Sondra Radvanovsky In Cherubini’s MEDEA Opens Lyric Opera Of Chicago 71st Season
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago launches its 71st season with the company premiere of Luigi Cherubini’s Medea, opening Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the Lyric Opera House.
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago launches its 71st season with the company premiere of Luigi Cherubini’s Medea, opening Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the Lyric Opera House.
Review: GIUSTINO, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Clementine Scott - October 08, 2025
Both director and designer have slightly too many ideas about what the show could be, and what is left is unresolved potential.
by Clementine Scott - October 08, 2025
Both director and designer have slightly too many ideas about what the show could be, and what is left is unresolved potential.
Madison Opera Opens 2025–26 Season with Puccini’s LA BOHÈME
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2025
Madison Opera launches its 2025–26 season with Puccini’s timeless masterpiece La Bohème, performed November 7 and 9 at Overture Hall. The beloved opera follows the passionate and heartbreaking lives of young artists in Paris, featuring a dynamic new cast and direction by Alison Pogorelc, conducted by John DeMain.
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2025
Madison Opera launches its 2025–26 season with Puccini’s timeless masterpiece La Bohème, performed November 7 and 9 at Overture Hall. The beloved opera follows the passionate and heartbreaking lives of young artists in Paris, featuring a dynamic new cast and direction by Alison Pogorelc, conducted by John DeMain.
Review: Spectacular Nadine Sierra Shines in Villazon’s Somnolent SONNAMBULA by Bellini
by Richard Sasanow - October 07, 2025
Sometimes great singing can save a bad production. It happened with the Met’s previous attempt at Bellini’s LA SONNAMBULA, which had been DOA at its premiere, despite a star, cast but rose like a phoenix when it was revived with other stars a year later. This time around, in the misguided, often silly take under the direction of the former tenor Rolando Villazon, soprano Nadine Sierra tried her considerable best as Amina to bring it to life but Villazon was a problem that her great singing couldn’t totally surmount.
by Richard Sasanow - October 07, 2025
Sometimes great singing can save a bad production. It happened with the Met’s previous attempt at Bellini’s LA SONNAMBULA, which had been DOA at its premiere, despite a star, cast but rose like a phoenix when it was revived with other stars a year later. This time around, in the misguided, often silly take under the direction of the former tenor Rolando Villazon, soprano Nadine Sierra tried her considerable best as Amina to bring it to life but Villazon was a problem that her great singing couldn’t totally surmount.
CARMEN to Return to the Metropolitan Opera in October
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2025
Carrie Cracknell’s production of Carmen will return to the Met for 13 performances beginning in October. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets!
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2025
Carrie Cracknell’s production of Carmen will return to the Met for 13 performances beginning in October. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets!
LA BOHEME to Return to The Metropolitan Opera in October
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2025
Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème will return to the Met stage for 20 performances featuring many of today’s leading artists. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2025
Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème will return to the Met stage for 20 performances featuring many of today’s leading artists. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
The Met: Live In HD Season Opens With LA SONNAMBULA
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2025
The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Bellini's La Sonnambula marks the beginning of the 19th season of The Met: Live in HD, with Nadine Sierra making her company role debut as Amina and Xabier Anduaga in his company role debut as Elvino
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2025
The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Bellini's La Sonnambula marks the beginning of the 19th season of The Met: Live in HD, with Nadine Sierra making her company role debut as Amina and Xabier Anduaga in his company role debut as Elvino
Seven Emerging Artists Advance To Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2025
The Canadian Opera Company has announced the seven finalists for the 2025 Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition, taking place October 23, 2025, at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2025
The Canadian Opera Company has announced the seven finalists for the 2025 Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition, taking place October 23, 2025, at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre.
Sarah Kirkland Snider’s HILDEGARD Premieres at Los Angeles Opera
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2025
Snider’s first opera, HILDEGARD, for which she also wrote the libretto, will be presented in rolling world premieres by Los Angeles Opera (November 5-9, 2025) and PROTOTYPE Festival in New York (January 9-17, 2026), with subsequent performances at the Aspen Music Festival and School (Summer 2026, details TBA).
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2025
Snider’s first opera, HILDEGARD, for which she also wrote the libretto, will be presented in rolling world premieres by Los Angeles Opera (November 5-9, 2025) and PROTOTYPE Festival in New York (January 9-17, 2026), with subsequent performances at the Aspen Music Festival and School (Summer 2026, details TBA).
