David Pountney

Lyric Opera Of Chicago Reveals New Board Leadership
by Stephi Wild - Oct 22, 2025

Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced that Sylvia Neil, Chair of its Board of Directors, will step down in May 2026. She will be succeeded by Craig C. Martin.

Lyric Opera Of Chicago Unveils New Board Leadership As Sylvia Neil Concludes Term; Craig C. Martin Elected Chair-Elect
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 17, 2025

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced a transition in board leadership, with Sylvia Neil, current Chair of the Board of Directors, set to conclude her term in May 2026.

Lyric Opera of Chicago Appoints New Board Leadership
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2025

Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed that Sylvia Neil, Chair of its Board of Directors, will step down in May 2026. Learn more about the leadership transitions here!

Review: BBC PROMS: SHOSTAKOVICH’S ‘LADY MACBETH’, Royal Albert Hall
by Debbie Gilpin - Sep 2, 2025

Written between 1930 and 1932, The Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District was first performed in 1934 - and received a scathing write-up in the Pravda newspaper in 1936, due to its graphic sexual violence and murderous female lead. Whilst it alludes to Shakespeare’s infamous character, the opera is actually based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella of the same name; it also inspired William Oldroyd’s 2016 film starring Florence Pugh, whose screenplay was written by Alice Birch.

Review: MAZEPPA, Grange Park Opera
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jun 16, 2025

Even ardent opera fans may struggle to recall the story or the score for Mazeppa. Based on a poem by Pushkin, Tchaikovsky's opera has been unjustly overshadowed by his Eugene Onegin. Last staged at the London Coliseum in 1984, Grange Park Opera have landed a coup by engaging the English National Opera orchestra to play for David Pountney’s excellent new production.

Opera North Reveals Details of Green Season
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2023

As work ramps up on the trio of innovative productions comprising Opera North’s first sustainable season, the Company has revealed some of the transformations it is making in search of more environmentally responsible ways to bring its operas to the stage. 

Mozart's DON GIOVANNI Announced At The Atlanta Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 10, 2023

A new staging of Don Giovanni, the famed opera by Mozart with a libretto by Lorenzo DaPonte, performed by a cast of top international singers, comes to The Atlanta Opera and Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in January.

Opera North Brings Opera To Venues Across The North This Winter
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 13, 2022

Exploring themes of love, loss and laughter, Opera North Announces Its Winter Productions

Asmik Grigorian Als Jenůfa An Der Wiener Staatsoper
by Stephi Wild - Oct 5, 2022

Uraufgeführt bereits 1904 startete Leoš Janáceks bekannteste Oper 1918 nach der Wiener Erstaufführung ihre Weltkarriere – nun wird das Meisterwerk Jenufa am 9. Oktober 2022 im Haus am Ring hochkarätig besetzt wieder aufgenommen.

92NY Presents Eric Owens, Bass-baritone, And Singers From The Curtis Opera Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 3, 2022

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, presents Eric Owens, bass-baritone, and singers from the Curtis Opera Theatre, on October 25, 2022 at 7:30pm ET at the Kaufmann Concert Hall.

Welsh National Opera Presents Brand New Commission MIGRATIONS
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 10, 2022

The ground-breaking new opera by Welsh National Opera, Migrations will receive its world premiere in Summer 2022 with further performances in Autumn 22. 

WNO's Spring Season Arrives In Milton Keynes
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2022

Welsh National Opera brings Spring 2022 Season to Milton Keynes which features Mozart's Don Giovanni and Janáček's Jenůfa. The Company's critically acclaimed new production of Puccini's Madam Butterfly which opened in Autumn 2021 will also be performed during the Season.

Welsh National Opera Announces 2021/22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 15, 2021

Welsh National Opera has announced that the Company will return to touring in Wales and England from Autumn this year. The details announced include touring opera productions, engagement and outreach work and orchestral concert activity. 

Summer Movies At Sarasota Opera House To Begin Saturday, June 5
by A.A. Cristi - May 27, 2021

Sarasota Opera has announced the initial lineup for the 2021 summer movie series, which will open with “La Cage aux Folles” on Saturday, June 5.

Winners Announced For the 2021 International Opera Awards
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2021

The much-anticipated winners of the 2021 International Opera Awards sponsored by Mazars were announced in an online ceremony watched around the world. The Awards, considered opera's answer to the Oscars, celebrate achievements in opera around the globe over the last calendar year in a wide range of categories.

BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR N0. 51 at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - Apr 3, 2021

Have you watched Los Angeles Opera’s digital short Brown Sounds yet? Brown Sounds celebrates Black history by beginning with the Garden of Eden. Conceived by Raehann Bryce-Davis, a rising star in the LA firmament, it's a stunning vocal piece. Composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson set poet Henry Dumas's evocative verses to music with Bryce-Davis’s ravishing mezzo-soprano in mind.

San Diego Opera Announces Spring Drive-In Season Featuring THE BARBER OF SEVILLE and ONE AMAZING NIGHT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 17, 2021

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-distanced, drive-in performances.

Scottish Opera Announces Programme of Activity for Winter 20/21
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2020

Scottish Opera has unveiled a programme of digital and live performance as part of its 2020/21 Winter activity, including filmed productions of Così fan tutte and Hansel and Gretel.

Grange Park Opera Will Present A FEAST IN THE TIME OF PLAGUE in September
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2020

With a libretto by opera-giant Sir David Pountney and music by Alex Woolf, A Feast in the Time of Plague is the only new opera to have been commissioned during lockdown.

BWW Review: A CELEBRATION OF DVORAK'S RUSALKA at Santa Fe Opera Online
by Maria Nockin - Jul 26, 2020

On Saturday, July 25, 2020, at six oa??clock sharp, it was time to hook the computer up to the television set and watch Santa Fe Operaa??s celebration of Antonín Dvořáka??s extraordinary opera Rusalka. In the background, the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra of Košice, conducted by Robert Stankovsky, played a scintillating rendition of the operaa??s overture as we viewed the opera ranch.