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Opera National de Lorraine Announces 2020-21 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2020
The Opéra national de Lorraine has announced its 2020-21 season.
VIDEO: Sixty Black Opera Singers Perform 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2020
Sixty Black opera singers joined forces yesterday for a virtual rendition of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing.'
Cincinnati Opera And 90.9 WGUC Present Summer Series Of Opera Radio Broadcasts
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2020
Though Cincinnati Opera performances have been cancelled this summer, a special partnership with 90.9 WGUC will bring opera to fans all season long.
New Opera West to Present Virtual Premiere of HAVING GUESTS FOR DINNER
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2020
Grab a cocktail and join New Opera West on Saturday, June 27th at 5 pm PDT to watch the premiere performance of Having Guests for Dinner, a sixteen-minute trash micro-opera written by Nicholas Bentz and Robert Feng.
VIDEO: College Student is Unexpectedly Joined By Opera Singer While Filming Performance of The National Anthem
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2020
While filming the national anthem for Portland State University's virtual commencement ceremonies on the South Park Blocks in downtown Portland, a stranger asked if they could sing with PSU graduate Madisen Hallberg.
New York City Opera Celebrates Juneteenth
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2020
New York City Opera celebrates Juneteenth with an excerpt from William Grant Still's Troubled Island, which will be streamed beginning June 19 over all of NYCO's social media, including Facebook and Instagram. 
The Little OPERA Theatre Of NY Streams Free Production Highlights
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2020
The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY) streams highlights of its productions of Owen Wingrave, Piramo e Tisbe, L'Amant Anonyme, Slow Dusk & Markheim, available to view for free.
The Met Announces Week 15 Schedule Of Nightly Met Opera Streams
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2020
The Met has announced the Week 15 schedule for its Nightly Met Opera Streams, a free series of encore Live in HD presentations streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure. Highlights include the Met's classic 1991 telecast of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, with Kathleen Battle and Luciano Pavarotti, John Adams's Doctor Atomic starring Gerald Finley, and Massenet's Manon, with Lisette Oropesa in the title role. 
Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, Komische Oper Berlin and More to be Featured in OperaVision Summer Gala
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2020
OperaVision has joined forces with eight European opera houses to bring you the OperaVision Summer Gala.
Utah Opera Offers Free Streaming Of Rachel Portman & Nicholas Wright's THE LITTLE PRINCE
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2020
Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth today announced plans to stream Utah Opera's performance of Rachel Portman and Nicholas Wright's a?oeThe Little Prince.a?? The production, which was recorded in January 2019, is available for complimentary, on-demand streaming at utahopera.org starting Monday, June 22, 2020 at 7 PM MDT through Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
Tenor Brian Cheney Will Present Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel on Stageit
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2020
This Thursday, 6/11, Tenor Brian Cheney with Pianist Cathy Venable will perform Ralph Vaughan Williams' song cycle, Songs of Travel at 7pm EDT on Stageit. The duo have performed the cycle together throughout the United States including their critically acclaimed recital at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2008. 
Small Company, Piedmont Opera, Makes Big Waves
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2020
Although Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is called the City of the Arts, you may be surprised that it's small, regional opera house, Piedmont Opera, as become a hot opera ticket across the nation.
Long Beach Opera Will Host Community Conversation on Equity and Diversity in the Arts
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2020
Long Beach Opera will host the first of its Community Conversations today, June 14, with a conversation on equity and diversity in the arts.
Latonia Moore Discusses AIDA, Race in the Opera Industry, and More
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2020
Latonia Moore recently talked with OperaWire about her experiences as a black woman in the opera industry. She talked about playing the role of Aida, as well as times when her skin has been painted different colors, and why that doesn't bother her.
LAO At Home Events Announced for the Week Of June 15
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2020
During its unplanned hiatus from public performances, LA Opera has created an extensive array of online programming under the banner LAO At Home.
Opera Steamboat Will Host an 8-Hour Aria-Thon
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2020
Join in as 24 professional artists present their favorite arias in Opera Steamboat's first ARIA-THON!
Paris Opera Delays Opening of 2020-21 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2020
The Paris Opera will delay the opening of its 2020-21 season.
The Met Opera Presents AT-HOME GALA: Encore Screening, 12-13 Jun 2020
by Gilbert Kim Sancha - June 11, 2020
As part of The Metropolitan Opera's (Met Opera) urgent “The Voice Must Be Heard” fundraising campaign to support and protect the future of opera amid the COVID-19, more than 40 leading opera artists and members of the company's brilliant orchestra and chorus performed from their respective homes all around the world. The unprecedented virtual gathering of Met Opera's principal artists, ensemble, and orchestra, billed as At-Home Gala, was streamed live around the world in 162 countries on 25 April 2020, viewed by more than 750,000 global audience members.
Des Moines Metro Opera Announces Broadcast Of Four Operas Through Virtual Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2020
Following the cancellation of the 2020 Festival Season, Des Moines Metro Opera and Iowa PBS have formed a unique partnership to bring the opera season into a digital format with online streams and televised broadcasts of four fan-favorite productions.
Five Foundations Commit $1.7+ Billion For Pandemic Recovery
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2020
Today, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a joint commitment to increase their payouts to nonprofit organizations with more than $1.7 billion within the next three years to help stabilize and sustain a nonprofit sector facing devastating economic effects due to the global pandemic and the epidemic of social injustice. This financial commitment represents new funding above the previously approved budgets by each foundation's board. Each foundation will determine priorities for the distribution of the new funds based on its grantmaking guidelines and priorities.
Royal Opera House Announces Programming for Second LIVE FROM COVENT GARDEN Concert
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2020
Royal Opera House has announced the programming for the second Live from Covent Garden concert on Saturday 20 June at 7.30pm BST which will be broadcast live via the ROH website from its world-famous Covent Garden home.
VIDEO: Berlin's Deutsche Oper Performs in the Parking Garage For Socially-Distanced Audience
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2020
Due to the pandemic, many performing arts organizations are unable to perform indoors at this time. Despite this, Berlin's Deutsche Oper has gotten creative, moving its performances outside, in the opera's parking garage.
The Met Opera Will Re-Broadcast its At-Home Gala This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2020
The Metropolitan Opera is set to re-broadcast its At-Home Gala this weekend! The gala will air on The Met's website on Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13.
Bergen National Opera Presents Audio Art Project THIS EVENING'S PERFORMANCE HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2020
Bergen National Opera has teamed up with Sound Artist Zoë Irvine to explore a different kind of listening  using an 'opera call centre'. THIS EVENING'S PERFORMANCE HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED will give patrons the unique opportunity to reach the theatre by phone.
Kirill Petrenko and Jonas Kaufmann Will Lead Final Monday Concert For Bayerische Staatsoper
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2020
To conclude the Monday Concert series on 29 June, General Music Director Kirill Petrenko will conduct the Orchestra Academy and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester with music by Arnold Schönberg, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss.

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