Mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack and baritone Justin Austin star in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s The Galloping Cure with Scottish Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival on 9, 11 and 12 August. Mack is Theresa Hart and Austin in this adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Karen Russell’s reimagining of Franz…

Congratulations to baritone Seán Boylan, who has been awarded the Leonard Ingrams Award by Garsington Opera for his role as Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest. Seán Boylan said: “Thank you, Garsington Opera, for awarding me the Leonard Ingrams Award! I am humbled to be recognised in this…

Roberto González-Monjas, Chief Conductor of Musikkollegium Winterthur, conducts the orchestra in Kirill Serebrennikov’s production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte at Zurich Opera. Luca Pisaroni stars as Don Alfonso in a cast that also includes Elbenita Kajtazi as Fiordiligi, Siena Licht Miller as Dorabella, Yannick Debus as Guglielmo and Bogdan Volkov…

Soprano Claire Booth’s new recording with pianist Christopher Glynn, Cocteau’s Music is Presto Music’s Recording of the Week. It is available on Orchid Classics from 26 June. Presto’s Katherine Cooper writes, “With albums devoted to the ‘unorthodox’ songs of Grieg, Grainger and Schoenberg under their joint belt, soprano Claire Booth and…

Soprano Mélissa Petit made her highly anticipated debut at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival as Contessa di Folleville in Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims, in two performances on 22 and 25 May. Reviewers were unanimous in their praise for her performance: “Vocally speaking, coloratura soprano Mélissa Petit was the true star…