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THE MONTH OF MODERNS to Close The Crossing's 21st Season with World Premieres
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2026

The Crossing, the four-time Grammy-winning choir conducted by Donald Nally, will present THE MONTH OF MODERNS, a series of Philadelphia concerts featuring world premieres and works marking 250 years of American Independence.

Highmark Mann Center Will Present 50th Anniversary Season With 50+ Performances
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 30, 2026

Philadelphia's Highmark Mann Center announced its 50th anniversary season, featuring more than 50 performances, world premieres, and a $70 million campus transformation coinciding with America250 celebrations.

Photos: Pittsburgh Opera Presents CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 12, 2024

Check out photos from CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI at Pittsburgh Opera.  The operas will be performed November 9, 12, 15, and 17, 2024 at Benedum Center.

Prestini and Vavrek's Opera SILENT LIGHT to Open National Sawdust's 10th Anniversary Season
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 14, 2024

National Sawdust will open its momentous 10th anniversary season with the world premiere production of Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek's sensual and poetic new opera Silent Light from September 26-29.

VIDEO: Get A First Look at Met Opera's MADAMA BUTTERFLY for the 2023/24 Season
by Joshua Wright - Jan 10, 2024

Get a first look at Puccini’s Madama Butterfly which returns to the Met stage for 16 performances, starting January 11.

Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY to Return to the Metropolitan Opera This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 5, 2024

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will return to the Met stage for 16 performances, starting January 11.

The Metropolitan Opera Announces 2023–24 Season Featuring Four Met Premieres & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 22, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a 2023–24 season with the most new works in the company’s modern history. See show details, performances dates, and how to purchase tickets!

American Symphony Orchestra Performs U.S. Premiere Of Sergei Taneyev's AT THE READING OF A PSALM at Carnegie Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 6, 2022

The American Symphony Orchestra completes its 60th anniversary season on Friday, July 15, 2022 at 8 PM. The program, part of the Orchestra’s Vanguard Series and presented in a special collaboration with the Bard Music Festival, is conducted by Music Director Leon Botstein and features the U.S. premiere of Sergei Taneyev’s final work, At the Reading of a Psalm.

American Symphony Orchestra Performs U.S. Premiere of Sergei Taneyev's at THE READING OF A PSALM
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2022

The American Symphony Orchestra celebrates its return to Carnegie Hall and its 60th anniversary season in 2021-22 on Friday, January 28, 2022 at 8 PM. The program, part of the Orchestra’s Vanguard Series conducted by Music Director Leon Botstein, features the U.S. premiere of Sergei Taneyev’s final work, At the Reading of a Psalm.

American Symphony Orchestra Announces 60th Anniversary Season Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2021

The American Symphony Orchestra celebrates its return to the stage and its 60th anniversary season in 2021-22 with four full-orchestra programs at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, and a free opening concert titled Mahler in New York at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on December 16. The opening program focuses on composers whom Mahler had championed during his years in New York.

Renée Fleming, Paola Prestini, Du Yun & More to be Featured in CONTEMPLATIONS FROM NATIONAL SAWDUST
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 1, 2021

Now, in celebration of the organization's belated five year anniversary, National Sawdust and The WNET Group's ALL ARTS present Contemplations from National Sawdust, a six-episode retrospective presenting an overview of National Sawdust's impressive past, ambitious present and hopeful future.

21c LIEDERABEND, op. WORLDWIDE Will Stream From National Sawdust Next Month
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2021

The popular idea of a 'Liederabend' – an evening of song – goes back to Schubertiads and the flowering of German Romantic poetry and song in the 1800s. These musical salons provided the artists and ruling-class intelligentsia of their day opportunity to co-mingle ideas, music, and personal passions.

HERE Announces Winter/Spring 2021 In-Person and Online Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 11, 2021

The OBIE-winning HERE has announced programming for its HERE There Everywhere winter and spring 2021 season. The season launches with the ninth annual PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now (January 8–16), the premier global festival of opera-theatre and music-theatre which has been completely re-envisioned in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

BWW Review: ALICE IN THE PANDEMIC at White Snake Projects
by Andrew Child - Oct 25, 2020

When performance spaces were shuttered, many companies shuttered their imaginations in solidarity with the rows of seats, choosing to hibernate until they could return to live, in-person events and allowing both to collect dust in the meantime.

White Snake Projects to Premiere ALICE IN THE PANDEMIC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 13, 2020

On October 23-27, activist opera company White Snake Projects presents the world premiere of Alice in the Pandemic, a new virtual opera composed by Jorge Sosa.

White Snake Projects Presents New Virtual Opera ALICE IN THE PANDEMIC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 26, 2020

Alice in the Pandemic, a new virtual opera from activist opera company White Snake Projects, led by creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs, represents an ingenious adaptation to the changed performing arts environment.

BWW Review: BREAKING THE WAVES at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - May 31, 2020

On May 29, 2020, Opera Philadelphia presented the digital premiere of Royce Vavrek and Missy Mazzoli's Breaking the Waves, a story based on the 1996 international film of the same name directed by Lars von Trier. Winner of the Music Critics Association of North America 2017 award for Best New Opera, the story took place in the 1970s at a seaside settlement in the Scottish Highlands.

BREAKING THE WAVES to Receive Broadcast Premiere as Part of DIGITAL FESTIVAL O
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2020

Opera Philadelphia's adaptation of Lars von Trier's searing, Oscar-nominated 1996 film Breaking the Waves made its world premiere in September 2016. It has since earned the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA)'s inaugural Best New Opera Award, an International Opera Award nomination for Best World Premiere.

National Sawdust to Launch Live@NationalSawdust, A Free Digital Platform
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2020

National Sawdust, the non-profit arts institution based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will launch Live@NationalSawdust, a free digital platform that will release weekly videos of concerts from the past five seasons, as well as professional development programming, and will include fundraising efforts for the institution and the artists involved.

Celeste Headlee Joins Opera On Tap's New Brew At Barbes April 3
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 10, 2020

Black, Brown, Beige and Every Other Shade Renowned author, journalist, and singer Celeste Headlee joins Opera on Tap's New Brew at Barbes in an evening of classical song by a diverse array of composers of color.