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Vancouver Opera Announces 2022-2023 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2022
Vancouver Opera has announced the 2022-2023 season. Returning to the Vancouver Opera stage after 28 years is The Pearl Fishers in October. A company premiere alights the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with ethereal magic in A Midsummer Night's Dream in February. Concluding the season is the long-awaited return of a legend with Wagner's The Flying Dutchman.
Jasdeep Singh Degun Announced As Opera North's Artist In Residence
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2022
Opera North has announced the sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun as its new Artist in Residence. 
Opera Saratoga Artistic And General Director Lawrence Edelson To Step Down After 2022 Summer Festival Season
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2022
Opera Saratoga's Artistic and General Director Lawrence Edelson announced today that the 2022 Summer Festival will be the final season in his leadership role with the company. Edelson, who joined the company in 2014, will remain in his position through the end of July.
Arizona Opera Announces Casting For Its 2022/23 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2022
Arizona Opera announced casting today for their vibrant 2022/23 Season, which will feature an exciting array of productions, ranging from beloved classics to new works, including a return to five in-theater shows in both Phoenix and Tucson.
New Camerata Opera Announces PETER RABBIT At Moore Jackson Community Garden
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
Camerata Piccola, in partnership with the Woodside Arts Collective, will be performing Peter Rabbit at the Moore Jackson Community Garden at 3pm on Sunday, May 15th.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances to Kick Off With New York City Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2022
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America will officiall kick off its 2022 season on May 27 with New York City Opera’s staged and costumed production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. 
OPERA America Awards Opera Grants For Women Stage Directors And Conductors
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2022
OPERA America has announced the second round recipients of the 2022 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. The program incentivizes companies to hire women in these key artistic roles. These hires enrich the production and performance of new operas and works from the inherited repertoire; introduce audiences to the talent and insight of new artists; and inspire future generations of creative artists who identify as women.
Opera Orlando to Host Annual Gala VIVA L'OPERA! 
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
Opera Orlando's annual gala and season celebration is finally here after two years of postponements. Viva L'Opera! at The Alfond Inn at Rollins on May 21, 2022, will be the party of the year and a feast for the senses, combining culinary art and opera from around the world. The event is open to the public and only a few seats remain. RSVP by May 13 to be a part of all the operatic festivities.
New York Opera Alliance Presents NYOA Next!
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2022
The NEW YORK OPERA ALLIANCE (NYOA) presents NYOA NEXT! on Monday, May 16 at 7:30pm at Christ & Saint Stephen’s Church in New York City.
Grace Chorale Of Brooklyn In Collaboration With Vertical Player Repertory Presents THE CONSTITUTION, A SECULAR ORATORIO
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2022
Grace Chorale of Brooklyn (Jason Asbury, Music Director), in collaboration with Vertical Player Repertory (Judith Barnes, Artistic Director), presents the in-person premiere of The Constitution, a Secular Oratorio by Benjamin Yarmolinsky, a musical performance of our nation's foundational document, accompanied by a chamber orchestra on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7pm and Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3pm at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, NYC.
Nevill Holt Opera Celebrate Jubilee With BBC Concert Orchestra, 4 June
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2022
Nevill Holt Opera will present a celebratory concert extravaganza on Saturday 4th June at 5pm, featuring the world-renowned BBC Concert Orchestra. 
Metropolitan Opera to Present Company Premiere of Brett Dean's HAMLET
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2022
On May 13, the Metropolitan Opera will present the company premiere of Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet, a bold adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless drama, with six additional performances through June 9.
Nevill Holt Opera Head To Lincoln Cathedral For Special Performance, 18 June
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
Nevill Holt Opera Leicestershire's award-winning opera company, will perform for the first time in the breath-taking Lincoln Cathedral, with a concert version of Puccini's heartbreaking La bohème.  This special one-off performance will follow a run of La bohème at NHO's home on the beautiful Nevill Holt estate. 
Review: Nina Campos, with Guest Gerald Santos, In Concert at Pinto Art Museum
by Vince Vicentuan - May 04, 2022
A summer night couldn’t be more propitious: an amphitheatre sitting loftily atop rugged Antipolo terrains adorned with humongous homalomenas, philodendrons, and alocasias growing uninterruptedly, a buzzing crowd of guests gushing over the museum’s Castillan-influenced architecture jutting into the night sky, and an impressive lineup of performers headlined by one of the most exciting classical singers to have emerged in the past decade joined by an international musical theater artist-guest who has won countless hearts with his dashing good looks and smooth, dramatic voice.
Pittsburgh Opera To Broadcast World Premiere Opera IN A GROVE Free On YouTube May 15
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
Pittsburgh Opera will broadcast a video recording of its world premiere production of Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann's In a Grove-directed by Mary Birnbaum and conducted by Antony Walker-in its entirety, for free, on YouTube Sunday, May 15th at 7:00pm.
Baritone Will Liverman Wins The Metropolitan Opera's 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera has named baritone Will Liverman the winner of the 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award. The annual $50,000 award recognizes extraordinarily gifted singers with rising Met careers.
BWW Review: (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS by Bates and Campbell under Zvulun Closes the Circle on Apple's Creation
by Richard Sasanow - May 03, 2022
On Saturday night, Version 2.0 of the Mason Bates-Mark Campbell opera, THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS, opened brilliantly as a mainstage production of the Atlanta Opera, in its East Coast premiere, under Tomer Zvulun’s taut direction and Michael Christie’s smart baton. To say the audience greeted the work joyfully would be an understatement.
Premiere of Jonathan Dawe's BEING ARIODANTE to Premiere at Columbia University
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2022
Columbia University's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies has announced the May 13 & 14 premiere performances of BEING ARIODANTE, the opera by American composer Jonathan Dawe (Cracked Orlando, 2010; Nero and the Fall of Lehman Brothers, 2016) originally scheduled for April 2020.
VIDEO: New Trailer For The Metropolitan Opera's New, Modern-Day Production of Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
by Alan Henry - May 03, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera will present an audacious new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, which moves the bel canto masterpiece from 18th-century Scotland to a present-day town in the American Rust Belt, with nine performances April 23–May 21, 2022.
Works & Process At The Guggenheim Presents The Metropolitan Opera: HAMLET By Brett Dean
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2022
A riveting contemporary masterpiece and the third Metropolitan Opera premiere in the company's 2021-22 season, Hamlet, composed by Brett Dean with a libretto by theater and opera director Matthew Jocelyn, won extraordinary praise for its premiere run in the United Kingdom.
Metropolitan Opera Announces a Cast Change For THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2022
Raehann Bryce-Davis will sing Baba the Turk in the May and June performances of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, replacing Alice Coote.
Max Lifchitz Brings Cinco De Mayo Concert to National Opera Center, May 4
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
Max Lifchitz marks the Cinco de Mayo Holiday on Wednesday evening May 4 performing a live streamed recital featuring piano music by Mexican composers from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Greek National Opera Premiere New Production Of Verdi's RIGOLETTO At The Athens Epidaurus Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
The Greek National Opera will present four performances of a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival on June 2, 5, 8 and 11.
Off-Brand Opera Presents SPARK: An Experimental Debut Concert
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
Off-Brand Opera presents SPARK an experimental debut concert May 13 & 14 at 7:30pm Soapbox Gallery.
Six Singers Named 2022 Winners of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2022
After a season-long series of competitions at the district, regional, and national levels, a panel of expert judges named six singers as the winners of the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.

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