MAY NEWS | Sarah Yang sings Micaëla ‘Carmen’ for the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp and Bruges | Nathanaël Tavernier sings Caronte ‘Orfeo’ at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen | Elizabeth Karani sings Despina ‘Cosi fan tutte’ with Opera Holland Park | Polly Leech makes her house debut at the Opéra de Lille as 2e Dame ‘Die Zauberflöte’… | …alongside Lucas Pauchet who also makes his debut in Lille as 1e Geharnischter/2e Priester | Adam Temple-Smith makes his role debut as Tamino ‘Die Zauberflöte’ and sings further performances as Rinuccio ‘Gianni Schicchi’ and Dante ‘Francesca di Rimini’ at the Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen | Julia Deit-Ferrand sings in Henze’s ‘La piccolo Cubana’ in Rome, alongside further performances of her own concept project ‘Laisser durer la nuit’ with the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn | Kelli-Ann Masterson makes her debut at Longborough Festival Opera as Dorinda ‘Orlando’ and sings final performances as Casilda ‘The Gondoliers’ with English Touring Opera | Kyu Choi sings further performances as Germont ‘La traviata’ and Alidoro ‘La Cenerentola’ at the Theater Basel | Remy Burnens sings Dvorak ‘Stabat Mater’ in Lausanne | Jean-Kristof Bouton sings Marcello ‘La bohème’ with Diva Opera and Northern Ireland Opera in Belfast | Jerome Knox sings Schaunard ‘La bohème’ with Diva Opera and Northern Ireland Opera in Belfast | Dima Bawab sings in concert with the Choeur Sourbonne in Paris | Matthew Siveter sings final performances as Tonio ‘Pagliacci’ and Don Alhmabra ‘The Gondoliers’ with English Touring Opera | Gemma Ní Bhriain sings two recitals for the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival | Pauline Sikirdji sings in ‘Caroussel’ in Tomblaine | and Lysa Menu sings Dvorak ‘Stabat Mater’ in Lausanne and Nyon