The latest news, features, and updates from BroadwayWorld's Opera coverage.
Composer David Lang’s THE WEALTH OF NATIONS had a splendid world premiere this week at the New York Philharmonic under Artistic Director Designate Gustavo Dudamel, with mezzo Fleur Barron, bass-baritone Davone Tines and the Philharmonic’s chorus (under Malcolm Merriweather).
San Diego Opera has revealed its 2026–2027 season.
The Met has announced the winners of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, awarding six talented singers from a rigorous series of contests.
Longborough Festival Opera has appointed conductor Christopher Ward as its new Music Director from the 2027 season.
Vancouver Opera will conclude its 2025-2026 season with Puccini's La Boheme at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Soprano Alexa Frankian has been awarded the 2026 Igor Gorin Memorial Award by the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, recognizing her as a promising young vocal artist in opera.
Markel Reed will sing the title role in the world premiere of FREDERICK: CANTATA ON THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS in Worcester.
Festival Napa Valley has announced its 20th anniversary summer season featuring Renée Fleming, Wynton Marsalis, and the world premiere of THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS.
Lyric Opera of Chicago is welcoming to its Board five nationally recognized leaders whose expertise in music, arts, business, law, and civic life strengthens the company’s national profile while reinforcing its roots in Chicago.
Washington National Opera will present THE CRUCIBLE March 21–29 at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.
Opera San José General Director & CEO Shawna Lucey has revealed the company’s 43rd season, a line up that offers audiences classic operatic favorites, a groundbreakingAmerican musical, and the company’s first-ever John Adams opera.
If you’re thinking of the muscle-bound hero of action films—or even Disney animation—boy, have you got the wrong HERCULES.
The Gerda Lissner Foundation and the Liederkranz Foundation, has revealed the winners of the 2026 International Vocal Competition, one of the leading vocal competitions in the US dedicated to identifying and supporting emerging opera talent.
Glass feels to be in direct conversation with grand opera, layering incantations from the chorus over triangulations of notes played nearly ad nauseam on violas to evoke something of the mystery that shrouds ancient Egypt in western culture.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025/26 Season will continue with the Puccini classic Madama Butterfly, on stage March 14 – April 12, 2026.
A love story worthy of a Hollywood romance and a thought-provoking psychological thriller unfold at the world premieres of the new one-act operas by György Selmeczi and János Vajda.
The Metropolitan Opera has announced casting changes for upcoming performances of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
Opera singer Andrea Bocelli shared his thoughts about Timothée Chalmet's controversial comments about opera and ballet, who said 'no one cares about' the mediums.
Opera Atelier concludes its 2025/26 season with a production that puts the company on the cutting edge of period performance practice internationally, with its premiere of Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning at Koerner Hall, from April 15-19,
Lawrence Opera Theatre has extended auditions for its upcoming 2026 season.
Opera Unbound will present the world premiere of THE FOX, a new chamber opera, set to captivate audiences with its innovative narrative and composition in 2026.
Voice! Voice! And more voice! That’s what we got from the Met’s new production of Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE last night, especially from the glorious soprano of Lise Davidsen as the Irish princess Isolde, with no small help from her Tristan, baritenor Michael Spyres.
Baritone Will Liverman and DJ King Rico will present the world premiere of FACTOTUM: GROOM & GLOW LOUNGE at Wells Theater, Norfolk, VA, enhancing the soul opera's scope.
See photos from the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, starring Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
