Review: EUGENE ONEGIN at Union Avenue Opera
Glorious voices fill Tchaikovsky's masterpiece with beauty.
Opera Classical Music News Coverage — Page 11
The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Opera.
World Premiere of HOLY GROUND and TAKING UP SERPENTS to be Presented at the 2022 Glimmerglass Festival
Librettist Lila Palmer and Director Chloe Treat join forces this summer on the World Premiere production of HOLY GROUND at the 2022 Glimmerglass Festival.
Opera Maine Presents Richard Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN This Month
Opera Maine presents The Flying Dutchman at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine on Wednesday, July 27 and Friday, July 29, 2022.
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Partners With Razom For Ukraine For Benefit Concert
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts will lift its voice to help Razom for Ukraine provide urgently needed humanitarian relief where it is desperately needed in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia.
Pentabus Announces 2022 Season Featuring New Commissions and More
Today Pentabus announced their 2022 Season which features a new commission touring in the autumn, the return of Pentabus Young Writers live production and three new digital projects.
Watch: Lyric Opera of Chicago's VERDI VOICES Concert Now Available for Free Digital Streaming
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s recent Verdi Voices concert starring three of the world’s most accomplished Verdians — soprano Tamara Wilson, tenor Russell Thomas, and conductor and Lyric Opera of Chicago Music Director Enrique Mazzola — is now available digitally and can be streamed for free here
Nashville Opera Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring LA BOHÈME & More
Nashville Opera has announced its 2022-23 season with a lineup of classic favorites and noteworthy company premieres.
Jonas Kaufmann Withdraws From Opening Performance of CAVELLERIA RUSTICA / PAGLIACCI
Jonas Kaufman has withdrawn due to the impacts of Covid on his voice and performance.
Review: CENTER STAGE at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
What did our critic think? Center Stage is a great smörgåsbord of opera- No, no, that's far too Swedish and Lutheran and heavy.
Classic Lyric Arts to Present A Celebration Of Mozart's Italian Operas At Bard College
From July 5-10, 2022, Classic Lyric Arts will present four concerts celebrating Mozart's Italian operas, performed by the 2022 artists selected for the institution's annual two-week summer training experience in the Berkshires devoted to mastering the artistry of Mozart's Italian operas.
Staatskapelle Dresden Elects Daniele Gatti As Future Chief Conductor
Following yesterday´s orchestra assembly, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden entrusted its orchestra board and the Saxon Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Barbara Klepsch, to enter into negotiations with Daniele Gatti for the position of the future Chief conductor of the Staatskapelle.
BWW Review: MADAME BUTTERFLY at Opera Wroclaw
If you want to witness the materialization of the word beauty, see this show.
San Francisco Opera Releases 'In Song: Meigui Zhang' This Week
San Francisco Opera announces the release of In Song: Meigui Zhang, the newest episode in its free, Webby Award-winning In Song video portrait series.
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE to be Directed by Peter Sellars for Walt Disney Concert Hall 2022/2023 Season
Peter Sellars will direct the Los Angeles Philharmonic performances of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director of the LA Phil.
BWW Review: A Revised, Dream-Haunted HARVEY MILK at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
A marvelously theatrical, dream-haunted evening tells of gay-rights activist Harvey Milk’s life and death.
San Francisco Opera Announces INSTIGATORS
As the Company is poised to celebrate its 2022–23 Centennial Season, San Francisco Opera today unveiled Instigators, a bold new multidisciplinary program that brings a group of remarkable thinkers and artists into the world of opera.
L'ORFEO Begins Performances at Vienna State Opera This Week
What makes Claudio Monteverdi’s Favola d’Orfeo (Legend of Orpheus), premiered at the northern Italian court in Mantua in 1607, the very first opera? Naturally there were a few forerunners.
Festival Opera Presents Bellini's NORMA in July
Walnut Creek's revitalized Festival Opera, led by General Director Zachary Gordin, continues its 31st season with an all-new production of Bellini's Norma, featuring acclaimed singer Shana Blake Hill (she/her) in the title role, directed by Mark Foehringer and conducted by Bryan Nies, with the Fe
BWW Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
The marvelous Opera Theatre of Saint Louis continues its festival season with perhaps the most popular opera in the world—Mozart’s glorious The Magic Flute! Read our BWW critic's review.
The Greek National Opera's RIGOLETTO Opens Next Month
The Greek National Opera’s first major summer production for 2022, Giuseppe Verdi’s darkly menacing masterpiece Rigoletto, conducted by Lukas Karytinos and directed by Katerina Evangelatos, is to be presented at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on 2, 5, 8 and 11 June as part of the Athens Epidauru
BWW Review: AKHNATEN at the Met Opera
One of the greatest successes of recent Met seasons is Philip Glass's AKHNATEN, first seen in 2019.
