Matthew Ozawa

MEDEA, a World Premiere & More to Headline Canadian Opera Company's 2023/2024 Season

The Canadian Opera Company announced its 2023/2024 season today featuring a slate of exciting new productions and rare musical gems.

Cincinnati Opera Announces Updated 2023 Summer Festival Schedule and Casting

Cincinnati Opera announces updated schedule and cast information for the company's 2023 Summer Festival, taking place June 11–July 29, 2023.

Cincinnati Opera Announces 2023 Summer Festival

Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera, has announced details for the company's 2023 Summer Festival. The season takes place June–July 2023 and features four productions: a romantic thriller, a touching and timely premiere, an effervescent comedy, and an innovative new vision of an operatic classic.

San Francisco Opera Presents New Production Of Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

San Francisco Opera presents Christoph Willibald Gluck's eighteenth-century masterwork Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice) from November 15–December 1.

12 Singers Selected for the 2023/24 Ensemble at The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, the professional artist-development program at Lyric Opera of Chicago, announced the 12 singers who have been selected for its 2023/24 Ensemble at Final Auditions held on September 20 in the Ardis Krainik Theatre.

San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Update For Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

San Francisco Opera announced a cast change for its upcoming new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice), opening November 15. Soprano Meigui Zhang will make her role debut as Eurydice, replacing Christina Gansch who is expecting her second child and has withdrawn from the production.

OPERA America Announces Participants of 2022â€'2023 Mentorship Program for Opera Leaders of Color

OPERA America has selected three accomplished BIPOC professionals in opera as mentees in the 2022‒2023 Mentorship Program for Opera Leaders of Color. The Mentorship Program, now in its second year, advances racial equity in the field by pairing BIPOC administrators with established leaders in the field who can support them in achieving their career goals.

San Francisco Opera Announces Updated 2022-23 Centennial Season Initiatives And Events

San Francisco Opera celebrates its first 100 years with a blockbuster 2022–23 opera season and an array of opportunities for deep engagement with the Company's history. San Francisco Opera's centennial will be marked by activities designed to commemorate the past and welcome the community into the exciting new era just beginning under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim.

Opera San José Announces Winners of Irene Dalis Vocal Competition

Opera San José has announced the winners of its Irene Dalis Vocal Competition, named for the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Irene Dalis who founded Opera San José. The two-day event came to a dramatic conclusion on May 21, with tenor Kyle van Schoonhoven winning First Place.

OPERA America Awards Stephanie Fleischmann The Second Annual Campbell Opera Librettist Prize

Conceived and funded by acclaimed librettist and lyricist Mark Campbell, the Prize is the first award in the history of American opera created specifically to honor the work of opera librettists, and comes with a $7,000 award to support the winner's creative and career development.