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The Georg Solti Accademia has announced its 20th anniversary celebration, marking two decades of excellence in training young talent in the technique and style of Italian “Bel Canto”, and continuing the operatic legacy of the legendary British/Hungarian conductor Sir Georg Solti.

“This is not a cathartic tragedy or a tale of noble sacrifice.

Source/Filter Music Collective has announced the West Coast premiere of SANCTA SUSANNA, a horror opera by Paul Hindemith, at Heritage Square Museum on October 24-25.

It’s fascinating that within two weeks, as the new US opera season began in earnest, Northeast operagoers heard a pair of new (or new-ish) operas by well-known creators: the US premiere of THE LISTENERS at Opera Philadelphia, by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek and the much-revised GROUNDED by Jeani

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Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry Hwang’s Grammy Award–winning opera, Ainadamar, has its company premiere in October.

The Met performed the season’s first TALES OF HOFFMANN (LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN), by Jacques Offenbach, with libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, also a Sher production, and it was a different story.

Watch more scenes from The Met Opera's production of Composer Jeanine Tesori and Director Michael Mayer's production of Grounded, based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play.

The first teaser trailer for the biopic of opera singer Maria Callas has just dropped.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts have announced the addition of Richard Bernstein to the cast of Divaria Productions Opera Company's performance of MADAME BUTTERFLY: AN ADAPTATION on October 19th at 8 pm.

Long Beach Opera has been chosen as a recipient of an unrestricted General Operating Support Grant from the Perenchio Foundation.

A match made in heaven? Girl meets boy.

Jeanine Tesori and Director Michael Mayer's production of Grounded, based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, is now on stage at the Met Opera.

 In a unique collaboration, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Opera Saratoga, and the Bergamot Quartet join forces this to present a free workshop performance of THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE by librettists Mark Steidl and Katherine Skovira and composer Robert Whalen.

The Centro Superior Katarina Gurska in Madrid will present a Musical Theatre Workshop focusing on Zarzuela and Musical Comedy, scheduled for November and December 2024, featuring top educators like Curro Carreres and Carmen Solís.

What did our critic think of LUCIA DE LAMMERMOOR at Opera In The Heights?

Verdi's Rigoletto will return to the Metropolitan Opera starring reigning Verdi baritone Quinn Kelsey, and soprano Nadine Sierra.

Composer Kate Soper will release the world premiere recording of her opera, THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE, featuring the Wet Ink Ensemble.

Houston Grand Opera will open Il trovatore, Verdi's iconic masterpiece, in a new production from leading director Stephen Wadsworth.

OPERA America has announced the recipients of the 2024 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards, which honor outstanding trustees of North American opera companies for their exemplary leadership and service on behalf of their respective organizations.

Live Arts Miami has announced MORNING/MOURNING, an experiential opera that delves into Earth's future in a post-human world.

Kelley Rouke was driving when she received a text from Mark Campbell informing her that she was the winner of Opera America’s 2024 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize.

Opening Chicago’s cultural season with a vengeance, Verdi’s psychological thriller Rigoletto returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago, September 14 to October 6, 2024.

New Jersey Ballet will perform in Newark in April.

Soprano Lise Davidsen will sing her first Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso, who will make his Met debut, as David McVicar’s production of Puccini’s Tosca returns to the Met.