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Calgary Opera Presents DON PASQUALE by BWW News Desk
- January 13, 2025 Calgary Opera's Don Pasquale will run February 1, 5 and 7, 2025, at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Featuring an all-Canadian cast of superstars and Calgary favourites.
George And Nora London Foundation Competition For Opera Singers Returns In February by BWW News Desk
- January 13, 2025 The George and Nora London Foundation Competition for American and Canadian opera singers, one of the opera world's oldest and most prestigious competitions, will hold its 53rd event in 2025, with a public final round at New York's Morgan Library and Museum on Friday, February 21, at 4:00 pm.
New York City Opera Presents MUSIC OF SURVIVAL: Works By Weinberg, Korngold, And Rovner by BWW News Desk
- January 10, 2025 New York City Opera will present Music of Survival: Works by Weinberg, Korngold, and Rovne, with the NYC Opera Orchestra, featuring Constantine Orbelian, Conductor; Kristina Reiko Cooper, Cello; and Elizaveta Ulakhovich, Soprano.
Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED Sets GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET Airing by Josh Sharpe
- January 09, 2025 PBS has set the premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded as part of their Great Performances at the Met series. Based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play and featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, Grounded will air Friday, March 21, at 9 p.m. ET on PBS.
CIM Opera Theater to Present Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS in February by BWW News Desk
- January 08, 2025 CIM Opera Theater will present Dark Sisters, a 2009 opera by Nico Muhly about a woman’s attempt to escape from a repressive religious sect. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Preview: EAT THE DOCUMENT Premiere Kicks Off PROTOTYPE Festival 2025 Lasting through January 19 by Richard Sasanow
- January 08, 2025 New York’s annual PROTOTYPE Festival—produced by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, which has been showcasing visionary, nontraditional opera-theatre and music-theatre pieces since 2013—kicked off its 2025 edition on January 9 followed by BLACK LODGE/BARDO, IN A GROVE, POSITIVE VIBRATION NATION, AROOJ AFTAB: NIGHT REIGN, ART BATH, through January 19.
Review: AIDA and the Temple of Doom Comes to the Met with Angel Blue by Richard Sasanow
- January 06, 2025 Someone at the Met should have been giving out flu shots (before RFK Junior makes them illegal), because something is obviously going around the cast of the new AIDA. They should have handed out a scorecard to help the audience keep track of who-was-who.
Video: Take a Set Tour of LA BOHEME at The Royal Opera House by BWW News Desk
- January 03, 2025 Get a behind the scenes look at the set of La Boheme, now being presented at The Royal Opera House. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets!
Madison Opera Presents MARÍA DE BUENOS AIRES by BWW News Desk
- January 03, 2025 Madison Opera livens up winter with its first production of María de Buenos Aires, a tango opera by the legendary Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. A dark, surreal story told through song, poetry, and dance, María de Buenos Aires will have performances on January 31 at 7:30pm and February 2 at 2:30pm in the Capitol Theater.
Palm Beach Opera Announces New SALON SERIES At Historic Sea Gull Cottage by BWW News Desk
- January 03, 2025 Palm Beach Opera has announced an exciting expansion of programming with a new Salon Series, a trio of intimate afternoon recitals showcasing the extraordinary talents of the Bailey Apprentice Artists.
Opera Saratoga Unveils Cast & Creative Teams For 2025 Summer Festival by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2024 Opera Saratoga has revealed the creative teams for its Summer Festival 2025. See full programming and learn more about the festival, featuring La Vie Parisienne and more!
Heartbeat Opera To Present New Production of SALOME At Irondale In Brooklyn by BWW News Desk
- December 19, 2024 New York's Heartbeat Opera will present a new adaptation of Richard Strauss' iconic opera SALOME, transforming Oscar Wilde's tight, 100-minute thrill ride into a startlingly intimate Salome.
Houston Grand Opera Launches Partnership with Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu by BWW News Desk
- December 17, 2024 Houston Grand Opera is partnering with the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, created to foster cultural exchange and collaboration between the two internationally recognized opera houses. Learn more.
Opera Saratoga Appoints Amanda Robie as New Executive Director by BWW News Desk
- December 17, 2024 Opera Saratoga has announced the establishment of a new executive leadership position. Amanda Robie, formerly the company’s Managing Director, has been appointed to the role of Executive Director.
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players 50th Anniversary Season Continues with THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by BWW News Desk
- December 16, 2024 New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players will present one of Gilbert & Sullivan's most famed works, The Pirates of Penzance for a limited engagement of six performances on January 4, 5, 11 & 12, 2025 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, between 10th and 11thAvenues).
Pentatone To Release GOODBYE MR. CHIPS By Gordon Getty by BWW News Desk
- December 12, 2024 The recording of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” an opera by American composer Gordon Getty, will be released on the PENTATONE label in January 2025.
WEST SIDE STORY To Be Presented By Houston Grand Opera to In January by BWW News Desk
- December 12, 2024 On January 31, 2025, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will open blockbuster musical West Side Story, created by composer Leonard Bernstein, lyricist Stephen Sondheim, choreographer Jerome Robbins, and playwright Arthur Laurents.
Works & Process to Present Boston Lyric Opera: THE SEASONS By Antonio Vivaldi by BWW News Desk
- December 12, 2024 Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present Boston Lyric Opera: The Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, libretto by Sarah Ruhl with Anthony Roth Costanzo, Sarah Ruhl, Zack Winokur, and Pam Tanowitz. Learn how to purchase tickets.
THE GREAT GATSBY, WICKED Movie, & More Nominated For MUAHS Guild Awards by Josh Sharpe
- December 10, 2024 The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has announced nominations for the 12th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards, with honors going to Broadway's The Great Gatsby, Cabaret, the Wicked movie, and more.
MasterVoices to Perform NY Premiere Of BLIND INJUSTICE at Lincoln Center by BWW News Desk
- December 09, 2024 Artistic Director Ted Sperling will lead the 120–member MasterVoices Chorus and 12 cast members in the New York premiere of the acclaimed opera, Blind Injustice. Learn how to purchase tickets tot he February performances.
Review: Strauss’s Powerhouse FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Casts Big Shadow at the Met by Richard Sasanow
- December 07, 2024 Richard Strauss’s DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (THE WOMAN WITHOUT A SHADOW), with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, has made a triumphant return to the Met with a stellar cast and the Met Orchestra in peak form under Yannick Nezet-Seguin. It dazzled and glowed like few other evenings in recent memory, in a production by Herbert Wernicke, who died young, not long after its debut in 2001.
LA REINE-GARÇON Begins In January At the Four Seasons Centre by BWW News Desk
- December 05, 2024 The first-ever co-commission between the Canadian Opera Company and Opéra de Montréal, La Reine-garçon is a stunning new Canadian-led opera from acclaimed composer Julien Bilodeau and award-winning librettist Michel Marc Bouchard that dives into the life of one of history's most fascinating royals.
Hector Berlioz's LES TROYENS to be Presented at Seattle Opera This Winter by BWW News Desk
- December 05, 2024 Seattle Opera will present this January a concert rendering of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens—an epic tale of fate, love, and betrayal that is as grand in scope as it is rarely performed. Learn how to purchase tickets.