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Conductor Daniela Candillari Reveals 2024-2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 22, 2024

Conductor Daniela Candillari revealed her 2024-2025 season. Learn more and see how to attend performances! ...

Review: INTO THE WOODS at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - August 19, 2024

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.    ...

Review: PAGLIACCI at McCaw Hall
by Erica Miner - August 12, 2024

The term has become familiar and beloved to opera lovers since the late 19th century. Seattle Opera offered Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, one of the most performed works of this genre, as its opening production of the 2024-25 season....

Tickets for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's Upcoming 2024-25 Season Are Now on Sale
by A.A. Cristi - August 01, 2024

Tickets for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's 2024-25 season are now available. Enjoy over 40 unique performances with main-floor seats starting at $25 for a limited time....

Lyric Opera of Chicago Names John Mangum as General Director, President & CEO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 31, 2024

John Mangum has been named General Director, President & CEO of Lyric Opera of Chicago, bringing extensive experience in artistic and performing arts leadership. Learn more about Mangum!...

Philip Glass Accuses Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre in Crimea of Piracy
by Blair Ingenthron - July 26, 2024

Philip Glass has accused Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre of piracy....

WORKS AND PROCESS At the Guggenheim Announces Fall 2024 Season
by A.A. Cristi - July 23, 2024

During the fall 2024 Works & Process season, a full slate of dynamic events will take place at the Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan West, and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. ...

Review: LA VIE BOHEME at Polish National Opera
by Natalia Jarczynska - June 21, 2024

This is my very first time at the Polish National Opera and as we all know, first times can be overrated. This is certainly not the case here....

Hudson Hall & Stage Director R.B. Schlather Announce Second Opera In HANDEL ON THE HUDSON Series
by A.A. Cristi - June 20, 2024

R.B. Schlather and Hudson Hall will present GIULIO CESARE in Spring 2025, the second installment in their series of Handel operas designed to be accessible to the public....

Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at Artscape, Opera House
by Michelle B Lewis - June 20, 2024

This restaging of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR is a fitting tribute to Cape Town Opera's 25 years of artistic excellence. Under Gobbato's direction, the production not only honours the company’s past but also looks forward to its future, showcasing the enduring power of opera to move and inspire. ...

Review: GALILEO GALILEI at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - June 17, 2024

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has opened an utterly glorious production of his opera, Galileo Galilei. It reconfirms OTSL’s place among the finest opera companies in the world. And it will assuredly help you resolve your issues with Phillip Glass....

Met Opera Reports Highest Ticket Sales Since Pandemic
by Joshua Wright - June 14, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera's ticket sales climb to 72% this season, up from 66% in 2022-23, with an increase in box-office revenue despite remaining below pre-pandemic levels. General Manager Peter Gelb reports a younger average age for single-ticket buyers and expresses optimism for the future....

Review: San Diego Opera Presents Andrea Carroll and Joshua Guerrero in Recital at Balboa Theatre
by Ron Bierman - June 14, 2024

About halfway into her two-hour plus recital with tenor Joshua Guerrero, soprano Andrea Carroll gave a well-earned compliment to their accompanist Stephen Hopkins for his technique and versatility. Both were challenged during the unusually varied program the two singers had fashioned....

Video: Get A First Look At Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' LA BOHEME
by Joshua Wright - June 12, 2024

Get a first look at Opera Theatre of St. Louis' production of La Bohéme, now on stage through June 30th 2024. Check out the cast in action in this all-new video....

Opera Theatre of St. Louis Announces Their 50th Anniversary Festival Season
by James Lindhorst - June 11, 2024

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) announced repertory and celebrations for a landmark 50th season in 2025, celebrating five decades of artistic innovation and discovery since the company’s founding in 1976. The 2025 Festival Season opens on May 24, 2025, with Johann Strauss II’s effervescent Die F...

Alma Deutscher to Return to Opera San José for Family-Friendly THE MAGIC FLUTE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 07, 2024

Launching Opera San José’s 41st season is a family-friendly production of The Magic Flute, to be conducted by prodigy composer/conductor Alma Deutscher. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
by Steve Callahan - May 28, 2024

Spring fever?  If you’ve been made a bit dozy by these warm spring days the new production at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis will, with a bang, hoist you wide awake in all your senses.  Rossini’s The Barber of Seville opened Saturday to an audience that packed the Loretto-Hilton theatre to the rafters...

Review: OPERA À LA CARTE'S PRODUCTION OF LA BOHÈME at Tenth Avenue Arts Center In East Village
by Ron Bierman - May 22, 2024

The first act of Opera À La Carte’s production of La bohème featured costuming and well-used furniture that made Rodolfo’s bohemian Parisian garret seem more real than the elaborate expensive sets and costumes of many other productions. After all, Rodolfo (tenor Adam Caughey) and his three friends a...

Review: TURANDOT at LA Opera
by Andrew Child - May 22, 2024

A sharp blade wielded threateningly, forced perspective creating looming palatial walls, the rotting heads of failed suitors, and a princess literally shrouded in mystery quickly orient us within Puccini’s iconic fairytale....

Video: New Highlights of Renée Fleming & Kelli O'Hara in THE HOURS
by Joshua Wright - May 14, 2024

Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s The Hours, with a libretto by Greg Pierce is back at The Met for eight performances following its sold-out world-premiere production last season. In all new footage from the production's 2022 run, watch highlights of the cast in action featuring Kelli O'H...

Review: TURANDOT performed by Washington National Opera at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic - May 14, 2024

Incredibly rich in detail --from staging to technical aspects-- and emboldened with Puccini’s soaring music and meticulous, intelligent direction by Francesca Zambello, Washington National Opera’s production of Turandot is a production for the ages. ...

