OPERA NEWSROOM

The Dallas Opera has announced the winners of the 2025–2026 Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition following the live finals held March 6 at the Winspear Opera House.

For the first time in the United States, six opera costumes created for the renowned performer Maria Callas and belonging to Teatro alla Scala in Milan will be displayed at the Luther W.

North Carolina Opera will welcome internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Taylor Raven as the featured guest artist for the 2026 North Carolina Opera Gala.

Teatro Grattacielo has received significant funding from NYSCA, NYC Cultural Affairs, and the City Council, enhancing its cultural programs and outreach in New York City.

Composer Hans Thomalla will release his new opera DARK FALL, based on Goethe's 'Elective Affinities', on April 3, 2026.

I talk with John Holiday about his upcoming LA Opera star performance in Akhnaten, his creative process, and his widely anticipated upcoming album Over My Head, releasing this July.

Opera is widely considered to be a seasonal flower.

The world premiere of Time to Act was performed in front of a sold-out house on Saturday, February 28th, at the Bitz Opera Factory in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.

The new season, the 70th in Lyric Opera’s history, will include four mainstage productions at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, including La bohème and Aida.

The Atlanta Opera will present a dynamic 2026-2027 season with seven productions, including classic and contemporary operas and musical theatre, before relocating to a new venue.

What did our critic think of LA BOHEME IN CINEMAS at Cinemas Across The UK?

Watch the official trailer for INNOCENCE at The Metropolitan Opera, Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, conducted by Susanna Mälkki and starring Joyce DiDonato.

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the world premiere of safronia, a landmark musical composition commissioned from Chicago’s first Poet Laureate, the interdisciplinary artist avery r.

Mannes Opera at The New School College of Performing Arts will present the U.

Though only a handful of Emily Dickinson’s hundreds of poems were published during her lifetime (more than 1700 others were found posthumously), she is best known as a risk-taking writer whose work straddled the line between the straightforward and the more abstract.

In the traditionally Eurocentric world of opera, an Eastern face on stage can still prompt a double take.

The winners of the prestigious 2026 George London Awards have been announced, with the competition available for viewing on YouTube.

Tempesta di Mare, the Philadelphia-based baroque orchestra, will present LE DONNE MUSICALI: ITALIAN WOMEN’S MUSIC FROM THE BAROQUE February 27 through March 1 at venues throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.

Join the Vergennes Opera House for its last OFF Stage event of the season featuring Josh Celevenstine at Rockers Pizzeria on March 28.

San Diego Opera will stage Bizet's CARMEN with Melody Wilson, Guadalupe Paz, Thomas Kinch, and Jonny Kaufmann in lead roles.

Opera Orlando will host its 2026 OPERAZZI BASH at the Dr.

The George and Nora London Foundation Competition for American and Canadian opera singers will hold its 54th event in 2026, with a public final round at New York's Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center.

Sarasota Opera has announced two exciting summer training opportunities for young singers: Sarasota Youth Opera Summer Camp and the Sarasota Opera Vocal Academy, a specialized intensive for pre-college vocalists.

The Canadian Opera Company has announced that David C.

Sarasota Opera will continue its proud tradition of presenting operas by Giuseppe Verdi with Il trovatore.