Last September I was most excited by Handel oratorios being performed during the 2025-26 season. This time I’m really looking forward to three of the composer’s operas arriving within a few weeks of each other in Spring 2027.

Isn’t it fun to see the Virgin Queen spew out some coloratura?

Eichenholz is much too rare on stage these days.

The mezzo international anthem is so oversung that we forget how hard it is to sing.

Finally, finally, a change to see Massenet‘s Hérodiade, albeit in concert from, though I long for a day when the Met or the Lyric Opera of Chicago would give us a staged performance.

I guess it’s no secret here that I LOVE contemporary operas.

Berlin’s 26-27 season opens with a bang.

I am very much interested in La Scala’s upcoming opening night with Verdi’s Otello.

I’m overdue for some bel canto and WCO has historically done it well.

George Saunders’s unforgettable novel about the greatest sorrow known to humankind—surviving the loss of a child and letting go—work as sung theater by Missy Mazzoli.

Evgeny Titov, locally infamous for his production of Salome where the titular heroine wears a paper mask for the entire performance, returns with Szymanowski’s shimmering King Roger.

There are several HDs that look interesting, but what I most looking forward to is the Manon with Nadine Sierra.