Polish National Ballet and Dutch National Ballet Will Co-Produce THE TEMPEST / HAMBURG Next Month
This co-production of the Polish National Ballet and Dutch National Ballet was originally devised by Krzysztof Pastor in the year of the Bard’s 450th birthday.
BWW Review: CARMEN at The Kennedy Center
While this production of 'Carmen' is very traditional on its face, the thoughtfulness and sheer talent packed into this performance elevates it to something far more engaging, and absolutely enchanting.
BWW Review: San Diego Opera's Production of AGING MAGICIAN at The Balboa Theatre Shows Off Magical Mystery
'What the hell was that?' an opera fan asked her friend as we shuffled into a parking-garage elevator.
BWW Review: Odyssey Records Recording of HENRY VIII by Saint-Saens
A new recording of Saint-Saens's opera HENRY VIII, by Odyssey Opera, has come my way.
The Greek National Opera's RIGOLETTO Opens Next Month
The Greek National Opera’s first major summer production for 2022, Giuseppe Verdi’s darkly menacing masterpiece Rigoletto, conducted by Lukas Karytinos and directed by Katerina Evangelatos, is to be presented at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on 2, 5, 8 and 11 June as part of the Athens Epidauru
Royal Opera House Launches 2022/23 Apprenticeship Programme
The Royal Opera House has announced its new apprenticeships for 2022/23, offering high quality training and two years of paid employment at one of London’s leading theatres.
Philip Glass's AKHNATEN to Return to the Metropolitan Opera
Philip Glass’s Akhnaten will return to the Metropolitan Opera for six performances, May 19–June 10, 2022.
NYYS Orchestra to Perform Their Season-Ending Concert at Carnegie Hall
The concert will feature a NYYS First Music Commission from Liza Sobel Crane, titled (E)merging Dances, and Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, featuring Edward Parks, baritone.
VIDEO: New Trailer For The Metropolitan Opera's New, Modern-Day Production of Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
The Metropolitan Opera will present an audacious new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, which moves the bel canto masterpiece from 18th-century Scotland to a present-day town in the American Rust Belt, with nine performances April 23–May 21, 2022.
Max Lifchitz Brings Cinco De Mayo Concert to National Opera Center, May 4
Max Lifchitz marks the Cinco de Mayo Holiday on Wednesday evening May 4 performing a live streamed recital featuring piano music by Mexican composers from the 20th and 21st centuries.
VIDEO: Matthew Polenzani Sings 'O Mio Rimorso!' from Canadian Opera Company's LA TRAVIATA
Watch below as Tenor Matthew Polenzani (making his COC debut) sings Alfredo's Act II cabaletta, 'O mio rimorso!' from Verdi's LA TRAVIATA.
New York Youth Symphony's Musical Theater Songwriting Students Showcase Their Work at Joe's Pub
A musical has to start somewhere.
BWW Review: LA TRAVIATA's Powerhouse Cast and Crew Provide a Timeless, Stunning Production of The Verdi Classic at the Canadian Opera Company
The Canadian Opera Company marked its return-to-stage after nearly two years with this all-around stunning production of one of Verdi’s most well-known works.
VIDEO: First Look At The Metropolitan New, Modern-Day Production of Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
The Metropolitan Opera will present an audacious new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, which moves the bel canto masterpiece from 18th-century Scotland to a present-day town in the American Rust Belt, with nine performances April 23–May 21, 2022.
La Monnaie De Munt to Present Richard Wagner's PARSIFAL in Concert
After the success of Lohengrin in 2018 and Tristan und Isolde in 2019, La Monnaie De Munt's musical director Alain Altinoglu will continue his exploration of Wagnerian music with the concert version of Parsifal.
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS to Make New York City Debut at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center
The production, performed in French with English supertitles and featuring a dazzling international 30-member cast and a live orchestra, will play for seven performances only from this July at the David H.
VIDEO: Kirk Dougherty Sings 'La donna è mobile' in Rehearsals for RIGOLETTO at Opera Orlando
Rigoletto goes on stage on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.
Vancouver Opera to Host A Conversation On Creative Adaptation
Opera Speaks will return to Vancouver Opera on April 22nd.
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American Composers Orchestra: Hello, America: We Gather Here at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (10/27-10/27) |
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American Composers Orchestra: New Virtuoso: Low End Theory at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (3/18-3/18) |
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Carnegie Hall Presents: Santiago Cañón-Valencia and Victor Santiago Asuncion Carnegie Hall (11/10-11/10) |