresh from acclaimed turns as Bradamante in Alcina in Montpellier, Paris, and Barcelona, Katarina Bradić continues her Handel momentum, singing the title role of Orlando at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg. The two performances, November 14 and 16, are staged by Jeanne Desoubeaux and conducted by Christophe Rousset with Les Talens Lyriques. The cast also features Mélissa Petit (Angelica), Rose Naggar-Tremblay (Medoro), Michèle Bréant (Dorinda), and Olivier Gourdy (Zoroastro). The Serbian mezzo-soprano earned high acclaim for Orlando when this production was first unveiled at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.
06 Nov 2025
On November 6, 2025, Beth Taylor sings the alto solo in Beethoven’s monumental and revolutionary Symphony No. 9 at Carnegie Hall, with Raphaël Pichon leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She is joined by soprano Liv Redpath, tenor Laurence Kilsby, and bass Alex Rosen. The program also features selections from Beethoven’s Leonore Prohaska and Friedrich Silcher’s “Persischer Nachtgesang.” A frequent interpreter of Beethoven’s final symphony, Beth Taylor made her Carnegie Hall debut earlier this year as Cornelia in Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
On November 6, 2025, Michael Spyres appears in “Fülle des Wohllauts”, a literary opera gala inspired by the famous expression from the seventh chapter of Thomas Mann’s “The Magic Mountain”, a homage to the power of music and to the Lübeck-born author. Sylvain Cambreling leads the Symphoniker Hamburg in music by Verdi, Wagner, Rossini, and others. Jacquelyn Wagner (soprano), Diana Haller (mezzo-soprano), and actor and reciter Hans-Jürgen Schatz also take part. [Photo: Marco Borrelli]
03 Nov 2025
Katarina Bradić sings Bradamante in concert performances of Handel’s Alcina under the musical direction of Philippe Jaroussky, who leads the Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier at Le Corum (Montpellier) on November 3, and the Ensemble Artaserse at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris) and the Palau de la Música (Barcelona) on November 5 and 9, respectively. She joins a stellar cast that includes Kathryn Lewek in the title role, Carlo Vistoli as Ruggiero, Lauranne Oliva as Morgana, Zachary Wilder as Oronte, and Nicolas Brooymans as Melisso. Bradamante is a signature role for the Serbian mezzo-soprano, who has sung it at the Staatsoper Hamburg, the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Theater an der Wien, and Theater Basel. Later this month, she will star in another Handel masterpiece, singing the title role in Orlando at Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg.