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Opera Wire has reported that Opéra de Lyon has made changes to its schedule of productions due to the ongoing health crisis.

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Opera singers are taking to their porches in Brooklyn to serenade neighbors, a half hour before the city claps for healthcare workers.

On Saturday, May 16 at 7 PM Estonian National Opera will stream Léo Delibes's ballet 'Coppélia.

The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), alongside nearly 50 other entertainment industry unions and organizations, sent a joint letter to Congress summarizing the ways the CARES Act has fallen short in assisting members of the entertainment community.

Portland Opera has announced that the first two operas of the 2020/21 season, Robert Xavier Rodríguez's Frida and Puccini's Tosca, will be postponed.

OPERA America is inviting artists, administrators, trustees, and audiences to 'A Toast to 50 Years,' a celebration of opera's progress and of OPERA America's 50th Anniversary, taking place today, Friday, May 15, from 4:30 to 5:00 p.

The Edmonton Opera has launched its new Kitchen Concert series!

Pittsburgh Opera's 36th annual season-ending fundraising gala, Maecenas XXXVI, is going digital.

New York Daily News has reported that John Macurdy, a bass singer who sang in over 1,001 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over four decades died at 91 of natural causes on May 7.

Minnesota Opera has announced its lineup for the 2020 Digital Opera series!

The Flight of the Hummingbird, an extraordinary opera for young audience composed by Maxime Goulet, on a libretto by Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Barry Gilson, will be broadcasted online by the Pacific Opera Victoria and the Vancouver Opera, starting on May 19, 2020, at 10 A.

Here's a look at how 'Light Shall Lift Us; Singers Unite in Song' (for OPERA America), a video project featuring 107 opera singers in “a song of hope and solidarity” by Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, came together to help raise up the spirits of their communities as we deal with COVID-19.

The Polish National Opera is set to stream Verdi's “Rigoletto' according to OperaWire.

Almost as soon as she went into lockdown at her New Jersey home in early March, soprano Angel Blue began producing her own weekly talk show.

Sarasota Opera fans know that nothing equals the thrill of a live performance.

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Teatro dell'Opera di Roma will present Verdi's Rigoletto in Villa Borghese park.

Following the Finnish government's ruling regarding events in summer 2020, this year's Savonlinna Opera Festival has been postponed until 2021 to help control the coronavirus epidemic.

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The Met has announced the Week 10 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.

When the Metropolitan Opera canceled the remainder of its 2019-2020 season, it left hundreds of Met artists unemployed, with no hope of finding other opportunities to recoup lost wages.

Tri-Cities Opera has launched the Mask Up Southern Tier initiative,

For the first time in our 150-year history, Royal Albert Hall played host to a very special concert behind closed doors to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

Canada's only disability-led, disability-run opera company is raising their voice in a new way for an at-risk community.