PLACIDO DOMINGO

Dubai Opera has announced the first shows of its new season, with an array of performances, from a highly anticipated comedy night with renowned Lebanese comedian Nemr, leading up to a December concert featuring acclaimed Palestinian artiste Omar Kamal....

According to OperaWire, an initiative by Más Madrid and PSOE was approved to get rid of Plácido Domingo's name from a school in Madrid due to the sexual harassment allegations against him....

The Teatro alla Scala has announced its upcoming streams of opera productions. The productions feature appearances from Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Anna Netrebko, and more....

Five years ago, Anna Netrebko unveiled her take on Verdi's Lady Macbeth at the Met and wowed audiences from here to eternity. But since the first week of the Met season, she's brought her sexy, ebullient and take-no-prisoners Lady Macbeth back and showed that she's even better than ever--singing the pant (and the spots) off the role....

The New York Times reports that Plácido Domingo has departed the LA Opera as general director and will no longer appear in any upcoming performances, which were has last scheduled upcoming concerts in the USA amidst a series of allegations against him of harassment. ...

Zubin Mehta, the famed conductor, has come out in support of Plácido Domingo....

After multiple women have come forward accusing Plácido Domingo of sexual assault, The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) has opened its own independent investigation into allegations against the opera star....

Late last week Vienna State Opera issued a statement regarding Plácido Domingo, recently accused of sexual assault, and how he will still perform. ...

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Plácido Domingo, LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, has announced final details about the company's upcoming presentation of Manuel Penella's El Gato Montés: The Wildcat, an opera brimming with the exuberance of zarzuela, the popular Spanish form of musical theater....

Well, it's that time of the year again--time for a look-back on what was worth making note of during the calendar year that's about to come to an end. It's from a totally personal, subjective point of view, of course, but frankly that's the way opera-lovers always seem to like it, n'est-ce pas? The productions worth noting come from places big, small and in-between, from composers old as the hills to freshly minted or somewhere in between (likewise the performers), from traditional or boldly mod...