Amanda Woodbury News

Amanda Woodbury to Replace Anita Hartig as the Countess in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

by Chloe Rabinowitz — February 10, 2020

Amanda Woodbury will sing the Countess in all upcoming performances of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, replacing Anita Hartig, who is ill.

American Symphony Orchestra to Perform SONS OF BACH

by Chloe Rabinowitz — November 25, 2019

American Symphony Orchestra comes to Alice Tully Hall for the holiday season with a concert titled Sons of Bach on Thursday, December 19 at 8 PM.

LA TRAVIATA Opens at Glimmerglass

by Stephi Wild — July 7, 2019

A new production of Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave's La traviata debuted on the Festival's Alice Busch Opera Theater for the 2019 Glimmerglass season on July 7.

American Symphony Orchestra Announces Expanded 2019-20 Season

by Rebecca Russo — June 25, 2019

American Symphony Orchestra announced the 58th season of its three-concert Vanguard series at Carnegie Hall, now expanded to include an additional performance at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.

BWW Review: Finding GOLD as the Met's Ring Cycle Begins Anew

by Richard Sasanow — March 11, 2019

If Robert Lepage's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle (formally, DER RING DAS NIBELUNGEN) had worked as smoothly when it opened in 2010 as it did at this season's marvelous premiere of its prologue, DAS RHEINGOLD, on Saturday afternoon, there probably still would have been complaints--not about its f

Twenty Semi-Finalists Have Been Selected To Compete at 31st Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition

by A.A. Cristi — February 8, 2019

Twenty of the finest young opera singers in the United States will be competing in the 31ST Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition presented, jointly, by The Dallas Opera and The Dallas Opera Guild.

Finalists Announced For International Opera Awards 2019

by A.A. Cristi — January 29, 2019

The International Opera Awards today announces the finalists for its 2019 Awards.

Talents Of The World First International Festival Comes to Carnegie Hall Next Week

by Stephi Wild — December 16, 2018

Talents of the World announces its First International Music Festival at Carnegie Hall!

Metropolitan Opera Cast Change Advisory: LES PECHEURS DE PERLES

by Julie Musbach — November 23, 2018

Alexander Birch Elliott will sing Zurga in all remaining performances of Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles, replacing Mariusz Kwiecien, who has withdrawn due to illness.

Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena, And Mariusz Kwiecien Star In Bizet's LES PECHEURS DE PERLES

by Julie Musbach — November 6, 2018

Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers) returns to the Metropolitan Opera for seven performances November 14–December 8, 2018.

BWW Review: What's Old is Nuovo for Crutchfield with Bel Canto TANCREDI at Purchase

by Richard Sasanow — August 1, 2018

It was 'out with the old (i.

Outstanding Semi-Finalists Announced For Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition!

by A.A. Cristi — January 31, 2018

Twenty of the finest young opera singers in the United States will be competing in the 30th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition presented, jointly, by The Dallas Opera and The Dallas Opera Guild.

BWW Review: LA STRANIERA at Washington Concert Opera

by Molly Korroch — November 28, 2017

Washington Concert Opera brings a nicely performed La Straniera to Lisner Auditorium nearly two hundred years after its premiere at La Scala Milan.

Applications Open for Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition

by A.A. Cristi — September 18, 2017

The Dallas Opera is pleased to announce that applications for the expanded Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, scheduled to take place on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 11:00 a.

BWW Review: CARMEN at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

by Maria Nockin — September 10, 2017

CARMEN, the title character in Georges Bizet's opera, is a young woman who wants the social freedoms nineteenth century men simply took for granted.

L.A. Opera Opens 2017/18 Season with CARMEN

by A.A. Cristi — August 22, 2017

General Director Placido Domingo has announced that due to overwhelming ticket demand, LA Opera has added a seventh performance of the company's season-opening production of Carmen, conducted by Music Director James Conlon and starring company favorite Ana Maria Martinez.