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Regina Opera Presents 'Gotta Sing' Concert by BWW News Desk
- October 06, 2019 Regina Opera will present a concert on October 20th featuring operatic and popular selections. Sopranos Jennifer Gliere and Kimberly Lloyd; mezzo-soprano Maayan Voss de Bettancourt; tenor Chad Kranak; baritone Kevin Rockower; and bassos Gennady Vysotsky and GeeSeop Kim will be accompanied by pianist Victoria Ulanovskaya and flutist Richard Paratley. This special one-time-only concert will also feature several selections from the opera “The Uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto” by Harry Bailor.
Plácido Domingo Will Not Appear At Batuta Prizes by BWW News Desk
- October 04, 2019 Following The New York Times report that Plácido Domingo has departed the LA Opera as general director and will no longer appear in any upcoming performances, it was reported today that Domingo will no longer attend the Batuta Prizes in Mexico.
Photo Flash: BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE / ERWARTUNG at the New York Philharmonic by BWW News Desk
- October 04, 2019 Check out photos from the September 26th performance of Jaap van Zweden conducting the New York Philharmonic premiere of Bengt Gomér's production of Erwartung and Bluebeard's Castle!
Opera Santa Barbara Opens 2019-20 Season With MADAMA BUTTERFLY by BWW News Desk
- October 03, 2019 Opera SB opens its 26th season with several returning favorite artists. Soprano Eleni Calenos and tenor Harold Meers will headline a lavish production of Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, at The Granada Theatre.
Madison Opera Presents LA TRAVIATA Next Month by BWW News Desk
- October 02, 2019 Madison Opera opens its 59th season with Verdi's La Traviata, one of the most popular operas in the world, on Friday, November 1 at 8 PM and Sunday, November 3 at 2:30 PM in Overture Hall.
Plácido Domingo Departs LA Opera Amid Harassment Inquiries by BWW News Desk
- October 02, 2019 The New York Times reports that Plácido Domingo has departed the LA Opera as general director and will no longer appear in any upcoming performances, which were has last scheduled upcoming concerts in the USA amidst a series of allegations against him of harassment.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Explains The History Of SCALIA/GINSBURG Opera by BWW News Desk
- October 02, 2019 Watch as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg explains the origins and plot of the opera Scalia/Ginsburg! Scalia/Ginsburg is the American opera by composer-librettist Derrick Wang that ushered in the era of Supreme Court-themed books, films, and art.
Video: First Look at TURANDOT at Metropolitan Opera by BWW News Desk
- October 02, 2019 Turandot begins performances at the Metropolitan Opera this week and we have a first look for you. Check out the clips below!
Drottningholm Theater Announces Production for 2020 Summer Season by BWW News Desk
- October 02, 2019 The Drottningholms Slottstteater in Stockholm has announced its main production for the summer of 2020 will be a new staging of Agrippina by George Frideric Handel.
Mozart's DON GIOVANNI From London's Royal Opera House Arrives In Movie Theaters October 28 by BWW News Desk
- October 01, 2019 From October 28, Mozart's exciting opera Don Giovanni will enchant audiences in movie theaters around the US. This wonderful fast-moving tragi-comedy about a master seducer features enchantingly complex characters, gripping drama and glorious melodies, from Don Giovanni's exuberant 'Champagne Aria' to Don Ottavio's tender expression of love 'Dalla sua pace'.
Nominations Open For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Opera Awards, Presented by TodayTix! by BWW News Desk
- October 01, 2019 Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Opera Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
International Opera Star Jessye Norman Has Passed Away by BWW News Desk
- September 30, 2019 It is with deep sadness and sorrow that we announce the passing of international opera star Jessye Norman, in a statement issued by Norman's family through the family's spokesperson,
Celso Albelo Cancels Royal Opera House Muscat Debut by BWW News Desk
- September 30, 2019 Due to a knee injury, Celso Albelo has canceled his debut at the Royal Opera House Muscat. As a result, Giorgio Berrugi will replace Albelo as Rodolfo in La Bohème.
Russian Mezzo-Soprano Irina Bogacheva Dies At 80 by BWW News Desk
- September 30, 2019 The Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory has announced that Irina Bogacheva died on Sept. 19, 2019 at the age of 80.
Former Ópera de Oviedo President Jaime Martínez González-Río Dies At 77 by BWW News Desk
- September 30, 2019 Pulmonologist and former President of the Fundación Ópera de Oviedo Jaime Martínez González-Río has passed away. He had overcome laryngeal cancer, but was diagnosed with a pancreatic tumor earlier this year.
BWW: Apples, ORANGES--Opera Philadelphia's O19 Shows Us What the Difference is by Richard Sasanow
- September 29, 2019 If you can imagine Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA with all its comedy but without any of its great arias, you can begin to imagine why Sergei Prokofiev's LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES isn't only anyone's top-ten list of favorite operas. Yet Alessandro Talevi's wild-eyed production at Opera Philadelphia's O19 Festival somehow manages to make the audience laugh itself silly and tap its foot with glee at the famous march that was such a big hit in the composer's time, that he grew sick of it.
Opera Fusion Presents The Latin Divos by BWW News Desk
- September 27, 2019 The Pompano Beach Cultural Center and Opera Fusion are proud to present the pop-opera trio, The Latin Divos.