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San Francisco Opera opened its 102nd season on Friday, September 6 with Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. Check out production photos here!

Little Island has shared a first look at production photos for the radically re-imagined adaptation of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, with all major roles sung by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.

The City of West Hollywood has announced Free Theatre in the Parks with Pacific Opera Project's mashup opera of Jules Massenet and Gioacchino Rossini’s CINDERELLA.

The UK’s leading opera training organisation, the National Opera Studio (NOS) has announced  the appointment of opera director Lucy Bradley to the newly created role of Resident Director.

Tickets are now available for the Sarasota Opera Food and Wine Festival, featuring gourmet food, fine wines, and live performances.

Erasing Borders festival will showcase Indian dance and music from September 21-23, featuring performances by renowned artists.

Guerilla Opera has announced its 2024-25 season opener, SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE, exploring the life of baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson.

The International Opera Awards havea nnounced the shortlist for this year’s Awards, set to take place at the Bayerische Staatsoper’sPrinzregententheater in Munich on Wednesday 2 October.

Opera for Peace was featured on CBS Sunday Morning. Watch the full segment here!

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has announced a key board leadership transition and the promotion of two esteemed staff members.

Catch the gripping drama ATTORNEY-CLIENT by Alex Ladd at the Dream Up Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Union Avenue Opera completes its 30th season with a lavish production of Into the Woods.  It’s yet another large challenge for this small company—and once again they meet and conquer it with élan.    

As Sarasota Opera's Fall and Winter seasons approach, the company has expanded its development staff and promoted a longtime employee.

Pittsburgh Festival Opera will present ADRIANA LECOUVREUR, a gripping tale of love and jealousy set in the world of 18th-century French theatre. Experience this dramatic opera filled with intrigue and passion.

New York City Opera will present a concert production of TOSCA at Bryant Park, honoring the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's passing. Learn how to attend.

The new musical THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, based on the hit film and novel, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere in Chicago next summer.

Opera Memphis has announced its 2024-25 season, which includes masterworks, chamber opera, and concerts, as well as productions chosen to complement the OPERA America annual conference, to be held at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis in May of 2025.

New York City Opera will perform at the Milford Theater as part of a fundraiser for Opera! Pike! Park! Learn how to attend.

The 2024 Hudson Jazz Festival has revealed its complete line-up, featuring a diverse array of jazz musicians and performances. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Metropolitan Opera today announced the contract extension of its Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, through the 2029–30 season. Only the third Music Director in the company’s history, Nézet-Séguin began his tenure in the 2018–19 season.

Saying that Giacomo Meyerbeer’s LE PROPHETE is long is like calling the Grand Canyon a pothole: It doesn’t begin to describe the experience, though they both sometimes have a rocky landscape.

OPERA America has announced the 2024 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize recipient, Kelley Rourke.

OPERA America has announced the opera professionals selected for the 2024‒2025 Mentorship Program for Opera Leaders of Color. The program advances racial equity in the field by pairing BIPOC administrators with established leaders who can help them achieve their career goals.  

If you want to see an opera based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” head for Gounod’s version of the piece. with its famous waltz and series of duets. Bellini’s I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI is not it but that's what Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo brought to town this week,