Review: ZORRO at Arizona Opera
by Herbert Paine - September 29, 2025
Héctor Armienta’s operatic reimagining of ZORRO is a richly textured work that fuses bravado and romance into a timely meditation on liberty. This tale of dual identity and defiance receives the full operatic treatment (performed in both English and Spanish) in Arizona Opera’s 2025-26 season opener.
by Herbert Paine - September 29, 2025
Héctor Armienta’s operatic reimagining of ZORRO is a richly textured work that fuses bravado and romance into a timely meditation on liberty. This tale of dual identity and defiance receives the full operatic treatment (performed in both English and Spanish) in Arizona Opera’s 2025-26 season opener.
Review: CINDERELLA, London Coliseum
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 29, 2025
It’s over 40 years since English National Opera staged Rossini's Cinderella (La Cenerentola) and they open their 2025-26 season with a vibrant new production of the sparkling comedy. After the rocky time the company has had in recent times, it is great to see them having such fun on stage.
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 29, 2025
It’s over 40 years since English National Opera staged Rossini's Cinderella (La Cenerentola) and they open their 2025-26 season with a vibrant new production of the sparkling comedy. After the rocky time the company has had in recent times, it is great to see them having such fun on stage.
Review: Met Season’s First DON GIOVANNI Shows Off a Great Score for the Audience to Relish
by Richard Sasanow - September 26, 2025
Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI was one of my first operas and remains among my favorites, despite its misogyny and the difficulty in putting together the kind of cast that can do justice to the string of show-stoppers in the score. The season's premiere of the opera had much to admire.
by Richard Sasanow - September 26, 2025
Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI was one of my first operas and remains among my favorites, despite its misogyny and the difficulty in putting together the kind of cast that can do justice to the string of show-stoppers in the score. The season's premiere of the opera had much to admire.
Photos: THE MIKADO Comes to New York in Utopia Opera and Forbear! Theatre Co-Production
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2025
Utopia Opera and London’s Forbear! Theatre will bring their fantasy-inspired production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado to New York City for four performances, October 3–5 at Hunter College. Check out photos of the show.
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2025
Utopia Opera and London’s Forbear! Theatre will bring their fantasy-inspired production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado to New York City for four performances, October 3–5 at Hunter College. Check out photos of the show.
Review: Nothing Rusticana about the Met’s Premiere KAVALIER from Bates and Sheer
by Richard Sasanow - September 22, 2025
Anyone familiar with Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prizer-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY must be a bit bewildered at how a 700-page novel could be turned into a 3-hour opera. Or, for that matter, how a superhero named “The Escapist” could be sharing a stage this week with Puccini’s Turandot and Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
by Richard Sasanow - September 22, 2025
Anyone familiar with Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prizer-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY must be a bit bewildered at how a 700-page novel could be turned into a 3-hour opera. Or, for that matter, how a superhero named “The Escapist” could be sharing a stage this week with Puccini’s Turandot and Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
Young Opera Stars From Teatro Real Perform New York Debut Next Month
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2025
New York City's leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, presents TEATRO REAL: Crescendo, a one-night only concert at Manhattan's All Souls NYC. Learn more here!
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2025
New York City's leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, presents TEATRO REAL: Crescendo, a one-night only concert at Manhattan's All Souls NYC. Learn more here!
Sandra Oh Will Appear in Met Opera's LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
by Joshua Wright - September 17, 2025
Sandra Oh,freshly off her acclaimed performances in Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night, will make her Met debut as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment on October 17.
by Joshua Wright - September 17, 2025
Sandra Oh,freshly off her acclaimed performances in Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night, will make her Met debut as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment on October 17.
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center Reveals Singers for the 2026/27 Ensemble
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed the singers selected for its 2026/27 Ensemble at the Final Auditions held on September 14 in the Ardis Krainik Theatre. Learn more!
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed the singers selected for its 2026/27 Ensemble at the Final Auditions held on September 14 in the Ardis Krainik Theatre. Learn more!
Cast Change Announced for JAKUB HRŮŠA AND FRIENDS IN CONCERT September 20
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2025
The Royal Opera House has announced that Nicky Spence will replace Pavel Černoch in the tenor role of Dvořák’s The Spectre’s Bride during Jakub Hrůša and Friends in Concert on September 20, 2025.
