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Review: PORGY AND BESS at Kennedy Center

Review: PORGY AND BESS at Kennedy Center

by David Friscic — May 27, 2025

The pivotal and star-crossed main characters and the Catfish Row community come alive in the highly influential, thought-provoking, and engrossing opera Porgy and Bess.

Review: FAUST, Royal Ballet And Opera

Review: FAUST, Royal Ballet And Opera

by Michael Higgs — May 24, 2025

Celebrating its sixth revival, David McVicar’s critically acclaimed production of Faust is a spectacular success with stunning sets and costumes, a magnificent cast, and some of Gounod’s greatest music.

San Francisco Opera To Present Inaugural Pride Concert In June

San Francisco Opera To Present Inaugural Pride Concert In June

by A.A. Cristi — May 22, 2025

Coinciding with San Francisco's annual Pride Weekend, San Francisco Opera celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community with a special Pride Concert featuring immersive projections and a post-show dance party on Friday, June 27 at the War Memorial Opera House.

SPACE ROCK OPERA Begins At the Cat's Crawl In June

SPACE ROCK OPERA Begins At the Cat's Crawl In June

by A.A. Cristi — May 19, 2025

Traveling Showcase Productions will present SPACE ROCK OPERA, a genre-smashing musical-meets-rock-show-meets-country-music revue in a beautifully restored Hollywood theater with a full bar.

Review: New Cast, Great Fun at Met’s BARBIERE

Review: New Cast, Great Fun at Met’s BARBIERE

by Richard Sasanow — May 19, 2025

When mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina stepped on stage in the Met’s new production of CARMEN, back on New Year’s Eve of 2023, it was hard to imagine her in any other role because of the way she completely inhabited it.

Review: IL BARBIÈRE DI SIVIGLIA, Glyndebourne Festival

Review: IL BARBIÈRE DI SIVIGLIA, Glyndebourne Festival

by Aliya Al-Hassan — May 19, 2025

Opera buffa is an ever-popular genre of the art, and more than two centuries after its composition, Rossini's Il barbière di Siviglia remains one this genre's most often staged operas.

Review: TOSCA at McCaw Hall

Review: TOSCA at McCaw Hall

by Erica Miner — May 12, 2025

Ending the season with a memorable production of one of opera’s most tour de force masterpieces is sure to motivate audiences to return for Seattle Opera’s next season

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