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Heartbeat Opera Brings Samuel Barber’s VANESSA To New York
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2026

Heartbeat Opera will present its adaptation of Vanessa in New York City from May 12 through May 31, 2026 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Review: PORGY AND BESS Raises the Roof at the Metropolitan
by Richard Sasanow - Dec 8, 2025

When I read that the Met, in the program notes for James Robinson’s production of PORGY AND BESS, called it “a supremely American operatic masterpiece” I couldn’t help but think of Stephen Sondheim’s answer (perhaps apocryphal) when he was asked whether SWEENEY TODD was an opera or a musical: “If it’s done in a theatre, it’s a musical; if it’s in an opera house, it’s an opera.”

Meyerbeer's LE PROPHETE to Open At Bard SummerScape This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 15, 2024

Meyerbeer’s LE PROPHÈTE will return to the U.S. stage for the first time in 47 years with a new treatment by Christian Räth at Bard SummerScape. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Metropolitan Opera's Summer HD Festival To Return To Lincoln Center Plaza
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 4, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival will return to Lincoln Center Plaza this August. See full programming and learn how to attend!

LA BOHEME & More Set for The Met's 2024 Live In HD Summer Encores
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 8, 2024

Experience the magic of the MET's 2024 Live in HD Summer Encores, set to begin on Wednesday, July 24. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Meyerbeer's LE PROPHETE Comes to SummerScape
by Stephi Wild - Apr 18, 2024

As a highlight of the 2024 Bard SummerScapefestival, the Fisher Center at Bard presents the first new American production in almost five decades of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le prophète, an all-too-topical grand opera in which religion, politics, and power collide.

Soprano So Young Park to Play Juliette in This Afternoon's ROMEO ET JULIETTE at Met Opera
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 30, 2024

Soprano So Young Park will sing the role of Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in the Saturday, March 30th afternoon performance, replacing Nadine Sierra, who has withdrawn due to illness.

Bartlett Sher-Directed ROMEO ET JULIETTE To Screen In Cinemas As Part of THE MET: LIVE IN HD
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera's revival of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette will be transmitted live as part of the 2023–24 Live in HD season on Saturday, March 23, at 12:55PM ET.

Utah Opera Reveals 2024-25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Mar 13, 2024

In Utah Opera's 2024-25 season, four distinct productions will be held at Salt Lake City’s Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre.  Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Review: Sierra, Bernheim Soar in the Met's ROMEO ET JULIETTE
by Richard Sasanow - Mar 10, 2024

While I’ve admired soprano Nadine Sierra’s before, she seemed to reach a whole new level with her glorious turn as Juliette in the season’s first performance of Gounod’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE at the Met the other night. She was vivid and a delight to watch as she inhabited the teenaged heroine of the piece. Perhaps it was her stage partner, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who egged her on to such heights, with his nuanced singing and boyish demeanor.

Video: Watch Footage from The Metropolitan Opera's ROMEO ET JULIETTE
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 10, 2024

Watch video footage from Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, as it returns to the Met stage for seven performances, with an all-star cast of artists making their Met role debuts.

Video: Get A First Look At The Met Opera's ROMEO ET JULIETTE
by Joshua Wright - Mar 8, 2024

Get a first look as Nadine Sierra and Benjamin Bernheim come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct Bartlett Sher’s towering production

Nadine Sierra and Benjamin Bernheim to Star In Gounod's ROMEO ET JULIETTE at the Met
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 3, 2024

Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette returns to the Met stage for seven performances starting March 7, with an all-star cast of artists making their Met role debuts.

PAGLIACCI, THE MAGIC FLUTE & More Set for Seattle Opera 2024/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2024

Seattle Opera has unveiled its 2024/25 season. Learn about the productions and see how to purchase tickets!

The Met: Live in HD Brings Gounod's ROMEO ET JULIETTE to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in March
by Stephi Wild - Jan 2, 2024

The Met: Live in HD will bring Gounod's Roméo et Juliette to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in March. The performance will take place on March 23 at 12:55pm.

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW UK / West End Awards; Voting Ends 31 December!
by BWW Awards - Dec 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards! Voting ends on 31 December at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favourite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

2 Weeks Left to Vote for the BWW UK / West End Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18 for the 2023 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favourite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards December 5 Standings
by BWW Awards - Dec 5, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5 for the 2023 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favourite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards!
by BWW Awards - Nov 27, 2023

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favourite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Review: GROUNDED at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic - Oct 31, 2023

The beautiful blue skies that Jess, an F-16 fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, soars through from the mighty heights above soon become mottled with dismal greys ---as she plummets into mental despair and confusion after being Grounded. In the paradigm-changing opera which is a World Premiere by the Washington National Opera, Jess continues to work (after pregnancy, marriage, and having a daughter) as a professional who pilots drones remotely from a trailer park in Las Vegas.