Tickets On Sale On This Week For Opera Maine's Mainstage Production Of AIDA In July by BWW News Desk
- November 14, 2023 Tickets on Sale for Opera Maine’s Mainstage Production of Aida in July. Don't miss this extraordinary opportunity to witness the grandeur of Aida presented by Opera Maine. Join us for an unforgettable evening of opera!
León & Lightfoot / Balanchine Comes to Den Norske Opera by BWW News Desk
- November 13, 2023 Want to be impressed by technical brilliance in three completely different but equally as riveting ballets? If so, this is the performance for you! The three choreographers behind these works have opened the eyes of many an audience member as to the possibilities of dance.
Riverside Opera Company Hosts POPERA 2023 With Broadway and Opera Favorites by BWW News Desk
- November 10, 2023 The Riverside Opera Company presents PoPera 2023, a fusion of Broadway and opera classics accompanied by a full orchestra. This concert will feature a cast of ROC's award-winning singers performing popular Opera and Broadway favorites.
Review: Comedy Tonight! MasterVoices Does THE FROGS, Or Why Isn't Sondheim at the Met? by Richard Sasanow
- November 07, 2023 MasterVoices, under Ted Sperling, found THE FROGS irresistible—and the result was a hit, or, as Shakespeare wrote in “Hamlet”: “A hit, a very palpable hit.” With its libretto by Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane (and Nathan Lane again), it fit the stage of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theatre very nicely indeed.
Review: X Marks the Spot at Met Premiere of 'X: Life and Times of Malcolm X' by Richard Sasanow
- November 05, 2023 It’s taken a long time for X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X—the rediscovered and revised ‘80s work by Anthony Davis, Thulani Davis and Christopher Davis, in Robert O’Hara’s production and conducted by Kazem Abdullah--to cross the plaza from what was the old City Opera at New York State Theatre to a premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.
VIDEO: Watch Footage from X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X at The Metropolitan Opera by BWW News Desk
- November 05, 2023 The Metropolitan Opera is currently presenting the company premiere of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Anthony Davis's groundbreaking opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, opening November 3, the second of six new productions in the 2023–24 season. Check out a new trailer for the production here!
VIDEO: Watch the Official Cinematic Trailer for Atlanta Opera's RIGOLETTO by BWW News Desk
- November 05, 2023 The Atlanta Opera is presenting its first mainstage event of the new season with a new co-production of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto on Nov 4 -7, 2023 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. One of the composer's most celebrated operas, Rigoletto tells a poignant tale of love, betrayal, and revenge. Watch a new trailer for the production here!
Review: Plenty of High Notes at Unusually Low-Key Richard Tucker Awards Gala by Richard Sasanow
- November 01, 2023 An historic recording of golden age tenor Richard Tucker singing “Sound an Alarm” from Handel’s JUDAS MACCABEUS” set the tone for the Richard Tucker Music Foundation’s Gala concert at Carnegie Hall. There was wonderful singing ahead of us—but of a certain kind.
Like many other classical organizations, the Tucker Foundation, has found that, as Charles Dickens said in “A Tale of Two Cities,” “It was the best of times, the worst of times.” The “best” is for the quality of the singers that the foundation has supported through varying kinds of grants. The “worst”? Money from the usual donor pool is in shorter supply than usual, which meant a less elaborate evening
The Met Releases Digital Premiere Of Cécile McLorin Salvant At The Met Cloisters by BWW News Desk
- November 01, 2023 The Met's performance series, MetLiveArts, will present a site-specific performance by three-time GRAMMY-winning singer and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant, in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters.
Houston Grand Opera Announces New Partnership with Apple Music Classical by Michael Major
- October 30, 2023 As part of the new partnership, the company will be presenting new recordings of classic and contemporary operas from current and future seasons alongside special remastered releases from its rich back catalogue, which spans decades and includes history-making productions such as Treemonisha (1975) and Porgy and Bess (1976).
Review: LA TRAVIATA at Artscape Is a Visual and Audial Masterpiece by Jaime Uranovsky
- October 28, 2023 LA TRAVIATA needs little introduction. As one of Verdi’s most famous operas, it has moved audiences since the mid-1800s. This production, presented by Cape Town Opera and UCT Opera is no different. Indeed, the show is best described as a sensory overload (in the best way) from start to finish.
Sarah Myers Named Next Artistic Director Of On Site Opera by BWW News Desk
- October 27, 2023 Last night, at On Site Opera's annual fundraising gala at the Prince George Ballroom, the company announced the appointment of Sarah Meyers as its next Artistic Director, succeeding the company's co-founder, Eric Einhorn.
Photos: First Look At TOSCA At Opera Orlando by BWW News Desk
- October 26, 2023 Opera Orlando opens its 2023-24 All for Art season On the MainStage with Puccini's tragic masterwork Tosca on October 27 at 7:30 p.m. and October 29 at 2 p.m. in Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center.
Photos: First Look At North Carolina Opera's LA TRAVIATA by BWW News Desk
- October 26, 2023 North Carolina Opera is presenting Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA this weekend at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, NC. Get a first look at photos!
IL TROVATORE Comes to the Eiffel Art Studios by BWW News Desk
- October 26, 2023 The internationally renowned opera singer-couple will appear in the roles of Leonora and Manrico in a concert performance of Il trovatore, one of Verdi's most popular operas on 2 February 2024, at the Locomotive Hall of the Eiffel Art Studios.
Today is World Opera Day! by Richard Sasanow
- October 25, 2023 World Opera Day is an international initiative to showcase the ways opera companies and artists enrich the livelihood and civic fabric of their communities.