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Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - Sep 12, 2025

If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible. The story of the lovers and the evil apparatchik is told at a furious pace, trauma after trauma piling up as the emotional heft becomes all but unbearable. There’s no standing about for twenty minutes while someone sings stage left, no mythical dwarves hiding gold, no magical toymaker. Nor, as early critics were quick to point out, is there a whole lot of poetry either in Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s sensational play. However, there are compensations…

Cincinnati Opera Launches Free Ticket Initiative For Students In Grades 7�"12
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 26, 2025

Cincinnati Opera has announced a new student access initiative designed to welcome and inspire the next generation of opera lovers. Thanks to a generous donation, students entering grades 7–12 (including 2025 high school graduates) are invited to attend select performances during the company's 2025 Summer Festival free of charge.

Opera Montana Unveils 2025-26 Season Including RAGTIME Directed By Francesca Zambello
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2025

Opera Montana - the state's oldest professional opera company -  has revealed its 2025-2026 season, the company's 48th. See the full season and learn how to purchase tickets.

CINDERELLA, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, and More Set For Arizona Opera's 2025/26 Main Stage Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 17, 2025

Arizona Opera has announced its 2025/26 Main Stage Season, in addition to the presentation of mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in recital in 2026. Learn more about the full season here!

FELLOW TRAVELERS and More Set for Pittsburgh Opera 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 28, 2025

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.

Music Director James Conlon To Depart LA Opera After 20 Years; 40th Anniversary Season Lineup Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2025

LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before becoming Conductor Laureate—James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Dalia Stasevska.

Review: MADAMA BUTTERFLY at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts
by Keira Grant - Feb 5, 2025

The COC’s 2025 production of this masterpiece seamlessly blends performance practice tradition with a contemporary perspective on the story’s timeless themes.

Calgary Opera Reveals 2025/2026 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 24, 2025

Calgary Opera's 2025/26 Season will deliver a range of adventurous operas onstage, in addition to programs and events year-round. Learn more about the upcoming programming here!

Video: Take a Set Tour of LA BOHEME at The Royal Opera House
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 4, 2025

Get a behind the scenes look at the set of La Boheme, now being presented at The Royal Opera House. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets!

Photos: LA BOHEME at Opera San Jose
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 17, 2024

San Jose Opera's production of La Bohème is currently being presented through December 1, 2024 at the California Theatre in San Jose.  Check out the production photos here!

LA BOHÈME to be Presented at Opera San José This Holiday Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2024

LA BOHÈME will be presented at Opera San José this holiday season. Experience Puccini's timeless tale of love and loss set against the backdrop of Paris. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE & More Announced For 2025 Glimmerglass Festival
by Joshua Wright - Aug 12, 2024

The Glimmerglass Festival will present a world premiere, two company premieres including Sunday in the Park with George, and a revival of the company’s first commission for young people in its 2025 season.

Sony Classical Announces Jonas Kaufmann Puccini: Love Affairs
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 19, 2024

Sony Classical has announced Jonas Kaufmann's new album 'Puccini: Love Affairs,' featuring six of Puccini's greatest duets and scenes, each performed with a different soprano. Release date: September 13.

Merola Opera Program Continues Summer Festival Season With Schwabacher Summer Concert
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2024

Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the passion and melody of classic opera, as the young artists of the 2024 Merola Opera Program perform extended scenes from Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Gounod's Faust, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Massenet's Cendrillon, Puccini's La bohème, and Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos.

Review: LA BOHÈME at MN Opera
by Joe Sarafolean - May 5, 2024

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Interview: Charles H. Eaton of LA BOHÈME at Minnesota Opera
by Jared Fessler - Apr 30, 2024

The Minnesota Opera's rendition of La Bohème will grace the stage of the Ordway Music Theater from May 4th to May 19th, 2024. The enchanting music is composed by Giacomo Puccini, with a compelling libretto crafted by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

Opera San José Unveils 24-25 Season Featuring a Local Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 13, 2024

Opera San José has revealed the programming for the company’s 41st season. See the productions and learn how to purchase tickets.

Florida Grand Opera to Close 2023-24 Season With Puccini's LA BOHEME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 12, 2024

Florida Grand Opera will conclude its 2023-24 season with the timeless masterpiece, Puccini's La bohème. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Bringing a horizon that dissolves and dialogue with cinema, Puccini 's MADAMA BUTTERFLY Opens Theatro Municipal (Sao Paulo) 2024 Season
by Claudio Erlichman - Mar 5, 2024

This production of Madama Butterfly highlights the social decline and impoverishment that occur in Cio-cio-san's life, to give visibility to the sociocultural aspects that cause the protagonist's growing suffering and the tragic outcome of the story, as well as the machismo she suffers of both cultures – Japanese and American.

LA Opera Season to Include ROMEO AND JULIET, Concerts from Kelli O'Hara and Kristin Chenoweth
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 3, 2024

LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch has announced details for the company's 39th season. Music Director James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Domingo Hindoyan.