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On Site Opera, New York's pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, revisits the perils, hilarity, and teachable lessons of 2020 with Lesson Plan, a live and interactive digital production based on Georg Phillip Telemann's Der Schulmeister with a

Michael Chioldi will sing the title role in the next two performances of Verdi's Rigoletto, replacing Quinn Kelsey, who will return for the January 15 performance.

OPERA America has announced the third cycle of IDEA Opera Grants (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access), an initiative that supports teams of composers and librettists who identify as African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and/or Native American in the development of new operatic works and the advanc

Gounod's masterpiece of grand French opera, Roméo et Juliette, continues San Diego Opera's 2021-2022 season when it opens on Saturday, March, 26, 2022 for four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre.

The Metropolitan Opera will present Mozart’s classic comedy Le Nozze di Figaro for six performances, January 8–28, 2022.

The Met rings in the new year with the gala premiere of a bold new take on Verdi's timeless tragedy from Bartlett Sher.

Get a first look at The Met's production of Rigoletto, now on stage through June 11th.

Get a first look at The Met's production of Rigoletto, now on stage through June 11th.

When I saw the George Grosz-ish curtain that introduced us to the new Barlett Sher “Weimar-inspired” production of Verdi’s RIGOLETTO at the Met on New Year’s Eve, I was excited about what lay ahead.

In a new video from the Royal Opera House, Elena Stikhina, as Floria Tosca and Freddie De Tommaso, as Cavaradossi perform the finale from the company's production of Tosca.

The Metropolitan Opera will ring in the new year with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto on December 31, with an additional eight performances January 4-January 29, 2022.

Adam Plachetka will sing Count Almaviva in the January performances of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, replacing Christian Gerhaher, who has withdrawn due to a non-Covid-related illness.

Watch Oksana Lyniv discuss the role of the conductor and the musical elements for The Royal Opera's Tosca.

The Staatsoper Stuttgart announced that beginning today, December 27, 2021, the opera house will require vaccinations and an additional negative COVID-19 test to enter.

Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead a cast starring Quinn Kelsey in his Met role debut as Rigoletto, Rosa Feola as Gilda, and Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua.

On Christmas Day, The Rally Cat will premiere a new Jane Austen inspired concept album.

It's not always easy to relate personally to the storylines of classic operas—a prince is given a magic flute to protect him on a journey through a mythical land, a Roman diva must give herself to her captor or sentence her true love to death, a cursed clown's daughter sacrifices her own life to s

Guatemalan tenor Mario Chang has joined the roster of Promethean Artists for General Management.

After sold-out concerts at the iconic Carnegie Hall in New York, the Wembley Arena in London, the Sydney Opera House, and countless arena shows in Europe, world-renowned pianist and composer HAVASI will make his UAE debut with an innovative concert of his original compositions at Dubai Opera for o

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The Royal Opera House has released a new video, featuring Elena Stikhina, as Floria Tosca and Freddie De Tommaso, as Cavaradossi performing the Act I Love Duet from Puccini’s great opera of passion and politics.

GME Events, in conjunction with Dubai Shopping Festival, Dubai Calendar and Dubai Opera, have announced that UK Comedian Jack Dee will perform a headline show at the Dubai Opera in January as part of his ‘Off The Telly’ International Tour.

What is there to say about Puccini’s TOSCA that hasn’t been said in the last hundred-plus years since its premiere in Rome (to echo the locations in the opera)? It is a marvel of brevity, with librettists Illica and Giacosa shaving locations, characters and action from the original play, written

Italian baritone Davide Luciano is indisposed and has withdrawn from performing the role of Count Almaviva in all performances of The Marriage of Figaro.

Portland Opera will begin 2022 with performances of the 2013 opera When the Sun Comes Out, composed by Leslie Uyeda with a libretto by the poet Rachel Rose.