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2025
The Royal Opera House has announced that Nicky Spence will replace Pavel Černoch in the tenor role of Dvořák’s The Spectre’s Bride during Jakub Hrůša and Friends in Concert on September 20, 2025.
Preview: KAVALIER & CLAY Brings Three Sound Worlds to Met Season-Opener
by Richard Sasanow - September 13, 2025
The forces behind the Met’s latest try at bringing a different (sic: younger) audience to the house, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, joined forces at the Guggenheim’s Works & Process series last week to introduce the new work to a receptive crowd. It’s the story of two Jewish cousins who team up in Brooklyn to create a comic book superhero, called the Escapist, to fight Hitler and the forces of fascism, “a story that unfortunately has extra resonance right now,” according to Met General Manager Peter Gelb. It brings three sound worlds--traditional, swing and electronica--to the Met’s season-opener.
by Richard Sasanow - September 13, 2025
The forces behind the Met’s latest try at bringing a different (sic: younger) audience to the house, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, joined forces at the Guggenheim’s Works & Process series last week to introduce the new work to a receptive crowd. It’s the story of two Jewish cousins who team up in Brooklyn to create a comic book superhero, called the Escapist, to fight Hitler and the forces of fascism, “a story that unfortunately has extra resonance right now,” according to Met General Manager Peter Gelb. It brings three sound worlds--traditional, swing and electronica--to the Met’s season-opener.
Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - September 12, 2025
If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible. The story of the lovers and the evil apparatchik is told at a furious pace, trauma after trauma piling up as the emotional heft becomes all but unbearable. There’s no standing about for twenty minutes while someone sings stage left, no mythical dwarves hiding gold, no magical toymaker. Nor, as early critics were quick to point out, is there a whole lot of poetry either in Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s sensational play. However, there are compensations…
by Gary Naylor - September 12, 2025
If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible. The story of the lovers and the evil apparatchik is told at a furious pace, trauma after trauma piling up as the emotional heft becomes all but unbearable. There’s no standing about for twenty minutes while someone sings stage left, no mythical dwarves hiding gold, no magical toymaker. Nor, as early critics were quick to point out, is there a whole lot of poetry either in Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s sensational play. However, there are compensations…
THE MAGIC FLUTE and More Set for Opera Carolina 2025-26 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2025
Opera Carolina - the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas - has revealed programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events, and community initiatives.
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2025
Opera Carolina - the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas - has revealed programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events, and community initiatives.
Video: Mason Bates’s THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY In Rehearsal
by Joshua Wright - September 04, 2025
Rehearsals are underway for the Met premiere of Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s adaptation of Michael Chabon’s acclaimed novel. Get a first look at the cast in rehearsal in this all-new video.
by Joshua Wright - September 04, 2025
Rehearsals are underway for the Met premiere of Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s adaptation of Michael Chabon’s acclaimed novel. Get a first look at the cast in rehearsal in this all-new video.
CARMEN Will Open Dallas Opera's 2025/2026 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2025
The Dallas Opera (TDO) opens its 2025/2026 Season with the U.S. premiere of a new production celebrating the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet’s iconic CARMEN opening on Friday, October 17, 2025. This production faithfully recreates the original Carmen from the 1875 premiere at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2025
The Dallas Opera (TDO) opens its 2025/2026 Season with the U.S. premiere of a new production celebrating the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet’s iconic CARMEN opening on Friday, October 17, 2025. This production faithfully recreates the original Carmen from the 1875 premiere at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
Divaria Opera To Return To Bay Street With WE ARE CARMEN
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2025
Bay Street Theater will present Divaria Opera's We Are Carmen (Somos Carmen), a powerful multidisciplinary performance celebrating the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Bizet's Carmen. Learn how to attend!
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2025
Bay Street Theater will present Divaria Opera's We Are Carmen (Somos Carmen), a powerful multidisciplinary performance celebrating the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Bizet's Carmen. Learn how to attend!
2025-2026 YoungArts Fellows Revealed, Granting $30,000 to Five Artists
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2025
YoungArts revealed the 2025-2026 YoungArts Fellows, the institution's most significant award given to five mid-career artists across disciplines from around the country. Learn more!
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2025
YoungArts revealed the 2025-2026 YoungArts Fellows, the institution's most significant award given to five mid-career artists across disciplines from around the country. Learn more!
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