Review: Splendid Singing, Erratic Direction Mark the Met's New DON GIOVANNI from Van Hove
While I’ve always been bothered by the cruelties and misogyny of the main character, Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI has (musically) been my favorite of the composer’s operas, though either casting or design has been a regular issue in bringing off the work at its best.
New York City Opera Presents THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS At NYU Florence, June 29-30
This summer, in partnership with NYU Florence, New York City Opera will bring The Garden of the Finzi-Continis to Florence, Italy for two exclusive performances of selected scenes at the historic Villa La Pietra.
Warner Theatre To Screen THE MET LIVE: DON GIOVANNI, May 20
The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, presents Mozart's DON GIOVANNI on Saturday, May 20 at 12:55 pm ET, in the Warner Theatre's Oneglia Auditorium (Main Stage).
New York City's Newest Opera Company, Marshall Opera, Launches
On Saturday evening, May 6, 2023, at the Liederkranz, the establishment of Marshall Opera, New York City’s newest opera company, was announced.
Newcastle University and Opera North Launch New Three-Year Collaboration
Newcastle University and Opera North have announced a new three-year collaboration, with the ambition to transform performance practice and audience accessibility through an exchange of knowledge between academic research and the operatic stage.
Review: Opera Philadelphia's Mimi and Rodolfo Walk Off into the Sunset in Yuval Sharon's LA BOHEME
In an opera filled with gorgeous music, it’s hard to beat the end of LA BOHEME’s Act One, with the trifecta of arias about young love.
Interview: Charles H. Eaton of DON GIOVANNI at Minnesota Opera
Don Giovanni is an egotistical and infamous womanizer, brazen in his shameless seductions.
Opera Mariposa Presents Month-Long Online Charity Benefit Supporting The ME | FM Society Of BC
This May, Canada's first fully disability-run opera company is rallying the community to support people with chronic and post-viral illnesses.
New York City Opera Presents LA BOHEME This June
New York City Opera will present La Bohème on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7pm as part of their Park Series in Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America.
New Orleans Opera Association's General And Artistic Director To Step Down
The New Orleans Opera Association's General and Artistic Director Clare Burovac will be stepping down from her role at the end of the 2022-23 season.
Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Gets Its First New Met Staging In 19 Years From Director Simon McBurney
Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (May 19–June 10), one of opera's most beloved works, receives its first new Met staging in 19 years from acclaimed English director Simon McBurney.
San Diego Opera Presents Free Community Concerts in May and June
San Diego Opera has announced three free community concerts through the Company's =Voices/Voces= (Equal Voices) program, an outreach program celebrating diversity through uniquely curated performances throughout the community.
Review: MasterVoices Shows that There's Still Life in Gilbert & Sullivan's IOLANTHE in the 21st Century
Maybe the Met should stop thinking about THE MERRY WIDOW and DIE FLEDERMAUS when it takes a turn at operetta—let alone the bevy of comic operas by Rossini and Donizetti that are given more than their due on a regular basis—and let Gilbert & Sullivan (G&S) have a turn at bat.
Public Booking For 72nd Wexford Festival Opera opens on 10th May 2023
General booking for Wexford Festival Opera opens on Wednesday 10th May.
Mozart's DON GIOVANNI Receives A New Production By Ivo Van Hove In His Met Debut
Ivo van Hove, the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway's A View from the Bridge, makes a major Met debut with Mozart's Don Giovanni (May 5–June 2), re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the wor
Kaufman Music Center To Present Mezzo Soprano Sasha Cooke In Concert This Month
On May 25 at 7:30PM, the internationally acclaimed opera star brings her program to Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Hall with pianist Kirill Kuzmin.
Review: Thar's Gold – DAS RHEINGOLD – at Atlanta Opera in Tomer Zvulun's Entry into 'The Ring'
There are no supernatural women arriving on horseback to escort slain warriors to the afterlife--just a trio of mermaids, a couple of giants and a loveless dwarf, along with a bunch of gods, demi-gods and grotesque humans in Richard Wagner’s DAS RHEINGOLD, the first part of the composer’s Ring c
New York City Opera Presents Summer 2023 Season Part Of Bryant Park Picnic Performances
New York City Opera will present a season of four free, live performances this summer as part of their Park Series in Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America.
Wagner College Opera to Present LOVE & OTHER MIRACLES in May
Wagner College Opera will present Love & Other Miracles, a charming double-bill featuring Mozart's Bastien and Bastienna and Lecocq's Le Docteur Miracle.
Marcelo Álvarez Withdraws from AIDA at Met Due to Illness; Rafael Davila and Jorge de León Step In
Rafael Davila will sing the role of Radamès in Verdi's Aida on Sunday, April 30.
A Mozart Doubleheader Of New Productions Of DON GIOVANNI And DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Close Out The Met's 2022–23 Season
The Metropolitan Opera will close out its 2022–23 season with Don Giovanni, starting May 5, and Die Zauberflöte, starting May 19.
92NY to Present AMERICAN MODERN OPERA COMPANY: THE ECHOING OF TENSES
The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, will present American Modern Opera Company: the echoing of tenses, on May 18, 2023 at 7:30pm ET in the Kaufmann Concert Hall.
Sarasota Youth Opera Is Seeking Education Interns For Our Youth Opera Summer Camp
Sarasota Youth Opera (SYO) Summer Camp is an opportunity for young people ages 8-18 to explore the exciting world of opera.
Bloomingdale School Of Music to Present Free Faculty Concert Series in May And June
Bloomingdale School of Music continues its 2022/23 Free Faculty Concert Series at the David Greer Concert Hall in May and June.
The Met Opera's 2023 Summer Recital Series to Feature Six Free Concerts in All Five Boroughs
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023 Summer Recital Series will kick off the New York summer season with six free outdoor recitals, featuring established artists and young talents of the opera world, to New Yorkers in all five boroughs starting June 20.
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