INDUSTRY OPERA NEWS COVERAGE

Washington National Opera General Director Timothy O'Leary discusses the company's transition, community support, rebuilding operations, and future plans, including upcoming productions of TREEMONISHA, THE CRUCIBLE, and WEST SIDE STORY....

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a new round of cost-cutting measures, including layoffs, executive pay reductions, and a scaled-back production schedule, as it continues to grapple with financial instability....

The Des Moines Metro Opera is a 51-year-old company that’s been praised highly by The New York Times. The paper presumably knew little if anything about the near-Dickensian work practices endured by staff, apprentices and interns, some of whom make only $75 a day for the privilege of being associa...

The Metropolitan Opera will perform annually at Saudi Arabia’s new Royal Diriyah Opera House starting in 2028 as part of a five-year agreement, providing cultural exchange and financial stability for the Met....

Kennedy Center subscription sales fall 36% compared to 2023, with theater revenue dropping 82%. The decline follows President Donald Trump’s appointment as board chair and Richard Grenell as president....

San Diego Opera will commence its 60th anniversary season on November 1 with a performance of Puccini's 'La bohème,' the same opera that inaugurated the company on May 5, 1965, at the San Diego Civic Theatre....

More than a decade after a serious onstage accident ended her career, veteran mezzo-soprano Wendy White has settled her lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera....

Palm Beach Opera will welcome new members to its board of directors, bringing decades of experience and expertise across various industries to enhance the organization's sustainability, leadership, and growth....

San Diego Opera has announced that Llewellyn Crain has been appointed to the position of Chief Development Officer after an extensive search. Crain will lead the Company's development department; raising funds through major gifts, membership, planned and annual giving, corporate and foundation suppo...

On Site Opera, the nation's leading opera company specializing in site-specific productions, has announced its search for a new Artistic Director as founder Eric Einhorn prepares to step down from the role at the end of the year....

The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), led by Artistic Director Zack Winokur, has received a $750,000 grant from the celebrated Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “to support visionary artists in collaborative processes that re-envision a long-enduring art form in an artist-centric and contempo...

On Friday, 29 August, the Riga Jurmala Music Festival's educational programme (in cooperation with the Embassy of the United States of America in Latvia) present a vocal masterclass with the legendary American soprano Renée Fleming, available to stream for free via the Riga Jurmala Academy Facebook...

After nearly round-the-clock negotiations at the end of June that lasted into the July 4th holiday weekend, negotiators for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local One and the Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement for a new contract....

Social justice advocacy group Black Opera Alliance and international arts management consultants TRG Arts have released the first Insight Report tracking progress U.S. opera companies are making toward the eight areas of needed transformation defined in BOA's 'Pledge for Racial Equity and Systemic ...

Stratagem Artists has announced its bold venture into Canada’s energetic operatic scene. Building on its robust history of artist-driven representation, Stratagem welcomes seven new Canadians to its roster: Soprano Lucia Cesaroni, soprano Aviva Fortunata, mezzo-soprano Reilly Nelson, baritone Phi...

The musicians of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, represented by AFM Local 802, stand in solidarity with our IATSE Local 1 stagehand colleagues who have been locked out of The Metropolitan Opera, a particularly callous action taken by Met management in this unprecedented pandemic. ...

The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) applauds the introduction of the bi-partisan Save Our Stages Act introduced by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). ...

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation announced the removal of trustee David N. Tucker from its board of directors on Monday evening following a backlash over racially-charged comments Tucker made on Facebook....

Sing for Hope today announced it has launched a new initiative called 'SingforHopeGrams' to bring moments of music and connection directly to people's lives while providing employment for artists from Broadway, opera, and more as the world's stages remain dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The premi...

Today, the Metropolitan Opera announced plans to furlough 41 members of its administrative staff and reduce the hours of an additional 11 staff members, due to revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic....

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is launching #CongressSaveCulture, a campaign to support broader efforts advocating for financial relief for non-profit arts organizations to be included in the $2 trillion stimulus package currently being debated in Congress....