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The Metropolitan Opera's 2017-18 season will feature 220 performances of 26 works, including two Met premieres, one co-commissioned by the company and one an older masterpiece having its first Met performances; a variety of repertory favorites, three in new productions; and performances of Verdi's towering concert work for soloists, orchestra, and chorus, the Requiem. Of note, Broadway star Kelli O'Hara is set to return to the Met in Così fan tutte this season.

Roberto Aronica will sing the role of Don Jose in the February 15 performance of Bizet's Carmen, replacing the originally scheduled Marcelo Álvarez, who is ill.

Love and its many forms are exposed through jazz classics and opera favorites.  Add a Broadway hit or two to make a night of longing, jealousy, rapture and joy.  One night only, Saturday, February 25, 2017 –  featuring a jazz trio, full orchestra, scenery, projections – and most of all, passionate singing. 

Tulsa Opera announces a thrilling lineup of four productions for the 2016-2017 Season.

TheatreLAB, Richmond's home for unexpected and evocative performance, is proud to announce that Anne Washburn's imaginative dark comedy, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, is now extended due to popular demand. Directed by TheatreLAB Artistic Director, Deejay Gray, the production will now run through August 13th at TheatreLAB's venue, The Basement (300 East Broad Street). For extension performances, the roles of Colleen and Jenny will be played by Addie Barnhart and Liz Earnest. Added performances are on August 11th, 12th, and 13th at 8pm. TheatreLAB is also introducing a Special Second Viewing Rush Rate. Anyone who wants to see the show a second time can bring their receipt from their first viewing to get a half-priced ticket at the door.

Coheed and Cambria will play the Boulder Theater on September 21st with special guests Saves the Day and Polyphia. Doors open at 6pm for a 7pm show.  Tickets are on sale now- $32.50 General Admission, $47.50 Gold VIP or $107.50 Platinum VIP.

TheatreLAB, Richmond's home for unexpected and evocative performance, is proud to present Anne Washburn's imaginative dark comedy, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, as the final show of their critically acclaimed season, A Vivid Impression of Reality. Directed by TheatreLAB Artistic Director, Deejay Gray, the production will run July 15th to August 5th at TheatreLAB's venue, The Basement.

Tulsa Opera announces a thrilling lineup of four productions for the 2016-2017 Season.

New music artist Myracle Holloway recently recorded and released her new inspirational single Hello (God it's me), a spiritual version of Adele's Hit Hello.

San Francisco Opera today announced plans to return to KQED 9 for the sixth season of spectacular opera and musical theater works featuring a roster of internationally renowned singers, conductors, directors and designers, all recorded live in high-definition from the War Memorial Opera House.

The Dallas Opera is proud to present the final production of the company's ambitious 2015-2016 Season, composer Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's SHOW BOAT.  This groundbreaking 1927 masterpiece marks TDO's first ever presentation of a Great American Musical, providing a showcase for a host of stars from both the opera world and Broadway, as well as the company's first major artistic collaboration with Dallas Black Dance Theatre in the Winspear Opera House.

ASU Gammage will honor two remarkable families for their contributions to the arts community at this year's Gammy and Jerry Awards Dinner on Monday, March 21.

San Francisco Opera today announced plans to return to KQED 9 for the sixth season of spectacular opera and musical theater works featuring a roster of internationally renowned singers, conductors, directors and designers, all recorded live in high-definition from the War Memorial Opera House.

Working to address a long-standing career issue in the opera world, The Dallas Opera is delighted to announce that applications are now being accepted for a unique residential program designed to provide training and career support for distinctively talented women conductors: The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera. 

 The Dallas Opera resumes the 2015-2016 Season in early spring with Jules Massenet's heart-wrenching and seductive tale of love, lust, and spectacularly bad choices: MANON, opening March 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House for the first of four performances.

TheatreLAB is thrilled to present Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon as part of the 2016 Acts of Faith Festival. Directed by Debra Clinton and produced in association with the Weinstein JCC, the show will run from February 18th to March 5th at TheatreLAB's home, The Basement in Richmond's Arts District.

San Francisco Opera partners again with Sundance Kabuki Cinemas to present the latest installment of the San Francisco Opera Grand Opera Cinema Series for winter 2016.

The Dallas Opera is proud to announce its spectacular 2016-2017 Season, consisting of five brilliant mainstage productions, including two repertoire classics never before performed by this company. 

The Dallas Opera is the proud recipient of two extraordinary new gifts, totaling $2 million, from The Eugene McDermott Foundation and Mrs. Eugene (Margaret) McDermott, who have requested that the position of Dallas Opera General Director and CEO be known henceforth as the “Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO” in honor of the longtime Dallas Opera Board Member and Past Chairman.  Dr. Wildenthal currently serves the company as an Officer-at-large on TDO's Executive Committee.

Seattle Opera has received a $30,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The funds, in support of the February, 2016 production of Donizetti's Mary Stuart, are part of a larger $27.6 million that NEA is awarding to American arts groups in 2016.