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Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival: Sixth edition ended on September 14 with Francesco Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno – 2026 with rediscovery of a Handel opera

On Sunday, September 14, 2025, the sixth edition of the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival came to an end. Eleven festival days full of baroque splendor once again attracted several thousand visitors from all over the world to Bayreuth. With the rediscovery of Francesco Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno, the festival, under the artistic direction of Max Emanuel Cencic, presented a production acclaimed equally by the public and critics. Cavalli specialist Leonardo García Alarcón, together with his Cappella Mediterranea as resident orchestra, held the musical direction. Among the vocal cast shone Max Emanuel Cencic (Pompeo Magno), Mariana Flores (Issicratea), Nicolò Balducci (Sesto), Sophie Junker (Giulia), Valer Sabadus (Scipione Servilio), and Dominique Visse (Delfo).Read More

New at Parnassus: Martin Häßler – Baritone

Parnassus Arts Productions has taken over the management of the wonderful German baritone Martin Häßler.

In recent years, Martin has sung at the Vienna State Opera in roles such as Donner (Das Rheingold), Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Schaunard (La Bohème), Ping (Turandot), Fritz Kothner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Masetto, Brétigny, and many more. His operatic repertoire further includes roles such as Don Giovanni, Leporello, Mr. Flint, Marcello, Wagner (Faust), the Herald (Lohengrin), Papageno, Count Almaviva, Guglielmo, Gunther, Sharpless, among others.Read More

Dennis Orellana as Irina at the Salzburg Festival

Since August 8, 2025, our exclusive Parnassus Arts Productions artist, Dennis Orellana, sopranist, has been singing the role of Irina in the new production Three Sisters (opera in three sequences by Peter Eötvös) at the world-renowned Salzburg Festival 2025. Directed by Evgeny Titov and musically led by Maxime Pascal and Alphonse Cemin, the final two performances of Three Sisters with Dennis Orellana are scheduled for August 21 and 24, 2025, at the Salzburg Felsenreitschule.Read More

Pedro Beriso as Assistant Conductor for Two Major Productions in Salzburg

Pedro Beriso continues his rising career as assistant conductor for two major productions at the Salzburger Festspiele. For the occasion, the gifted artist assists Gianluca Capuano in Vivaldi’s pasticcio Hotel Metamorphosis, and Raphaël Pichon in Zaide oder Der Weg des Lichts.Read More

Yuriy Mynenko as Tolomeo (Giulio Cesare) at the Salzburg Festival

Since Saturday, July 26, 2025, Parnassus Arts Productions exclusive artist Yuriy Mynenko has been singing the role of Tolomeo in a new production of Giulio Cesare, directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, at the Salzburg Festival. Under the musical direction of Emmanuelle Haïm, the Giulio Cesare performances with our Yuriy Mynenko will continue until August 17, 2025, at the Haus für Mozart.Read More

Max Emanuel Cencic directing Pompeo Magno in Bayreuth

Behind the scenes in Athens!

Rehearsals for Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno are in full swing — a Baroque masterpiece brought to life under the visionary direction of Max Emanuel Cencic.

The production features the outstanding Cappella Mediterranea under Leonardo García-Alarcón, bringing vibrant authenticity and expressive depth to every bar of this Baroque gem.Read More

𝗔 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿!

On July 14, Bruno de Sá – sopranista lit up the stage at the iconic Concert de Paris — one of Europe’s most celebrated classical music events.Read More

Franko Klisovic (Tolomeo) and Monika Jägerová (Cornelia) will perform in Handel’s Giulio Cesare

Franko Klisovic (Tolomeo) and Monika Jägerová (Cornelia) will perform in Handel’s Giulio Cesare directed by Jiří Nekvasil under the musical direction of Roman Válek at Domeček Znojmo (Czechia) on July 10, 12, 13, 2025.Read More