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Opera Parallele Reveals 2026 Spring Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2026

Opera Parallele will present an engaging lineup for its 2026 spring season, featuring a mix of contemporary and classic operas. The season aims to attract a diverse audience with its innovative productions.

Review: Spectacular Nadine Sierra Shines in Villazon’s Somnolent SONNAMBULA by Bellini
by Richard Sasanow - Oct 7, 2025

Sometimes great singing can save a bad production. It happened with the Met’s previous attempt at Bellini’s LA SONNAMBULA, which had been DOA at its premiere, despite a star, cast but rose like a phoenix when it was revived with other stars a year later. This time around, in the misguided, often silly take under the direction of the former tenor Rolando Villazon, soprano Nadine Sierra tried her considerable best as Amina to bring it to life but Villazon was a problem that her great singing couldn’t totally surmount.

Kalamazoo Symphony Unveils 25/26 Season Featuring Leonard Bernstein's WEST SIDE STORY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2025

The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra is launching the 25/26 season with 20 mainstage performances, including a fully staged production of Leonard Bernstein's Broadway musical West Side Story. Learn more!

SHE WHO DARED Comes to Chicago Opera Theater
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2025

Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Chicago's foremost producer of new and rarely staged  operas, proudly presents the world premiere of She Who Dared by acclaimed composer/librettist duo Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton.

MADAMA BUTTERFLY and More Set for North Carolina Opera 2025�"2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 10, 2025

After years of rising audience enthusiasm and sold-out performances, North Carolina Opera is expanding its season in 2025-2026 with three full-scale productions. Learn more!

Dayton Opera Unveils Star-Studded Cast And Conductors For Verdi's AIDA
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2025

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has announced the cast and conductors for Dayton Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's Aida at the Schuster Center.

Leading Activist Arts Company, White Snake Projects, Premieres Opera IS THIS AMERICA? In September
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2024

The civil rights opera IS THIS AMERICA will premiere in Boston from September 20-22, 2024, highlighting pivotal moments in the fight for equality through powerful performances and storytelling.

World Premiere Of Civil Rights Opera IS THIS AMERICA? Presented In Boston This September
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 19, 2024

The world premiere of IS THIS AMERICA?, a civil rights opera, will be held in Boston from September 20-22. The opera explores pivotal moments in the civil rights movement through powerful performances.

White Snake Projects to Premiere IS THIS AMERICA? Opera in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 18, 2024

White Snake Projects will premiere the opera IS THIS AMERICA? celebrating civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer with original music by Mary D. Watkins. Pre-show talks at Boston Public Library branches on Sep 4 and 14.

White Snake Projects Announces Remainder Of Election Year- Themed Opera Events
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2024

Celebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant opera, activist performing arts company White Snake Projects (WSP) and its founder Cerise Lim Jacobs have announced the organization's final events of 2024.

White Snake Projects To Present Election-Themed Concerts, Operas And Talks This Fall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2024

White Snake Projects will present a series of opera performances and community events in Boston from September to December 2024.

LA Opera to Present World Premiere Of Joel Thompson's FIRE AND BLUE SKY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 9, 2024

LA Opera will present the world premiere of a major new commission: the orchestral song cycle Fire and Blue Sky by Emmy-winning composer Joel Thompson and librettist Imani Tolliver. Learn how to purchase tickets !

Five New Productions Announced For Canadian Opera Company's 2024/2025 Season
by Joshua Wright - Feb 22, 2024

The Canadian Opera Company announced its 2024/2025 season with exciting programming comprised almost entirely of new-to-Toronto productions including the first-ever COC staging of Verdi’s Nabucco, the world premiere of a new production of Gounod’s Faust, and the Toronto premiere of La Reine-garçon, a new creation from Canadians Julien Bilodeau and Michel Marc Bouchard.

Review: JUDAS MACCABAEUS at Riverside Church
by Joanna Barouch - Dec 22, 2023

Leon Botstein, Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra, has made it the orchestra’s mission to present lesser-known orchestral and choral works. Dr. Botstein, President of Bard College,  decided that this year’s holiday presentation would be Georg Friedrich Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus from 1746, performed on Thursday December 14.

Utah Symphony to Perform Beethoven's Ninth Led By Creative Partner David Robertson
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 3, 2023

Utah Symphony performs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Berg’s Wozzeck in a semi-staged production led by Creative Partner David Robertson. Don't miss this exceptional musical experience!

The Santa Barbara Symphony Reveals 2023-24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2023

 The Santa Barbara Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season, continuing a musical legacy focused on the transformative power of music. Music & Artistic Director Nir Kabaretti, now in his 18th season with the Santa Barbara Symphony, has curated an expansive eight-month-long musical journey that spotlights local, national, and international talent, as well as community, collaboration, and classical traditions.  

BWW Review: Soprano Nadine Sierra Makes a Splash �" and a Splat �" in Bloody New Simon Stone LUCIA at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - Apr 27, 2022

Well, no one can say that the Met doesn’t have guts. After the tepid response that subscribers gave its Las Vegas version of Verdi’s RIGOLETTO by Michael Mayer, no one would have suspected that they’d come up with a version of Donizetti’s LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR that made anything else it’s produced look tame. And while the new LUCIA isn’t something that will send every Met attendee into quivers of excitement--I don’t think I’ve ever heard so many pros and cons discussed at an intermission before--it also won’t send them to sleep either.

Washington National Opera to Return to Nationals Park for the Annual OPERA IN THE OUTFIELD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2021

Washington National Opera will return to Nationals Park with Opera in the Outfield on Saturday, August 28. Hosted by General Director Timothy O’Leary and WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello, this community event features an outdoor broadcast of Rossini’s charming romantic comedy Cinderella.