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On Monday, March 15, a new operatic event will showcase U.

Inspired by the success from their safe drive-in performances of La bohème in the Fall, which heralded the return of live, in-person, opera to San Diego County since the start of the pandemic, and provided over 300 jobs to many, San Diego Opera has announced a Spring season of safe, socially-dis

Frank Hilbrich directs the new Hungarian State Opera production of Verdi's Don Carlo.

On February 14, 2021, Valentine’s Day, Pittsburgh Festival Opera presented seven singers in a romantic concert entitled Some Enchanted Evening.

Contralto Marian Anderson was hailed as a voice that 'comes around once in a hundred years,' yet she was barred from performing in Constitution Hall because of her race.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced the appointments to the Company’s senior staff.

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva will perform a live concert from the Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series.

On the heels of two successful and safe in-person MainStage productions this past December and January, Opera Orlando is launching its 2020-21 Opera on the Town series next week with a world premiere production of Death of Ivan Ilych.

Conceived by Opera Fuoco Artistic Director David Stern and presented in partnership with Marquee TV, Figaro in the City is a modern-day retelling of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.

OPERA America has announced the launch of the Opera Grants  for Female Stage Directors and Conductors program, a new initiative developed to advance gender parity  in the field by incentivizing opera companies to hire women for key artistic leadership roles.

Utah Opera presents an evening of opera arias inspired by central themes of light and optimism in a virtual concert in two acts that is available for streaming On Demand from February 12 to March 14.

The Santa Fe Opera will present Songs for the Future, a special online program to benefit its singing and technical Apprentice Programs, on March 11 at 6:00 pm MT.

I couldn’t help but admire Anna Netrebko’s taking on many of the pieces that comprised her concert from Vienna’s historic Spanish Riding School on February 6, which was part of the Met Stars Live in Concert.

The Florentine Opera Company has been approved for a Grants for Arts Projects award to support its mainstage La Boheme production.

The Rossini Opera Festival will now be available for streaming in North America exclusively on Stage Access.

One of the world’s foremost, most adventurous, female producers of contemporary opera, and a tireless champion of diverse voices, Beth Morrison unequivocally embraces her seemingly limitless drive.

On February 21, 2021 at 3pm EST, the MET Orchestra Musicians will present soprano Angela Gheorghiu in concert from Bucharest's stunning Romanian Athenaeum.

Metropolitan Opera’s General Manager Peter Gelb has spoken with several artists via a Zoom series, and revealed many future productions the company will take on.

Citizens will see an outdoor theatre going up on the corner of Tenth Street and Second Avenue downtown over the next six weeks as the Springer Opera House creates an innovative way to protect their audiences and artists this spring.

From Cyprus to Singapore, Vienna to California, over 35 people have joined from 7 different time zones to rehearse and record an opera for the lockdown generation.

The Hungarian National Ballet presents its first online premiere in the new stream series of the Hungarian State Opera.

Opera Orlando launches a new platform to better engage with its audience during this socially distant time.

Today American Lyric Theater has announced the Opera Writers Diversity and Representation Initiative as part of an ongoing commitment to mentoring the next generation of operatic writers.

OPERA America invites you to a webinar series on the fundamentals of opera company governance.

OPERA America has announced the inaugural participants of the IDEA Opera Residencies (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) program, a new initiative that provides New York City-based composers and librettists of color an opportunity to explore opera as an expressive medium.