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 The 21 opera singers who have won regional auditions around the United States will compete in the semifinal round of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition on Sunday, April 24, beginning at 11AM ET.

Watch as Victory Brinker, the world record holder for World's Youngest Opera Singer performs Der Hölle Rache from Mozart's The Magic Flute, an aria she loves singing and working on!

Opera producer and international stage director Christopher Mattaliano today announced the establishment of OrpheusPDX, an opera company created especially for Portland audiences and designed to become part of the community in a variety of new ways.

 General Director Ken McConnell and Artistic Director Tobias Picker today announced Tulsa Opera’s 75th anniversary season, which opens October 28 & 30 with the company premiere of Rossini’s The Italian Girl (L’italiana in Algeri).

Nashville Opera will return to TPAC’s Jackson Hall April 7 and 9 for its long-anticipated, 1940sinspired production of Verdi’s RIGOLETTO, which was cancelled twice due to the pandemic.

Such astonishing voices! Winter Opera, in St.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced the last production of the 2021-2022 season, Tosca.

Opera Orlando closes its 2021-22 Mainstage Verdi season with Rigoletto, the composer's first significant success.

Ailyn Pérez has excited Met audiences in several of opera’s benchmark soprano roles, and she adds another one this season as Tatiana, the naïve young girl who grows into a sophisticated beauty in Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous opera of unrequited love.

Dutch National Opera has announced its 2022/2023 season, with La Liberté? as its central theme.

The 2013 production of Tchaikovsky's Pushkin-inspired opera EUGENE ONEGIN has triumphantly returned to the Met.

The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, presents Mendelssohn's iconic Elijah on Monday, May 9, 2022 at 8:00pm at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

Vancouver Opera will conclude its 2021-2022 season with HMS Pinafore by acclaimed creative duo W.

Tulsa Opera will premiere a new production of Richard Strauss’ Salome that will take celebrating the return of live performances to a new level by offering members of the audience the opportunity to not only watch the action, but to be immersed in it over two performances Friday, April 29 at 8:

Elektra unites today’s leading dramatic sopranos: Nina Stemme, who reprises her acclaimed portrayal of the title role, and Lise Davidsen, making her role debut as Elektra’s sister Chrysothemis and appearing in her third Met production this season, following heralded turns in Strauss’s Aria

Patrick Furrer will conduct the final performance of Verdi’s Don Carlos today, Saturday, March 26th, replacing Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has withdrawn due to illness.

Metropolitan Opera has announced cast changes for their produciions of Don Carlo and Der Fliegende Holländer.

In partnership with the Battery City Park Authority (BPCA), Teatro Grattacielo presents a full production of Riccardo Zandonai's Giulietta e Romeo with libretto by Arturo Rossato.

The Royal Opera House today announces that sadly Nicky Spence will no longer sing the role of Samson in the upcoming performances of Samson et Dalila (26 May-19 June).

I couldn’t help thinking of a new science fiction-comedy series on Amazon during the local premiere of UPLOAD, the opera by Michel van der Aa at the Park Avenue Armory on Tuesday.

The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), led by Artistic Director Zack Winokur, has received a $750,000 grant from the celebrated Andrew W.

Madison Opera welcomes spring with Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld on Friday, April 29 at 8pm and Sunday, May 1 at 2:30pm in Overture Hall at the Overture Center for the Arts.

Tchaikovsky's tragic romance Eugene Onegin returns to the Met for six performances March 25–April 14.

Opera Orlando and honorary chairs Margie and Chuck Steinmetz invite you to The Mozart Dinner on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Steinmetz Hall at Dr.

Opera represents the full range of the human experience—so it is fitting that people of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences will find relevance in Utah Opera's four productions in the 2022-23 season at Salt Lake City's Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre.