Maria Maria News

After twenty years as the founder and artistic director of sjDANCEco, Gary Masters has formally announced his retirement. Masters founded the San Jose based modern dance company in March of 2003 and has led the organization through two decades of artistic growth and expanded reach.

The Royal Opera House has announced an exclusive display celebrating the career of soprano Maria Callas. Callas first performed at the Royal Opera House in 1952 in the title role of Bellini’s Norma and enjoyed great success in London, returning to perform in Covent Garden in six productions over a decade. 

El próximo 30 de septiembre comenzará en Granollers la gira de L’ALEGRIA QUE PASSA, que recorrerá Granollers, Girona, Figueres, Manresa, Tarragona, Lleida, Reus, Llinars del Vallès, Balaguer, Torroella de Montgri, València, Manacor, Olot, Valls Vic y Sang Cugat, para la que la actriz Maria Molins ha recogido el testigo de Àngels Gonyalons interpretando el papel de Alcalde y Clown hasta el regreso del musical al Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona la próxima temporada.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced all jazz programming June 19 through July 2.

Anna-Maria Helsing has been appointed Chief Conductor of BBC Concert Orchestra. Officially starting in the role on October 1 2023, the appointment builds on Anna-Maria Helsing’s fruitful existing relationship with the orchestra which began in 2020 when she became Principal Guest Conductor.

HAHA is a band born of humans, two of them - Maria Taylor (Azure Ray) and Mike Bloom (Jenny Lewis, Julian Casablancas, Richard Edwards).  It strives to celebrate the very existence of all creatures and things: the knowable, the unknowable, the in-between, the gentle, the strange, the dangerous, the otherwise..

NYC comedian and actress Maria DeCotis will bring comedian Lynn T. Walsh to life in Before The Drugs Kick In for two preview performances at the Barons Court Theatre in London, before premiering the show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Behind the album is Ulises Lozano (el Licenciado), known for his work with Kinky, Becky G, Chiquis and more. Relo, who produced PURO, which features Sara Hebe. Javier Arce (Costa Rica) co-produced the track PXRNX. Román Balleza (Mexico) produced ANIKILLA and Coconírico (Venezuela) co-produced the closing track 'Maria Maria.'

Maria Konner ll be performing at Pangea, and CedarHill in June! Learn how to purchase tickets!

Maria de Buenos Aires is the New World, new music, nuevo tango, and tango operita, a new type of opera based on the magnificent  rhythm and character of the tango, a dance born on the southeast coast of Latin America.

Acclaimed piano virtuoso Maria João Pires will make a rare American appearance to join Maestro Gerard Schwarz and the Palm Beach Symphony in a special season finale at the Kravis Center on Monday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m.

The 2023/24 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) will present the acclaimed production of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. In this highly anticipated UK premiere, renowned performance artist Marina Abramović makes her ENO debut with her production of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas, exploring the life, work and death of one of opera’s greatest stars.

RED BULL THEATER announced the complete cast for the next offering of a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: Kit Marlowe by David Grimm, directed by Emma Rosa Went.

La obra de José de Nebra del siglo XVIII se recupera con un libreto de Rosa Montero, bajo la dirección de Alberto Miguélez Rouco y Rafael R. Villalobos.

The Greek National Opera has announced its events honoring Maria Callas, the greatest soprano of the 20th century with a series of tributes curated by the Artistic Director of the Greek National Opera Giorgos Koumendakis, taking place from April to December 2023. 

Watch Bonnie Milligan sing 'Maria' from West Side Story at Broadway Backwards 2023!

RED BULL THEATER has announced the complete cast for the next offering of a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: Kit Marlowe by David Grimm, directed by Emma Rosa Went.

​​​​​​​Eisemann Center Presents MARIA BAMFORD LIVE at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive in Richardson, Texas on Sunday, April 23 at 7:30 pm in the Bank of America Theatre.

Teatro Grattacielo, in partnership with the Consulate General of Greece in New York, will present an intimate showing of select arias from the repertoire of Maria Callas on Friday, March 17, 2023. 'The 10 Faces of Maria Callas' is Teatro Grattacielo's first event of the 2023 opera season, and it will celebrate the 100th birthday of the legendary Greek-American soprano.

Dancers can expand their skills and technique in the Marblehead School of Ballet's (MSB) celebrated 2023 Summer Dance Intensives program.  Students may apply now to attend this dance and cultural gem's renowned Summer Dance Intensives program, presented in-studio at 115 Pleasant Street in Marblehead, a historic, scene coastal town located on the North Shore region of Massachusetts.