Review Roundup: Critics Sound Off On EL NIÑO at the Metropolitan Opera
by Joshua Wright - April 24, 2024

The Met premiere of John Adams’s opera-oratorio EL NIŃO, which features soprano Julia Bullock, mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, and bass-baritone Davóne Tines is now on stage! What did the critics think?...

Review: TURANDOT at Belk Theater
by Perry Tannenbaum - April 22, 2024

Yes, a grand opera was inserted at Belk Theater as the clock or calendar was winding down! Around the world, Callas, Nilsson, and Sutherland are among the divas who have graced the powerhouse role of TURANDOT, and Franco Zeffirelli's production at the Met is as revered for its stateliness and splend...

BroadStage Presents Elīna Garanča With Orchestra, Conducted By Karel Mark Chichon On May 10
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2024

BroadStage audience favorite mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča returns as part of the Celebrity Opera Recital Series on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 7:30pm at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica Performing Arts Center. Garanča is accompanied by an orchestra with the highly esteemed British condu...

Interview: Theatre Life with Katherine Goforth
by Elliot Lanes - April 19, 2024

Today’s subject Katherine Goforth is someone who can definitely be called a breakthrough artist to be sure. She is the inaugural recipient of Washington National Opera’s True Voice Award for transgender and non-binary singers. She will be making her Kennedy Center debut on May first at 6:00pm with a...

Video: Soprano Janai Brugger on Cherubini's MEDEA at Canadian Opera Company
by Joshua Wright - April 17, 2024

Watch as Soprano Janai Brugger gives us a taste of Cherubini’s heady score for MADEA, exquisitely brought to life in this excerpt from her Act I aria “O Amore, vieni a me!'...

Video: First Look At Act 1 Finale Of Opera Orlando's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
by Joshua Wright - April 17, 2024

Go inside rehearsals for the Act 1 finale of Opera Orlando's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, which performs April 19th and 21st, 2024....

Video: Go Inside Orchestra Rehearsal for Opera Orlando's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
by Joshua Wright - April 15, 2024

Go inside orchestra rehearsals for Opera Orlando's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, which performs April 19th and 21st, 2024....

Video: Creative Team Talks APORTIA CHRYPTYCH: A BLACK OPERA FOR PORTIA WHITE at the Canadian Opera Company
by Joshua Wright - April 12, 2024

Watch as lead creator, director & librettist HAUI and composer Sean Mayes talk about the exciting world premiere of APORTIA CHRYPTYCH: A BLACK OPERA FOR PORTIA WHITE. APORTIA CHRYPTYCH: A BLACK OPERA FOR PORTIA WHITE at the Canadian Opera Company....

Video: Director Mary Zimmerman on THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - April 12, 2024

Shakespeare Theatre Company's final show this season is Mary Zimmerman's The Matchbox Magic Flute. Watch as adapter and director Mary Zimmerman describes what makes The Matchbox Magic Flute a unique operatic experience. ...

Universal Music Publishing Signs Classical Music Icon Andrea Bocelli To Exclusive, Global Publishing Agreement
by A.A. Cristi - April 10, 2024

Universal Music Publishing Group has announced that legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli has been signed to an exclusive, global publishing agreement through UMPG's Classics & Screen department....

Interview: Cara Consilvio- Director of LA BOHEME at Opera Grand Rapids
by Brian Hilbrand - April 09, 2024

Have you ever wondered where the story of “Rent” or “Love Story” came from? Puccini’s classic opera has inspired generations with its true-to-life story of Rodolfo and Mimi — star-crossed lovers. With the romantic score and soaring melodies of Puccini, La Bohéme is the perfect opera for opera fans a...

Video: Go Inside The Royal Opera's MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Joshua Wright - April 09, 2024

Watch as The Royal Opera explores Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer....

Video: Get A First Look At The Return of FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES at The Met Opera
by Joshua Wright - April 08, 2024

Get a first look at Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones' return to the Met stage. The production's remount begins performances on April 8 for seven performances. Its 2021 premiere made history as the first opera by a Black composer to be presented at the Met and won the 2023 Grammy Award fo...

Video: Get A First Look At LA Opera's LA TRAVIATA
by Joshua Wright - April 08, 2024

Get a first look at LA Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's beloved romantic tragedy, La Traviata, starring soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen - now on stage through April 27th, 2024....

Interview: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee of Opera Atelier's ALL IS LOVE
by Ilana Lucas - April 08, 2024

BroadwayWorld Toronto spoke to ALL IS LOVE star Brueggergosman-Lee about her love for the show and the company, the importance of taking risks, and how her upcoming Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award is really an encouragement to keep creating....

Video: Sir Bryn Terfel and Annabel Thwaite Perform Schubert's 'Liebesbotschaft' at Carnegie Hall
by Blair Ingenthron - April 06, 2024

In this video, Terfel is joined by pianist Annabel Thwaite in this excerpt from Schubert’s “Liebesbotschaft' at Carnegie Hall. ...

Andrea Bocelli To Perform Live At Madison Square Garden This December
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2024

Experience the magic of Andrea Bocelli's live performances at Madison Square Garden on December 18 and 19, 2024. Don't miss this unforgettable musical event....

Video: Meet the Creative Team of The Met's EL NIÑO
by Joshua Wright - April 04, 2024

Watch as ahead of the Met premiere of El Niño, composer John Adams discusses his acclaimed opera-oratorio and director Lileana Blain-Cruz describes her vibrant new production. ...

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals for LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at Orlando Opera
by Joshua Wright - April 02, 2024

Go inside rehearsals for Opera Orlando's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, which performs April 19th and 21st, 2024....




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