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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.