Opera Streams: Mid-Late August 2026
15th: Wagner's Das Rheingold from Osterfestspiele Salzburg. Featuring Christian Gerhaher, Leigh Melrose, and Brenton Ryan. Geolocked to Europe. Free!
15th: Puccini's Tosca from Festival Cap Rocat. Concert presentation. Featuring Lise Davidsen, Freddie De Tommaso, and Ludovic Tรฉzier. Subscription.
16th: Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims from the Rossini Opera Festival. The now-traditional summer showcase for ROF academy artists. Free!
20th: Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from Salzburger Festspiele. Featuring Kate Lindsey, Ziyi Dai, Christina Nilsson, and Eric Cutler. Subscription.
21st: Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera. Featuring Iurii Samoilov, Asmik Grigorian, and Stanislas de Barbeyrac. Geolocked to US IPs. Will also air on PBS member stations (airtimes vary). Free!
21st: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice from Daegu Opera House. Featuring Jungmi Kim, Heejin Oh, and Junghyun Lee. Free!
21st: Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims from Salzburger Festspiele. Featuring Cecilia Bartoli, Mรฉlissa Petit, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, and many more. Subscription.
28th: Verdi's Macbeth from Opernfestspiele Heidenheim. Featuring Thomas Weinhappel, Leah Gordon, and David Esteban. Free!
TV: Viewers in German-speaking Europe can see the Ariadne noted above on 3SAT on the 15th, and Austrians can also see it on ORF2 on the 24th.
Cinemas: Cape Town Opera's Carmen heads to South African movie theatres at the end of the month.
Not strictly opera, but: Joyce DiDonato and Time For Three perform Kevin Puts's semi-staged Emily Dickinson song cycle Emily: No Prisoner Be on the 22nd. Lea Desandre sings Vivaldi with Ensemble Jupiter on the 30th.
Archive notes: Medici recently added a number of Glyndebourne productions to their offerings, including Alcina and Semele, and this fortnight will be adding several Salzburg productions, including Elektra. Arte is offering two productions previously featured here: Lohengrin with Piotr Beczaลa and Aix's double Iphigenies (Taulis & Aulis).
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