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Teatro Grattacielo will present the world premiere of Generación Perdida, a monodrama-opera composed by Mexican composer Jorge Sosa, based on the book by Mexican-Colombian poet Javier Moro Hernandez. Learn more! ...

Political prisoner is rescued from dungeon by his faithful wife, only to find that she’s pregnant! Shocking! Not really: Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who’s shown herself indispensable in roles from Tchaikovsky’s QUEEN OF SPADES to Strauss’s ARIADNE AUF NAXOS starts her maternity leave a...

Nashville Opera brings its 24.25 Season to its close with two performances of Donizetti’s LUCIA: THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. This bel canto masterpiece features Metropolitan Opera and Royal Danish Opera star Rainelle Krause in her role debut as the tragic bride. ...

Great Lakes Operetta's inaugural 2024-2025 season continues with its second concert: Operetta Around the World: A Concert of Light Opera Gems from Across the Globe....

Florida Grand Opera will present SongFest: Femmes Fantastiques, a dynamic and moving musical tribute celebrating the legacy and innovation of women composers....

This will be talked about for a long time to come....

Opera Maine will present Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a tale of vengeance, love, and dark humor that has captivated audiences for decades. ...

MOBY-DICK--Herman Melville’s epic tale of obsession and man-versus-nature, succinctly adapted by composer Jake Heggie with Gene Scheer’s taut libretto--roared into the Met Monday night and begged only one question: What took so long for it to get here?...

Dallas Opera has revealed its 2025/2026 Season at the Winspear Opera House. The Dallas Opera’s 68th season features four mainstage productions, all new to Dallas as company or U.S. premieres. Lear more!...

On Sunday, April 6, at 4:00 pm, mezzo-soprano Megan Moore, a 2022 George London Award winner, will perform the world premiere of a new three-song cycle by Jake Heggie at a recital presented by the George and Nora London Foundation for Singers at The Morgan Library & Museum....

The groundbreaking rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be presented on the Springer Opera Theatre mainstage. Performances begin this week! The production opens Friday, March 7, at 7:30 PM on the Springer mainstage....

Pittsburgh Opera's Fashion Show ‘Threads of Destiny’ was on February 24, 2025 at the Bitz Opera Factory. Check out some photos of the night's fashions below!...

Pittsburgh Opera has revealed its 2025-26 season, the company's 87th. Pittsburgh Opera will be producing five operas. Learn more and see the full lineup of shows. ...

Get a first look at Moby-Dick at the Metropolitan Opera. Following the haunting Met premiere of his first opera, Dead Man Walking, composer Jake Heggie returns to the company with his 2010 adaptation of Herman Melville’s sea-drenched, heaven-storming epic. ...

Winter Opera rounds out its 18th season with a splendid production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). This is perhaps the most popular opera in the world, and it is an all-round challenge for any company—vocally and technically....

An animated revival of Adele Thomas’s 2023 production, Il Trovatore strays from realism and instead focuses on a symbolic reading of this dark and gritty opera. With macabre medieval costumes, eery effects and a brilliant cast, it’s an unnerving experience....

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the company debut of soprano Rainelle Krause as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's beloved opera The Magic Flute. Learn more here!...

Independent Opera Company will continue its 2024-2025 season with 'Daphne,' a rarely- performed opera by German composer Richard Strauss. IOC's presentation of 'Daphne' will be the Los Angeles premiere of this exceptional work....

Opera lovers can immerse themselves in four operas in a three- or four-day period during Sarasota Opera's Winter Opera Festival. By visiting Sarasota during one of the two Opera Lovers Weeks, patrons can see four world-class productions in the historic and intimate Sarasota Opera House. In addition,...

Austin Opera's 2025-2026 Season will mark several major milestones, as the company celebrates its 40th birthday as well as the 10th anniversary of Annie Burridge's tenure as General Director & CEO....

Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer brings a new production of Verdi’s grand masterpiece Aida to the Met next month. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Alexander Soddy conduct. Watch a new trailer here!...

This Spring, The Royal Opera will present the first revival of Damiano Michieletto's production of Carmen. Michieletto's staging casts a new light on the lust, violence and passion of Bizet's ever-popular opera....

Erwin Schrott has withdrawn from the performances of Faust on 2, 6 and 10 June for personal reasons. The role of Méphistophélès will be performed on these dates by Ildebrando D'Arcangelo. Schrott will continue to sing the role on 23, 25, 28 and 30 May.   ...

The chorus of the Welsh National Opera have voted unanimously to take further action short of strike on Thursday 27 February and Saturday 1 March, affecting shows on these dates....

Decca Classics has announced Der fliegende Holländer, the first full-length opera recording on the label from Lise Davidsen. Set for release on April 18, 2025, this recording was captured live over two spectacular nights at the opera house in Oslo during the summer of 2024....

For two days in March, Opera Saratoga will hold local auditions for the 2025 Summer Festival Season and beyond, in order to create a local roster of affiliated singers, actors and pianists. ...

OPERA America has revealed the eight recipients of the 2025 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. Learn more about the program and the awardees. ...

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2025–26 season, the company’s 142nd year, featuring six new productions—three of which are Met premieres—and 12 revivals. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

Boston Lyric Opera will present an 80th anniversary production of “RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S ‘CAROUSEL,'” directed by BLO Artistic Associate Anne Bogart, conducted by BLO Music Director David Angus, and running April 4-13, 2025 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. ...

Welsh National Opera has announced its 2025/2026 Season, which will also see the Company celebrate its 80th anniversary. WNO will visit Birmingham Hippodrome in May 2026 with a brand-new production of The Flying Dutchman (Thu 7 May 2026) and the return of Blaze of Glory! (Fri 8 May 2026)....

This March, Utopia Opera will present the timeless rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar with a 30-piece orchestra from March 14th through 23rd at the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College. ...

Chickasaw American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate's new opera Loksi' Shaali' (Shell Shaker), conducted by Tianhui Ng will have its East Coast Premiere at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. Learn how to attend....

Sarasota Opera will open Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville on Saturday, Feb. 22. One of the most beloved comic operas in the repertoire, it is also one of the most frequently performed works worldwide. Learn more!...

And so to the final new production of English National Opera’s season; Mary, Queen of Scots, directed by Stewart Laing and conducted by Joana Carneiro. Scottish composer Thea Musgrave’s opera was last heard in London at Sadler’s Wells back in 1980, after premiering in Edinburgh in 1977, with ...

While opera-lovers wait eagerly for soprano Julia Bullock’s appearance in the latest John Adams lyric drama, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at the Met in May, Bullock continues to tantalize us with some other parts of her repertoire, from the Baroque (her recent program with the Orchestra of the Age of Enli...

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Thea Musgrave’s rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots makes its London and English National Opera (ENO) premiere in February 2025. See first look photos of the production....

OPERA America has revealed the three recipients of the first Opera RESPECTS Training Awards. The awards provide customized anti-harassment and civil workplace training for personnel, volunteers, and artists at professional opera companies....