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Des Moines Metro Opera Reveals 2026 Festival Season Featuring TOSCA, OF MICE AND MEN, and KING ROGER
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2025

Des Moines Metro Opera has announced the repertory and preliminary casting for its 2026 Festival Season, running June 26 through July 19 at the Blank Performing Arts Center in Indianola, Iowa.

Video: BLUE By Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson At Chicago Lyric Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2024

An intimate look at family, faith, and community in times of grief and healing, Blue makes its Chicago premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago from November 16 to December 1, 2024. See highlights from the production.

Photos: Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s BLUE Opens At Chicago Lyric Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2024

An intimate look at family, faith, and community in times of grief and healing, Blue makes its Chicago premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago from November 16 to December 1, 2024. See photos of the production.

MACBETH Comes to Opera Orlando This Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2024

“Something wicked this way comes …” to Steinmetz Hall as Opera Orlando presents its first MainStage production of the 2024-25 Destiny + Desire season, Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. and October 27 at 2 p.m.

Des Moines Metro Opera Reveals New Director for Strauss's SALOME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2024

Des Moines Metro Opera has revealed a new director for their upcoming production of Strauss's SALOME, ensuring a fresh vision for the classic opera.

PORGY AND BESS, World Premieres & More Set for Washington National Opera 2024�"2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 14, 2024

The Washington National Opera will present a 2024–2025 season that pays tribute to the grand tradition of opera, while shaping its future with two new productions. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Patti LuPone, Jeanine Tesori's BLUE & More Set for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2024/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 12, 2024

Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed its 2024/25 Season. See the full season lineup and learn how to purchase tickets!

Video: New Trailer For LA Opera's HIGHWAY 1, USA & THE DWARF Double Bill
by Joshua Wright - Feb 26, 2024

Get a first look at an all-new trailer for LA Opera's new production of an operatic double bill featuring William Grant Still's Highway 1, USA along with Alexander Zemlinsky's The Dwarf. 

Video: Director Kaneza Schaal on Staging HIGHWAY 1, USA at LA Opera
by Joshua Wright - Feb 14, 2024

Watch as director Kaneza Schaal talks about about LA Opera's new production of William Grant Still's Highway 1, USA performing  as the first part of an operatic double bill with Alexander Zemlinsky's The Dwarf. Feb. 24 to Mar. 17.

Orchestra of St. Luke's Winter/Spring 2023-24 Features Performances On All Three Carnegie Stages
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 7, 2023

OSL's winter/spring season at Carnegie Hall will feature performances on three stages, music by BIPOC composers, and more.

San Francisco Opera Performs the Bay Area Premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' OMAR
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2023

San Francisco Opera presents the Bay Area premiere of Omar, the new Pulitzer Prize-winning opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels.

Orchestra of St. Luke's Announces 2023-24 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 23, 2023

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) gives a record six mainstage performances at Carnegie Hall in 2023–24, as well as significant ongoing series in both of the venue's other two performance spaces, Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall.

OPERA America Awards $200,000 In Next Stage Grants Supporting Subsequent Productions Of North American Works
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2023

OPERA America has announced grants totaling $200,000 to six American opera companies through its Next Stage Grants program.

Review: TREEMONISHA at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - May 23, 2023

Last Saturday Opera Theatre of St. Louis premiered a new adaptation of Scott Joplin’s legendary opera Treemonisha.  It is a bright and worthy addition to our recent flurry of adoration of some of America’s major black composers;  the Black Rep closed their stunningly fine evening of Eubie Blake’s music three days earlier.

Orchestra of St. Luke's Announces Expanded Carnegie Hall Season for 2023-24, Plus Three Concerts at Caramoor This Summer
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2023

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) announces a record six performances at Carnegie Hall  during its 2023-24 season. Highlights include Lang Lang performing music of Saint-Saëns, Isabelle Faust in music of Brahms, and Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie conducting both Bach's Christmas Oratorio and an all-Brahms program centered on Ein deutsches Requiem.

What You Need to Know About the World Premiere of PROXIMITY at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2023

See details about the world premiere of Proximity at Lyric Opera of Chicago!

Finalists Announced For the George and Nora London Foundation Competition
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2023

Following is the program of the George and Nora London Foundation Competition Finals, which will be livestreamed free of charge from The Morgan Library Museum's Gilder Lehrman Hall on Friday, February 17, at 4:00 pm ET.

Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of THE FACTOTUM at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 3, 2023

Get a first look at the world premiere of The Factotum at Lyric Opera of Chicago, running February 3-12, 2023.

San Francisco Opera Announces 2023�"24 Season, Featuring OMAR, THE MAGIC FLUTE & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2023

San Francisco Opera has announced details for the Company’s 101st season, which opens September 8, 2023. See production details, how to purchase tickets and more!

George And Nora London Foundation Competition For Opera Singers Holds Final Round On February 17
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 13, 2023

The George and Nora London Foundation Competition for Opera Singers Holds its Final Round on Friday, February 17, 2023, at The Morgan Library and Museum for In-Person and Online Audiences.