The latest opera news, reviews, and production coverage from the Metropolitan Opera and companies around the world.
Sarasota Opera has announced a $30,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, provided by the Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund II and the Allen Wirtz Nobbe and Jo Bowen Nobbe Fund.
The forces behind the Met’s latest try at bringing a different (sic: younger) audience to the house, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, joined forces at the Guggenheim’s Works & Process series last week to introduce the new work to a receptive crowd.
Opera San José will kick off its 42nd season with Mozart’s beloved romantic comedy Così Fan Tutte.
If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible.
Opera Carolina - the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas - has revealed programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events, and community initiatives.
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Movie Nights at Lyric series will expand in the 2025/26 Season starting with Disney and Pixar’s Coco in Concert Live to Film.
In celebration of the Music Hall at Fair Park Centennial, Broadway Dallas and The Dallas Opera partner together to bring audiences a surreal, one-night-only concert event—Maria Callas in Concert: The Hologram Tour.
The Dallas Opera (TDO) opens its 2025/2026 Season with the U.
Rehearsals are underway for the Met premiere of Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s adaptation of Michael Chabon’s acclaimed novel.
The Metropolitan Opera will perform annually at Saudi Arabia’s new Royal Diriyah Opera House starting in 2028 as part of a five-year agreement, providing cultural exchange and financial stability for the Met.
Tickets are now on sale at the Sarasota Opera Box Office for the 2025/2026 season.
A thought-provoking reworking of Mozart's popular opera.
Mozart's beloved comedy The Marriage of Figaro opened Glyndebourne's very first Festival in 1934 and is the renowned opera house's most performed work.
Speranza Scappucci will make her debut as Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera with Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers, opening on the Main Stage September 19 and running through October 6, 2025.
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present Music-Stories-OPERA!, a free program for students and families, daily from Tuesday through Thursday, September 23 through 25, at Miller Outdoor Theatre.
YoungArts revealed the 2025-2026 YoungArts Fellows, the institution's most significant award given to five mid-career artists across disciplines from around the country.
Bay Street Theater will present Divaria Opera's We Are Carmen (Somos Carmen), a powerful multidisciplinary performance celebrating the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Bizet's Carmen.
In the 35 years I've been going to Opera Holland Park, I've never been disappointed by the music, performances and sheer joy of being in the open air with accompanying local sound effects.
Central City Opera has announced its 94th festival season, running June 27–August 2, 2026, in Central City, Colorado.
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025/26 Season will kick off with a searing tale of vengeance and betrayal: Cherubini’s Medea.
San Francisco Opera will present the 25th-anniversary production of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking from September 14–28 at the War Memorial Opera House.
Lyric Opera of Chicago is launching its 2025/26 Season in unforgettable style with Brian Stokes Mitchell & Laura Benanti in Concert, for one night only.
From October 3–5, Utopia Opera will present Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado in a fantasy-inspired co-production with London’s Forbear! Theatre.
This fall, Atchley Opera, Fort Worth’s newest opera company, will invite audiences to experience the full range of human emotion through the exquisite storytelling and music of Giacomo Puccini.
Opera Columbus will open its 44th season with the Columbus premiere of Daniel Catán’s Rappaccini’s Daughter, performed in Spanish with English and Spanish supertitles at the Southern Theatre on September 19 and 21, 2025.
