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Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang's AN AMERICAN SOLDIER Opera Recording Debuts in May
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 16, 2025

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is set to release the world premiere recording of composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang’s moving and timely opera An American Soldier digitally via Platoon on Friday, May 23, 2025.

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!

Works & Process to Present Boston Lyric Opera: THE SEASONS By Antonio Vivaldi
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2024

Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present Boston Lyric Opera: The Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, libretto by Sarah Ruhl with Anthony Roth Costanzo, Sarah Ruhl, Zack Winokur, and Pam Tanowitz. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: Thought-Provoking Humor Infuses the Huntington's NASSIM
by R. Scott Reedy - Oct 13, 2024

What did our critic think of NASSIM at Calderwood Pavilion?

Boston Lyric Opera's Street Stage Will Bring Free Opera Back to Boston
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024

Boston Lyric Opera’s popular mobile performance venue Street Stage will return for free live performances to locations throughout Boston this summer. Sponsored by HarborOne Bank and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Street Stage brings opera and popular music performances to neighborhoods from Charlestown to South Boston.

Review: AN AMERICAN SOLDIER Is a Horror Story of Brutality and Abuse
by Richard Sasanow - May 15, 2024

“Why did I enlist? Why did I go to war?” are but two of the questions that Private Danny Chen asks himself in the powerful docu-opera, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang. It was directed thoughtfully and surely by Chay Yew in its New York debut Sunday afternoon at the new Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC-NYC) at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.

Sarah Ruhl's THE SEASONS and More Set For Boston Lyric Opera's 2024-25 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2024

Sarah Ruhl's The Seasons and more are set for Boston Lyric Opera’s 2024/25 Season! The season will also include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s MITRIDATE, Verdi’s AIDA, a major revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL on its 80th anniversary, and more.

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!

Utah Opera Performs Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGATO Beginning This Week
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2024

Utah Opera will perform Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre for five performances. Performances will run March 9-17, 2024.

Cast and Creative Team Set for AN AMERICAN SOLDIER at Perelman Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 29, 2024

The Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed the complete and creative team for An American Soldier at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

Review: ALCINA at McCaw Hall
by Erica Miner - Oct 15, 2023

What did our critic think of ALCINA It’s worth going to see for the glorious music and courageous, proficient singing

Interview: Chatting with Phil Chan, Stage Director of Boston Lyric Opera's new Asian American take on MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by R. Scott Reedy - Sep 10, 2023

During a recent rehearsal, Chan spoke to BroadwayWorld by telephone about “Madama Butterfly,” the current Broadway musical “Here Lies Love,” and more.

ALCINA Comes to Seattle Opera Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2023

October’s production of Alcina at Seattle Opera shows off Handel at his most enchanting. Learn more about the upcoming opera performance here!

Composer Huang Ruo Conducts BOUND, A True Story Of Navigating Life As A Second-Generation Immigrant
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 27, 2023

Seattle Opera closes its 2022/23 season with the West Coast premiere of Bound, a new chamber opera from composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu that premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2014.

Seattle Bound Presents BOUND, Based On A True Story, Explores The Contradictions Of The Immigrant Experience
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 15, 2022

Continuing its commitment to new works and today's stories, Seattle Opera presents Bound, a chamber opera by composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu. Based on true events, Bound tells the story of Diane Tran, a 17-year-old honor student who spent a night in jail in 2012 for truancy when she missed too many school days working two jobs to support her family.

BWW Review: BWW REVIEW: A stirring BEETHOVEN'S NINTH with RI PHIL, PROVIDENCE SINGERS at VETS Auditorium
by Jill Kimball - May 7, 2022

Listen: These are tough times. COVID-19 cases are on the rise again. Americans are bitterly divided over whether the Supreme Court should overturn its 1973 decision on Roe v. Wade, as it seems poised to do. The war in Ukraine rages on. And we still haven't found a way to halt catastrophic climate change. We - Rhode Islanders, Americans, homo sapiens - are tired and sad.

Free Outdoor ROMEO & JULIET, a Reverse Take on LA BOHEME & More Announced for Boston Lyric Opera's 2022/23 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 27, 2022

In announcing its 2022/23 Season today, Boston Lyric Opera has unveiled an expanded, year-round return to stages throughout Boston.

The Atlanta Opera Announces 2022-23 Mainstage Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2022

The Atlanta Opera has announced a new season of large-scale performances at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre for 2022-23 with a spirit of positivity and optimism for the future.

Chicago Opera Theater Presents Family-Friendly Holiday Opera BECOMING SANTA CLAUS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 9, 2021

Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago's foremost producer of contemporary and re-imagined opera, continues its 2021-2022 season with the Chicago premiere of the seasonal treat, Becoming Santa Claus, in three performances only, December 11, 17 & 19, at the Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, in the Fine Arts Building.

Chicago Opera Theater Announces 2021-22 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2021

The season includes Bizet’s beloved CARMEN in concert, featuring duo debuts by Jamie Barton and Stephanie Blythe; the family-friendly holiday delight BECOMING SANTA CLAUS by Mark Adamo; and a world premiere commission by Errollyn Wallen and Deborah Brevoort, QUAMINO’S MAP.